Watch: High seeds hold serve on first day of tennis singles tournament
Not many upsets on opening day of state championships; a handful of area players advance to second round.
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Boston exceeded expectations this season, but the end was still disappointing, and change is on the horizon.
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Bill Kennedy opens his 12th season as golf columnist discussing the strength of pro golf in 2024, the soothed tensions of the PGA and LIV tours, and Scottie Scheffler's stellar start to the season — and the weekend — despite distractions.
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Jonathon Emerson earned a recent Late Model win entering the $15,000-to-win race on May 26.
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Players and coaches said they are enjoying playing fresh opponents across different classes and conferences.
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Boston Red Sox
Cardinals drop Red Sox below .500 with 10-6 win
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Sports on TV: Saturday, May 18, 2024
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Boston Bruins
Panthers eliminate Bruins for second straight year
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Sports Digest: Somerset pulls away to beat Sea Dogs, 9-4
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Varsity Maine
Mic’d up: Windham softball player laughs off close call with hard-hit line drive
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Boston Red Sox
Red Sox shut down Garrett Whitlock because of sore elbow
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Tiger Woods makes two triple bogeys, misses cut at PGA Championship
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Varsity Maine
High school roundup: Nicole Rioux blasts Poland softball past Wells
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Varsity Maine
Track and field: Relay races serve as marquee bookends to Capital City Classic
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College
College roundup: Madi Day, Bates’ Emma Yen earn all-region softball honors
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Mystik Dan looks like horse to beat in Preakness on what could be a muddy track
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Brazil wins vote to host 2027 women’s World Cup
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Nuggets suffer their worst playoff loss ever, and desperately need more from Jamal Murray
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Pirates rookie Paul Skenes strikes out 11 in six no-hit innings in second start
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Tyson Fury, Oleksandr Usyk to finally battle for undisputed heavyweight title
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Junior hockey: Maine Nordiques trying to find winning formula for 2024-25
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Junior hockey: Maine Nordiques season ends with Game 5 loss to Maryland
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Junior hockey: Maryland beats the Maine Nordiques to force a Game 5
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Junior hockey: Maine Nordiques shut out Maryland Black Bears in NAHL East Finals Game 3
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Auto Racing
Rookie’s bid for spot in Indy 500 slowed by crash in practice
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Sports
Former Bates player Matt Bazirgan promoted in Bills’ scouting department
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Coastal Auto Parts 2024 Spring Athlete of the Week: Week 5
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Sports
Top-ranked golfer Scottie Scheffler arrested, then shoots 5-under 66 at PGA Championship
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Sports on TV: Friday, May 17, 2024
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Kreider’s 3rd-period hat trick lifts Rangers into Eastern Conference Final with win over Hurricanes
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Portland Sea Dogs
Sea Dogs hit two early homers to top Somerset, 5-1
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Schauffele gets another major scoring record to set pace at PGA Championship
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Caitlin Clark fever races through Indy to overshadow Pacers and Indianapolis 500
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Sports Digest: So Mi Lee shoots 66 to take lead in LPGA’s Mihuno Americas Open
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College
Four Maine track and field athletes set for NCAA Division I East regional
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Lewiston-Auburn
New England Patriots, Revolution sponsoring Community Day in Lewiston
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Sports
As more horses skip Preakness, debate lingers over restoring race’s prestige
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NFL distances itself from Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker’s comments during commencement speech
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Yankees get career-best 8 shutout innings from Clarke Schmidt in 5-0 win to sweep Twins
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Caitlin Clark’s WNBA debut helps ESPN set viewership record for league game on network
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Sports on TV: Thursday, May 16, 2024
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Rory McIlroy dealing with another distraction on eve of PGA Championship
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The Bethel Citizen
Some Telstar sports teams will join East/West Division
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Boston Red Sox
Romy Gonzalez hits the bonus when lifting Red Sox to 12-inning win
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Participation in the NHL’s player assistance program is rising, and that may not be a bad thing
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Bob Baffert’s Muth, the Preakness favorite, removed from entry list because of fever
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Sports Digest: Sea Dogs shut out by Patriots, 1-0
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Astros starter Blanco suspended 10 games after being ejected when foreign substance found in glove
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Football
Football: Revamped Class D matchups highlight appetizing 2024 schedule
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Varsity Maine
Record-setting Yarmouth boys’ soccer coach Mike Hagerty steps down
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Sports
Transgender athletes to face fewer barriers to compete under new policy
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Sports on TV: Wednesday, May 15, 2024
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Boston Red Sox
Romy Gonzalez single in 12th inning gives Red Sox win over Rays
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Susanna Tapani scores her second OT winner of the series to help Boston advance to the PWHL finals
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Sports
Sea Dogs hold on to beat Somerset, 11-10
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Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker rails against Pride month, working women in commencement speech
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Caitlin Clark struggles early in debut, finishes with 20 points in Fever’s lost to Sun
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Softball
Watch: Five-run fifth boosts Brunswick softball to win over Lewiston
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Varsity Maine
High school roundup: Monmouth’s Sammy Calder throws no-hitter
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Sports
Sports Digest: Cole Anderson moves up to sixth in NCAA golf regional at Stanford
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College
College roundup: Madi Day and Hannah Shields earn All-Little East softball honors
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Rory McIlroy stood by the PGA Tour, and now he’s being shunned
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The WNBA has been building toward this moment. Can it capitalize?
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Portland Sea Dogs
Power-hitting Red Sox prospect showing patience in rebound season with Sea Dogs
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Nola fires 4-hitter in 4th career shutout as Phillies top Mets, 4-0
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Varsity Maine
Central Maine tennis players embrace the return of state doubles tournament
Lewiston Strong
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Boys Hockey
Looking Back: The Edward Little boys hockey team was back and better in 2004
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Local Sports
Looking Back: Pride endures for Lewiston’s 1960 state champion boys basketball team
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Local Sports
Looking Back: Michael Sauschuck’s leadership skills carry him through life
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Local Sports
Lewiston’s Monica Morin reached highest peaks in the pool
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Sports
Coaching football keeps former Mt. Blue standout Jordan Stevens in the game
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Looking Back: Ben Fletcher was born to run
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Born to play football, Lewiston’s Turcotte gained other priorities
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Looking Back: Jeremy Tardiff ‘tremendous’ in football and baseball
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Three-time Oxford 250 winner Dave Dion was one of a kind
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Dustin Ireland still reaching for new heights with the Air Force
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Shorey took non-traditional route to becoming a success story
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TJ Methvin used focus and intensity to stand out for Lewiston's girls' basketball and tennis teams
Years in Review
Auburn-Lewiston Sports Hall of Fame
Remembering Randy Whitehouse
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175th anniversary
Dirigo field hockey turned an upset win into a three-year run of dominance
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175th anniversary
Featherweight Maurice ‘Lefty’ Lachance added punch to Lewiston’s boxing history
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175th anniversary
Edward Little girls overcome powerhouse to earn tennis championship glory
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175th anniversary
Gray-New Gloucester boys dominate Maine soccer in the late ’70s and early ’80s
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175th anniversary
Before radio and television, crowds gathered at the newspaper for big sports news
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175th anniversary
‘Co-eds in bloomers’ played in Lewiston’s first basketball game in 1898
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175th anniversary
‘Fights smell bad’: A non-sportswriter covers Ali-Liston fight in Lewiston
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175th anniversary
The night Muhammad Ali and Sonny Liston made Lewiston the center of the sports world
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175th anniversary
The Journal broke the news that the Ali-Liston fight was to take place in Lewiston
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175th anniversary
In 1884, the ‘very interesting’ sport of hockey arrived in Lewiston