Jul 15, 2012 11:37 pm | UnBylined BAR HARBOR — Thomas Paola scattered seven hits and walked only one while aiding his own cause with a two-run double and sacrifice fly as the Acadians All-Stars beat Ellsworth 8-2 to capture the District 1 Junior League baseball title and advance to the state tournament next weekend at Mansfield ... read more | comment
Jul 15, 2012 11:35 pm | UnBylined DOVER-FOXCROFT — Penquis kept its playoff hopes alive with a 20-4 American Legion baseball victory over the Calais Suns Sunday. Penquis is now 6-11 and Calais is 0-15. Penquis banged out 16 hits with Ryan Rebar leading the charge with a single and two doubles. Matt Chapman jumped in on ... read more | comment
Jul 15, 2012 11:33 pm | The Associated Press WALTHAM, Mass. — The Boston Celtics made it official: Kevin Garnett is coming back as part of the team’s efforts to keep key pieces after losing Ray Allen to the Miami Heat. More than a week after Garnett reportedly agreed to a three-year contract, the team announced Saturday that he, ... read more | comment
Jul 15, 2012 10:26 pm | The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Tamika Catchings and Candace Parker battled it out Thursday night in a WNBA matchup between two of the top teams in the league. Now they’re wearing USA jerseys getting prepared to take on the world as teammates for the U.S. women’s national team. Such is the life of ... read more | comment
Jul 15, 2012 09:07 pm | UnBylined Legion baseball ZONE 1 Team W-L Pct. GB Motor City 13-1 .929 — Bangor 13-2 .867 1/2 Hampden 8-6 .571 5 Brewer 6-7 .461 6 1/2 Penquis 5-10 .285 8 1/2 Lumber 3-10 .230 9 1/2 Calais 0-13 .000 11 1/2 Sunday, July 15 (9 inns.) Northern Lumber at Bangor, ... read more | comment
Jul 15, 2012 07:10 pm | UnBylined COLUMBUS, Ohio — It was a throwaway line, intended to lighten the mood after an ominous revelation by one of the most decorated college football programs in the land. Ohio State President E. Gordon Gee had just heard his head football coach, Jim Tressel, concede that he had reason to ... read more | comment
Jul 15, 2012 07:10 pm | The Associated Press LAKE ORION, Mich. — Roger Chapman earned the right to be mentioned in the same sentence with Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player and Hale Irwin. Not bad for a self-described former European Tour journeyman. The Englishman shot a 4-under 66 on Sunday to win the U.S. Senior Open by two strokes ... read more | comment
Jul 15, 2012 06:55 pm | The Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Chicago White Sox third baseman Kevin Youkilis refused to comment Sunday on the latest criticism from Boston Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine. Valentine held Youkilis responsible for the rift between the two. “I got nothing about any of that stuff,” Youkilis said before a game against ... read more | comment
Jul 15, 2012 06:53 pm | UnBylined BASEBALL, MAJOR LEAGUE CHICAGO WHITE SOX at BOSTON, 7 p.m., NESN-TV; WZON Bangor (620 AM), WDEA Ellsworth (1370 AM), WHOU Houlton (100.1 FM), WQDY Calais (92.7 FM), WSYY Millinocket (1240 AM), WALZ Machias (95.3 FM), WEGP Presque Isle (1390 AM), WFAU Augusta (1280 AM), WKTJ Farmington (99.3 FM), WIGY Madison ... read more | comment
Jul 15, 2012 06:42 pm | The Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Boston Red Sox are happy with their post All-Star game start. Josh Beckett overcame early struggles to pitch six effective innings, Will Middlebrooks drove in a pair during a tiebreaking three-run fifth, and the Red Sox beat the Tampa Bay Rays 7-3 on Sunday. Boston ... read more | comment
Jul 15, 2012 06:37 pm | UnBylined LOUDON, N.H. — The best car was rolling toward victory — until its driver and crew chief couldn’t agree on how many tires to change. Kasey Kahne capitalized on that confusion between Denny Hamlin behind the wheel and Darian Grubb in the pits to win his second Sprint Cup race ... read more | comment
Jul 15, 2012 06:32 pm | UnBylined FOIX, France — Crashes, falls, fractures — Bradley Wiggins has seen it all. Now add tacks and nails to list. Still, nothing can break his stranglehold on the Tour de France. On a day of sabotage in the Pyrenees, Wiggins had luck on his side. He avoided the chaos and ... read more | comment
Jul 15, 2012 06:30 pm | UnBylined LONDON — With the opening ceremony less than two weeks away, there’s a mad dash to the finish line at the Olympics and it has nothing to do with sprinters. Hundreds of construction workers are toiling away inside the Olympic Park, laying cables, installing seats and adding the last layers ... read more | comment
Jul 15, 2012 06:30 pm | The Associated Press NEW YORK — New York Knicks point guard Jason Kidd was arrested on a drunken-driving charge after police said he crashed his SUV into a telephone pole in the Hamptons on Sunday, days after signing with the Knicks. Treated at a hospital for minor injuries after the crash, Kidd was ... read more | comment
Jul 15, 2012 06:29 pm | UnBylined STANFORD, Calif. — Serena Williams overcame a shaky start and two service breaks to beat lucky loser Coco Vandeweghe 7-5, 6-3 on Sunday for her second straight Bank of the West Classic title. Eight days after winning Wimbledon, Williams saved a set point and won the final four games of ... read more | comment
Jul 15, 2012 05:49 pm | UnBylined LIMESTONE, Maine — Bangor's Dave Sleeper accomplished his goal of 200 mph when he raced his Kawasaki ZX 14 four-cylinder motorcycle to a personal best of 200.540 mph Sunday morning during the Loring Timing Association’s Land Speed Races at the former Loring Air Force Base. "Yeeeeha!" said Sleeper, a Bangor ... read more | comment
Jul 15, 2012 03:40 pm | UnBylined ORONO, Maine — Stefan Micovic, a 6-foot-8-inch forward from Serbia, has signed to play basketball for the University of Maine men's team this season, head coach Ted Woodward announced in a press release Sunday. “Stefan is a wonderful addition to our recruiting class,” Woodward said in the release. “He has ... read more | comment
Jul 15, 2012 01:38 pm | Matt MacKenzie RESULTS Basketball has completed three very successful camps from their 2012 summer schedule with very strong attendance from both boys and girls in Otis, Thomaston, and Greenville! However, they’re not done yet… They still have FIVE clinics remaining! RESULTS currently have great pre-registration numbers in each of those five clinics, ... read more | comment
Jul 15, 2012 12:56 pm | Larry Mahoney UNITY, Maine — The car counts may have been low and there was a rain delay of approximately an hour between the heat races and the features, but those fans who stuck around got their money's worth at Unity Raceway Saturday night as there were a number of close finishes ... read more | comment
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