BRUNSWICK — The Bowdoin College women’s basketball team remained unbeaten with a 93-42 non-conference win over New England College on Tuesday evening at Morrell Gymnasium. The top-ranked Polar Bears improved to 20-0 for just the second time in program history, matching the start posted by the 2003-04 squad, which went on to win its first 30 […]
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Patriots Report: ‘Bromance’ of Brady and Edelman key to Patriots success
ATLANTA — Teammates have called their relationship a “bromance.” Patriots quarterback Tom Brady himself openly uses the word love to describe his bond with Julian Edelman, a receiver he’s come to depend on during his career. As the duo prepares to play in a fourth Super Bowl together, each says the connection might be tighter ever […]
Area Roundups: Lisbon earns Unified basketball win over Raiders
WALES — Michael Farrington scored 10 points to power the Lisbon High School Unified basketball team to a season-opening 34-29 victory over Oak Hill on Tuesday. The Greyhounds (1-0) also received six points from Dawson Martel in the win. Nine players scored for Lisbon, which hosts Lewiston on Friday at 3:30 p.m. Marcel Trepanier led all […]
Working Together: Gurley says he taught Michel to ‘run and catch’ at Georgia
ATLANTA — Todd Gurley says he often communicated with two other former Georgia running backs, Sony Michel and Nick Chubb, during the 2018 season. Now that Gurley and Michel are having a Super Bowl reunion as the leading rushers for the Los Angeles Rams and New England Patriots, respectively, that conversation is on hold. Gurley says […]
Rams roll to win over rival Tigers
KENNEBUNK — Most teams have one or two players that they count on to handle most of the scoring — the Kennebunk Rams are not most teams. Kennebunk has plenty of offensive weapons and any of the Rams’ starters could go off on a given night. On Tuesday night it would be Max Murray and […]
Big fourth quarter leads Kennebunk past Biddeford
KENNEBUNK — The Kennebunk girls basketball team put together an impressive fourth quarter as the Rams pulled away for a 48-35 win over visiting Biddeford on Tuesday afternoon. “I was very proud of them,” said Kennebunk coach Rob Sullivan. “We’ve had some fourth quarters as of late where we’ve been behind a few points and […]
High School Roundup: Jones nails three at buzzer to lift TA
SACO — Thornton Academy sophomore Payton Jones hit a contested 3-pointer at the buzzer to lift the Golden Trojans to a 50-47 win over Deering on Tuesday night. Dylan Griffin led the way for TA (12-4) with 17 points and Jones finished with 16 points. Deering (9-6) was led by Ben Onek with a game-high […]
Connor scores twice, adds shootout winner as Jets top Bruins
BOSTON — Kyle Connor scored back-to-back goals 34 seconds apart in the third period and delivered the only goal in a shootout to lift the Winnipeg Jets over the Boston Bruins 4-3 on Tuesday night. Connor Hellebuyck stopped 36 shots for the Jets and didn’t allow anything past him in the tiebreaker, stopping Brad Marchand […]
Bowdoin College Roundup: Polar Bears edge MMA in men’s basketball
CASTINE — The Bowdoin College men’s basketball team pulled away in the second half for an 84-63 non-conference win at Maine Maritime Academy on Monday evening. The Polar Bears improved to 12-7 this season, while the Mariners dropped to 9-9. The Polar Bears shot 53-percent from the field in the first half but failed to pull […]
Girls Basketball: Lisbon downs Telstar Rebels, 37-32
LISBON — Charlee Cox had a double-double as the Lisbon High School girls basketball team picked up its second straight Mountain Valley Conference win, 37-32, over Telstar on Monday. The Greyhounds (3-12) led 10-6, 20-10 and 26-20 at the quarter breaks. Cox had 13 points and 12 rebounds to pace Lisbon, while Mallory Fairbanks picked up […]