BOSTON — Xander Bogaerts hit a tying two-run double that sailed over the head of center fielder Ramón Laureano, who made a bad read during a six-run third inning, and the Boston Red Sox beat the Oakland Athletics 9-4 on Monday night. Rookie Michael Chavis drove in three runs and Mookie Betts had three singles […]

MILWAUKEE — Kyrie Irving had 26 points and 11 assists, Al Horford added 20 points and 11 rebounds, and the Boston Celtics cruised past the Milwaukee Bucks 112-90 on Sunday in the opener of their second-round playoff series. Jaylen Brown chipped in with 19 points and Gordon Hayward had 13 off the bench for the […]

BOSTON — Chris Sale remained winless in six starts this season, giving up Daniel Robertson’s two-run homer in the first inning and Yandy Diaz’s two-run triple in the second as the Boston Red Sox lost to the Tampa Bay Rays 5-2 Sunday. Sale (0-5) gave up four runs — two earned — four hits and […]

BOSTON (AP) — Emilio Pagán was sitting at his locker nearly 30 minutes after the game was over and still had a big smile. Sent down the minors at the end of spring training and then brought back up in mid-April, he has his first three big league saves. Yandy Diaz hit David Price’s second […]

BOSTON (AP) — Matt Duchene scored on a power play at 3:42 of the second overtime to give the Columbus Blue Jackets a 3-2 victory over the Boston Bruins early Sunday morning, tying the second-round playoff series at a game apiece. Artemi Panarin scored twice and assisted on the winner and Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 29 […]

YARMOUTH — Anders Corey and Gavin Hamm each scored five goals and Yarmouth held Kennebunk at bay most of the way as the Clippers bounced back from an agonizing loss with a 13-5 boys’ lacrosse victory Saturday afternoon. The Clippers, who lost in overtime Tuesday at Cape Elizabeth after the Capers tied it with less […]

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Jarrett Stidham now stands where several others have before him — as a possible successor to Tom Brady as quarterback of the New England Patriots. But like nine other drafted signal-callers before him, Stidham knows it’s best to concentrate solely upon making the football team first and worry later about what […]

BIDDEFORD — Hunter Demeule had three hits and three RBI to lead Biddeford to a 10-7 win over Noble in a Class A South baseball game Saturday. Noble (1-2) rallied with a four-run fifth inning to take a 7-5 lead before Biddeford (2-1) responded with a five-run sixth. Garrett Brown had two hits, an RBI […]

WATERBORO – It was a special evening at Massabesic High School on Thursday as two seniors signed their National Letters of Intent to play athletics at the next level. Massabesic’s Aleyxa Reekie signed with Paul Smith’s College to play ice hockey and Katie Castle will take her talents to Simmons University to swim and play […]