TURNER — The Leavitt Hornets must be feeling pretty good about themselves after beating a scrappy Yarmouth team that doesn’t take no for an answer. Leavitt founded itself backed into a corner on several occasions, but successfully repelled the stubborn Clippers’ advances before marching off with a 20-12 victory in a Campbell Conference football game […]
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Girls’ lacrosse: Yarmouth holds off Cape Elizabeth for Class B crown
Grace O’Donnell netted six goals — including three in the first seven minutes — and keeper Mary Kate Gunville stopped a pair of key shots as time ran from the clock in the second half to help the Clippers to a 13-10 win over Cape Elizabeth at Fitzpatrick Stadium. The title is Yarmouth’s fourth in […]
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NBA bans Clippers owner for life
NEW YORK — Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling has been banned for life by the NBA in response to racist comments the league says he made in a recorded conversation. Commissioner Adam Silver said he will try to force the controversial owner to sell his franchise. Sterling has also been fined $2.5 million, and Silver […]
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The Hot Corner: Outrage is justified, but doesn’t solve much
Yet again, a wealthy, privileged white American male has crossed the line of what, thankfully, a vast majority consider acceptable speech and thought. And we are outraged. Rightfully, but predictably outraged. We do outrage well in this country, albeit selectively. Thanks in part to the 24-hour news cycle and a generation or two of evolved […]