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Motivation Works for Ghosts: Unusual History Lesson Lifts Randolph to Baseball State Crown

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Burlington — To motivate his players prior to yesterday’s 3-2, come-from-behind win over BFA-Fairfax in the Vermont Division III state championship game, Randolph Union High baseball coach Mike Czok didn’t mind alluding to a little history — albeit unflattering. Lest the Galloping Ghosts’ six seniors forget how long of a road it’s been, Czok displayed the scoresheets from a 14-1, …

No OT Required: Rask, Bruins Deal Blackhawks a Shutout

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Boston — Tuukka Rask shut out the Chicago Blackhawks in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup finals last night and got enough help from the …

Hanover Graduate Hovers Near Lead on Vermont Open's First Day

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Fairlee — Benny Hayes is smitten. Somewhere during the college search process, the recent Hanover High School graduate — a member of the Marauders’ back-to-back …

Orioles Stifle Sox

Saturday, June 15, 2013

Baltimore — Chris Tillman took a two-hitter into the seventh inning, Chris Davis hit his major league-leading 22nd home run and the Baltimore Orioles blanked the Boston Red Sox 2-0 last night in a duel between the top two teams in the AL East. Manny Machado had three …

Former Mascoma Star Returns the Favor

Friday, June 14, 2013

Canaan — After a four-year field hockey career at Providence College and another four as a U.S. Army officer in the Pacific Northwest, former Mascoma Valley Regional High multi-sport star Kati Lary Jopek returned to the area three …

Little Time to Rest: After Marathon, Teams Prepare For Stanley Cup's Game 2

Friday, June 14, 2013

Chicago — Long after the celebration was over, Marian Hossa finally made it home and managed to fall asleep around 3 a.m. The Chicago star woke up a few hours later, roused by a noisy neighbor. “I think my neighbor decided he was going to drill in the …

Nets Introduce Kidd as Coach

Friday, June 14, 2013

New York — After playing in the NBA for 19 years, Jason Kidd is nervous about being a rookie coach. Kidd was introduced yesterday as the new coach of the Brooklyn Nets, less than 24 hours after he was hired by the franchise he led to its greatest …

Pats’ Brady Works on Chemistry With WRs

Friday, June 14, 2013

Foxborough, Mass. — Tom Brady celebrated his completion by throwing his hands into the air and shouting as if it were a game-winning catch. Whoa, calm down. It was only a pass to newcomer Danny Amendola at minicamp more than a month before training camp and with no …

B’s Ference Remembers Last 3-OT Game

Friday, June 14, 2013

Chicago — Andrew Ference didn’t need a history lesson. He was well aware the Boston Bruins were part of the longest Stanley Cup finals game. That was a triple-overtime marathon against Edmonton that went an extra 55:13 before the Oilers’ Petr Klima scored in Game 1 in 1990. …

O’s Top Red Sox in 13

Friday, June 14, 2013

Baltimore — Chris Davis singled home the tiebreaking run with two outs in the 13th inning last night, giving the Baltimore Orioles an exhausting 5-4 victory over the Boston Red Sox in the opener of a four-game series …

A Long Day, and the Lead

Friday, June 14, 2013

Ardmore, Pa. — Even for Phil Mickelson, his path to the top of the leaderboard yesterday in the U.S. Open was unconventional. He traveled about 2,400 miles in the air and 7,000 yards on the ground. He took …

Taking the Fifth A Tough Task At Merion GC

Friday, June 14, 2013

Ardmore, Pa. — The first approach shot into the fifth green at the 2013 U.S. Open was nearly perfect. And then, like the treacherous slope that makes No. 5’s putting surface perhaps the most difficult at Merion Golf …

MLB Heads to Australia for 2014 Opener

Friday, June 14, 2013

New York — The Los Angeles Dodgers and Arizona Diamondbacks will bring their thunder Down Under. Major League Baseball will open the 2014 regular season in Australia, with the Dodgers and Diamondbacks playing a two-game series at the Sydney Cricket Ground. The matchups March 22-23 mark baseball’s first …