CHICAGO — Chris Sale snapped out of his early season funk to earn his first win with an impressive performance against his former team, tossing six scoreless innings of three-hit ball in the Boston Red Sox’s 6-1 victory over the Chicago White Sox 6-1 on Friday night. Sale (1-5) entered with a 6.30 ERA through […]
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Friday’s high school sports roundup
BOYS’ LACROSSE BONNY EAGLE 10, BIDDEFORD 9: Alex Dyer scored three goals to lead the Scots (2-1) over the Tigers (2-3) at Standish. Bonny Eagle raced to an 8-4 halftime lead and held off a fourth-quarter rally by Biddeford. Griffin Madore and Dylan Cobbett each added two goals for Bonny Eagle. DEERING 12, MESSALONSKEE 2: […]
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Antetokounmpo scores 32, Celtics lose Game 3
BOSTON— Giannis Antetokounmpo kept attacking and the Boston Celtics kept fouling. The fouls may have slowed the second half of Game 3, but nothing could stop Antetokounmpo from putting together a signature performance in TD Garden. Antetokounmpo had 32 points and 13 rebounds, George Hill finished with 21 points and the Milwaukee Bucks beat Boston […]
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UNE softball heads to tournament final
BEVERLY, Mass. — The University of New England advanced to the Commonwealth Coast Conference softball championship game by earning a 6-2 win Friday against top-seeded Endicott in a winners’ bracket showdown. After surrendering a run in the bottom of the first, UNE (26-14) answered with two runs in the second on an RBI single by […]
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BASEBALL WORLD: Look out American League, the Red Sox are far from out
Let me say, right up front, I think Alex Cora deserved to win the Manager of the Year Award last year. He turned a good team, that had won its division two years in a row, 2016 and 2017, only to get knocked off in the ALDS, into a great team that won the World […]
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Delmonico’s 3-run HR in 9th lifts White Sox over Red Sox
CHICAGO — After nearly fouling out on the first pitch he saw, Nicky Delmonico took advantage of a second chance. Delmonico hit a three-run homer with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Chicago White Sox a 6-4 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Thursday night. It was Chicago’s […]
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UNE softball keeps winning in postseason play
BIDDEFORD — The University of New England wiped out an early three-run deficit with four runs in the bottom of the first inning on the way to an 11-3, 5-inning win Thursday over Nichols in the Commonwealth Coast Conference softball tournament. Taylor Commesso’s three-run homer in the top of the gave the the sixth-seeded Bison […]
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Sanford’s Leyton Bickford makes dream come true
SANFORD – Most young athletes dream of one day playing their favorite sport in college, but only about 8 percent of high school players will get the chance to compete at the next level. Sanford junior Leyton Bickford will be part of that exclusive club as the Spartan verbally committed to accept a full athletic […]
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Bruins even series with Blue Jackets
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Tuukka Rask stopped 39 shots and the Boston Bruins got some much-needed production from their top-liners in a 4-1 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday night that evened their Eastern Conference semifinal series at two games apiece. Patrice Bergeron had two goals, David Pastrnak had a goal and an assist […]
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Celtics aim to protect home court after road win
The Celtics and Trail Blazers have stolen home-court advantage in their respective second-round playoff series. Now they’re focused on keeping it as their series shift to Boston and Portland. Boston, the East’s fourth seed, came out strong and took Game 1 against top-seeded Milwaukee before getting blown out in Game 2. The series resumes at […]