Every once in a while, a story catches my eye that is not necessarily one of the biggest stories of the century but makes me feel the need to make it the subject of one of my columns. I assume that everybody who writes about sports, whether for a newspaper, magazine, book or another method […]

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The Patriots have taken their first step in upgrading its aging secondary, selecting cornerback Joejuan Williams in the second round of the NFL draft on Friday night. New England chose the former Vanderbilt standout with the No. 45 overall pick. At 6-foot-4, 210 pounds he is a physical player that showed range […]

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The Patriots spent their lone pick of the first round of the NFL draft getting Tom Brady a fresh pair of hands to throw to. New England used the 32nd pick of Thursday’s opening round to select receiver N’Keal Harry out of Arizona State. He is the first receiver selected by the […]

BOSTON — Charlie Coyle tied it in the final five minutes of regulation and scored again with 5:15 gone in overtime on Thursday night to lead the Boston Bruins to a 3-2 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference semifinal series. Tuukka Rask stopped 20 shots for Boston, which […]

BIDDEFORD – Taylor Wildes has worked hard academically and athletically to get to this point. The Biddeford senior always knew she wanted to play college athletics – and on Wednesday afternoon all of her efforts paid off. Wildes signed her National Letter of Intent to play field hockey at American International College during a signing […]

ROCKPORT — Eight-man football will be introduced in Maine this fall after winning approval Thursday morning at the Maine Principals’ Association’s general membership meeting at the Samoset Resort. Thursday’s vote on high school football also reduces Class A, featuring the state’s largest schools, from 14 to eight teams. Six teams that previously played in Class […]

BOSTON — Michael Chavis hit a two-run homer, Rick Porcello got his first win of the season and the Boston Red Sox beat the Detroit Tigers 7-3 Thursday night. Andrew Benintendi and Mookie Betts had two doubles apiece for Boston, and Rafael Devers hit a two-run double as the Red Sox had a season-high seven […]

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Tiger Woods hopes winning the Masters to end 11 years without a major will be a spark in his renewed pursuit of the record held by Jack Nicklaus. Even so, Woods tells GOLFTV it will take “special moments” like his one-shot victory at Augusta National. “The only thing I can […]

BOSTON — John Havlicek, the Boston Celtics great whose steal of Hal Green’s inbounds pass in the final seconds of the 1965 Eastern Conference final against the Philadelphia 76ers remains one of the most famous plays in NBA history, has died. He was 79. The Celtics said the Hall of Famer died Thursday in Jupiter, Florida. The […]

WATERBORO — Noble High softball coach Rick Melanson sensed his team was not sure of itself coming back from a spring trip to Florida. “We faced some great competition,” he said. “And we got beat up. But I kept telling the kids, there was a reason for it.” Losing in Florida has led to winning […]