PORTLAND — Across an expansive stretch of Portland’s Payson Park, football games are being played on six fields on a brisk, autumn Saturday. Players clad in NFL-licensed jerseys check the play on their pro-style wrist bands before running slants, curls and fly patterns, juking defenders with spin moves, and scoring touchdowns. There are occasional cheers but […]
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Monday Night Football: Manning tosses late touchdown pass for win
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Eli Manning threw a 3-yard touchdown pass to Sterling Shepard with 53 seconds left and the New York Giants snapped a five-game losing streak by beating the San Francisco 49ers 27-23 on Monday night. “It meams a lot,” Manning said. “That’s what I told the guys this week. We’ve worked too hard […]
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Patriot Questions: New England faces growing list of issues heading into bye week
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The Patriots have been adept at masking most of their issues this season. After a 1-2 start by New England that seemed to offer at least a sliver of opportunity for someone to end its streak of nine straight AFC East titles, it hushed those rumblings by running off six straight victories. But […]
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CBB Downer for Bowdoin: Polar Bears fall to rival Colby, 30-14
WATERVILLE — The Colby-Bates-Bowdoin trophy is not a flawless ornament. The gold football has dents — many dents — scars and bruises from decades of victory parties. As Colby College senior safety Don Vivian lifted the CBB trophy to the ski at Alfond Stadium on Saturday afternoon, he thought it was the most beautiful thing he […]
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Class E Champions: Freeport football takes the crown with 28-13 win over Dirigo
FREEPORT — The Freeport High School football team capped off a season of Class E football with a state title, defeating the Dirigo Cougars, 28-13, on Saturday for the state title. Falcons running back Caden Benedict paced the offense with a pair of momentum shifting touchdown runs of 80 and 48 yards, respectively. Freeport finished the […]
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Class B North Regional Football Final: Brunswick Dragons off to promised land
BRUNSWICK — Last season was a nightmare for the Brunswick High School football team, with just two wins after three straight State Class B appearances and a 2016 state title. The finale of this year’s regular season was also a nightmare, a 30-6 loss to Cony where the Dragons were dominated on both sides of the […]
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Tough Sunday for Patriots: Tennessee Titans sack New England Patriots, Brady, 34-10
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tom Brady added another big chunk of NFL history to his resume. The Tennessee Titans made sure the Patriots quarterback didn’t finish his 300th game by hitting him over and over again. The Titans sacked Brady three times and hit him six more times as they beat New England 34-10 Sunday, snapping a […]
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Sunday Night NFL: Elliott, Prescott lead Dallas Cowboys past Philadelphia Eagles, 27-20
PHILADELPHIA Ezekiel Elliott and Dak Prescott left the defending Super Bowl champions wondering how their season went wrong. Elliott had 151 yards rushing and his go-ahead 1-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter helped the Dallas Cowboys beat the Philadelphia Eagles 27-20 on Sunday night. The Eagles fell to 4-5 with their third straight loss at home […]
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NFL Sunday: New Orleans Saints rout Cincinnati Bengals, 51-14
CINCINNATI — Drew Brees threw three touchdown passes in the first half, moving ahead of Brett Favre for second place on the career list, and the New Orleans Saints rolled to their eighth straight victory with a 51-14 rout of the Cincinnati Bengals in Sunday in National Football League action. Brees led the Saints to touchdowns […]
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Bruins Sweep Weekend: Halak, stops Vegas in NHL action
BOSTON — After a rough couple of seasons, Jaroslav Halak is at the top of his game again. Halak stopped 37 shots to help the Boston Bruins to a 4-1 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights on Sunday night. “We’ve seen it from Day 1,” Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy said of Halak, who signed with the […]
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