PORTLAND — It took more than two hours and the patience to ride out cold spell after cold spell Wednesday night, but a throng of 5,909 at Cross Insurance Arena finally got its lungs into the Boston Celtics’ return to Maine. Lou Williams spoiled the party with one, floating 3-pointer. Williams’ bomb with six-tenths of […]
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Game of the Week: Devils-Rams a must-win game
Six of eight teams will make the playoffs in Class A East football. For the second consecutive year, that’s the good news for Lewiston after an 0-4 start. The bad news: Lewiston must face Bangor (4-0) and vastly improved Portland (2-2) before finishing the regular season with rival Edward Little. That itinerary turns Friday night’s […]
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Red Sox fall to Orioles 2-1 in season opener
BALTIMORE (AP) — Grady Sizemore will never forget his first opening day with the Boston Red Sox. His teammates, however, can’t wait to put the memory of the game behind them. The defending World Series champion Red Sox failed to capitalize on several scoring opportunities, and a home run by Sizemore wasn’t enough to prevent […]
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Behavioral health workers gather to learn about gambling addiction
NORWAY — Treatment and support options for Mainers struggling with a gambling problem have expanded in recent years, and new state rules may help more people break away from an addiction to gambling. A handful of representatives from local social work, behavioral health and faith organizations gathered in a conference room at Stephens Memorial Hospital […]
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Celtics can’t sink Clippers, 96-88
BOSTON (AP) — Jamal Crawford hit a pair of 3-pointers 23 seconds apart to help the Clippers pull away in the last 3 minutes and former Celtics coach Doc Rivers won his first game back in Boston when Los Angeles beat the Celtics 96-88 Wednesday night. Crawford came off the bench to score 21 points […]
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World record video game player to open retro arcade in South Portland
SOUTH PORTLAND — His family was crowned the “First Family of Classic Arcade Gaming,” and now the heir apparent is coming to Knightville. That’s where arcade aficionado David Demers will open Portland Arcade with his former high school teacher, Chris Perks, as the business manager. The arcade is tentatively scheduled to open the beginning of […]
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Mistake-prone Pats fall to Jets in OT
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Rex Ryan was fired up. Bill Belichick was ticked off. Everyone else was, well, a bit confused. After a newly instituted rule gave New England a penalty and Nick Folk another chance, he booted a 42-yard field goal with 5:07 left in overtime to give the New York Jets a […]