SAN ANTONIO — San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich had to use some colorful language to explain to the Spurs at halftime that their lack of aggression was troubling him. The Spurs responded with their highest-scoring quarter in 25 years. LaMarcus Aldridge scored 32 points and San Antonio rode a 46-point third quarter to a 120-111 victory […]
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Teams Seeking New Leaders: NFL ‘Black Monday’
Sean Payton despises the term “Black Monday.” And he’s one of the coaches who always survives it. Six head coaches were fired as the NFL season concluded, four of them on Monday. Two, Mike McCarthy in Green Bay and Hue Jackson in Cleveland, didn’t even make it that far. Saints coach Payton, finishing his 13th […]
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Same Old, Same Old: Another playoff berth, another bye for Brady and Patriots
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — New England Patriots center David Andrews has gone to the playoffs every year he’s been in the NFL, reaching the AFC title game in his first three tries and making the Super Bowl twice. Something he’s never done: played on wild-card weekend. “I don’t know what it’s like doing it any other way,” […]
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Bowdoin College Weekend: Top-ranked Polar Bears win Bowdoin Women’s Basketball Invitational
BRUNSWICK — The top-ranked Bowdoin College women’s basketball team returned from break with a 72-49 victory over Wheaton in the opening round of the Bowdoin Invitational on Saturday afternoon at Morrell Gymnasium. Wheaton fell to 5-5. The Polar Bears jumped to a 12-2 lead and never trailed by less than double digits for the remainder of […]
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Boys Hockey: Brunswick slips past the Kings, 4-2
AUBURN — The Brunswick Dragons used three power-play goals to earn a 4-2 road boys high school hockey win against the Leavitt/Poland/Oak Hill/Gray-New Gloucester Kings on Saturday at Norway Savings Bank Arena. Brunswick outshot the Kings, 27-16, but found most of its scoring chances on the power play, finishing the game 3-for-5 with the man advantage. […]
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Area Weekend Roundups: Mt. Ararat Eagles earn comeback win in girls hoops
TOPSHAM — Mt. Ararat erased a 12-point fourth-quarter deficit for a come-from-behind 44-42 victory over Biddeford in a girls high school Class A South basketball matchup on Friday. The win evens the Eagles mark to 3-3, while the Tigers fell to 2-4. Biddeford was in control from the start, leading 16-8 after a quarter, 23-15 at […]
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Girls Hoops: Richmond Bobcats earn first victory
LISBON — There have been times this season where the Richmond and Lisbon girls basketball teams were on the cusp of winning that first game, only to suffer another loss. On Saturday, the winless Bobcats and Greyhounds met in Mountain Valley Conference play, knowing someone was going to leave Lisbon with that initial victory of the […]
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Girls Basketball Early showdown goes to Rangers
PORTLAND — The Brunswick Dragons had trouble answering a high-powered Greely offense, falling to the Rangers, 67-46, on Friday in girls high school basketball action. Last season, Greely halted the Dragons’ unbeaten season in the Class A South regional final. It was the second consecutive meeting in the final for Brunswick and Greely, with the Dragons […]
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New England Finale: Patriots thump Jets, earn second seed for NFL playoffs
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The New England Patriots claimed two victories in one game. Actually, it only took them about a half. Tom Brady threw for three first-half touchdowns and New England clinched its ninth straight first-round bye in the playoffs on Sunday with a 38-3 victory over the New York Jets. The Patriots (11-5) finished the […]
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NFL Playoffs Set: Ravens, Eagles, Colts squeeze into postseason
BALTIMORE — The Baltimore Ravens squeezed past the Browns and into the playoffs, using two rushing touchdowns by rookie quarterback Lamar Jackson and a late defensive stand to beat Cleveland 26-24 Sunday and claim the AFC North title. Kenneth Dixon accounted for 117 of Baltimore’s season-high 296 yards on the ground, Jackson had 90 and the […]
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