Friday, May 24, 2013
Phoenix — Brittney Griner can dunk. Not only on breakaways and not those squeeze-it-over-the-rim ones that just don’t look right. One-handed, two-handed, on the move, off a drop step, even on alley-oops, though she hasn’t pulled that one …
Friday, May 24, 2013
Miami — Losing a game at the final buzzer, no less than a playoff game on the road against the reigning NBA champion Miami Heat, would seem to have potential to demoralize the Indiana Pacers. Or not. “Our belief,” Pacers coach Frank Vogel said yesterday, “has strengthened.” Barely …
Friday, May 24, 2013
Concord, n.c. — Denny Hamlin broke the track record yesterday with a lap of 195.624 mph to capture the pole for the Coca-Cola 600 on Sunday at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Hamlin, who has never won a Sprint Cup race at CMS, was one of eight drivers to top …
Friday, May 24, 2013
Katmandu, Nepal — An 80-year-old Japanese man who began the year with his fourth heart operation became the oldest conqueror of Mount Everest yesterday, a feat he called “the world’s best feeling,” even with an 81-year-old Nepalese climber not far behind him. Yuichiro Miura, a former extreme skier …
Friday, May 24, 2013
North Sutton, n.h. — The Kearsarge High girls lacrosse team rode its defense to an 8-3 victory over visiting Kingswood yesterday, completing an undefeated regular season at 13-0. Goaltender Morgan Galluzzo made 15 saves and backline players Christie …
Friday, May 24, 2013
Boston — Terry Francona felt right at home in the visiting dugout. Back at Fenway Park as a manager for the first time since being let go by the Boston Red Sox in 2011, he was calm and occasionally funny while wearing the cap of the Cleveland Indians. …
Friday, May 24, 2013
Philadelphia — Unseeded but not quite an underdog, Cornell heads to Lincoln Financial Field tomorrow in search of its first berth in the NCAA men’s lacrosse title game since 2009. The Big Red fell in the Ivy League semifinals before rolling to two NCAA tournament wins over Maryland …
Friday, May 24, 2013
Boston — Drew Stubbs and Mark Reynolds drove in three runs each and Cleveland had 16 hits in the Indians’ 12-3 win over the Boston Red Sox in manager Terry Francona’s return to Fenway Park last night. Francona, …
Friday, May 24, 2013
New York — Chris Kreider steered in a pass from Rick Nash 7:03 into overtime, and the New York Rangers stayed alive in the Stanley Cup playoffs with a 4-3 victory over the Boston Bruins last night. New …
Thursday, May 23, 2013
Claremont — Peter Allen and Ollie Gallo each had seven points as the Kearsarge boys lacrosse team went on the road to beat Stevens 16-6 under the lights in Claremont last night. Allen had four goals and three …
By Don's Early Light
