LEWISTON – Showbow Saban scored the game’s only goal and Chris Jacques was brilliant in goal as Lewiston held off Brunswick for a 1-0 boys’ soccer triumph Friday evening. Saban’s goal came at 23:48 in the first half. With Brunswick goalie Zac MacMillan out near the 12, Saban booted the ball over his head and […]

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — Michael Jordan, maybe the greatest of them all, is taking his place alongside basketball’s other greats. Jordan was being enshrined in the Hall of Fame on Friday night, a final honor that follows all the championship rings and MVP trophies he collected during his career. He joins David Robinson and John […]

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Mark Martin’s final push for a spot in NASCAR’s Chase for the championship will start from the best spot in the field on Saturday night. Martin turned a lap of 126.808 mph in qualifying Friday night at Richmond International Raceway, edging Martin Truex Jr., whose lap came at 126.731 mph. Unlike […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Rafael Nadal stepped out of the players’ cafeteria at the U.S. Open a little before 3 p.m. Friday and pressed his face against a window, cupping his hands around his eyes as he scanned the soaked tournament grounds. Yep, it was still pouring. And he, like everyone else, was still waiting. […]

ALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) — The Oakland Raiders reportedly sent defensive lineman Richard Seymour a letter giving him until Tuesday to report to the team or face a possible season-long suspension. The Boston Herald reported Friday that Seymour was hand-delivered the so-called “five-day letter” on Thursday, four days after Oakland acquired the five-time Pro Bowler from […]

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — The luster has been restored. Notre Dame and Michigan are back. At least, it looked that way when the Fighting Irish shut out Nevada and the Wolverines routed Western Michigan in their openers last week. “It gives it a little more excitement, a little bigger stage, especially the way Notre […]

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indianapolis Colts coach Jim Caldwell acknowledged Friday that senior offensive coordinator Tom Moore will back on the sidelines this weekend against the Jacksonville Jaguars. Moore was in the press box during the team’s four preseason games, relaying play calls to assistant head coach Clyde Christensen and quarterback Peyton Manning. “During the preseason […]

BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Cleveland Browns coach Eric Mangini said he has not been contacted by the NFL in its investigation about a possible injury-report cover up while he was with the New York Jets. On Thursday, Jets general manager Mike Tannenbaum admitted the team should have disclosed Brett Favre’s torn biceps tendon on mandatory […]

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Steelers got by for one night, barely, without a running game. What could be more difficult: getting by the first half of the season without All-Pro safety Troy Polamalu. Polamalu, a game-changing talent who might be one of the NFL’s most irreplaceable players, sprained the medial collateral ligament in his left […]

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Wild’s transformation into a more aggressive, faster-paced team has begun. Mikko Koivu is at the forefront of this, just as new coach Todd Richards wants him to be on the ice this season. “He’s probably in the top three among two-way centermen in the game,” Richards said. “The […]