Alexi Pappas heard the same things many people with a mental illness do: Snap out of it, just be yourself, it’ll pass. She says it nearly took her...
MONTPELIER — A return to play is in sight for Vermont high school sports.In a Tuesday morning news conference, Gov. Phil Scott announced that...
DURHAM, N.H. — For a few days last April, Jon Willeman was unsure what his future would look like.The COVID-19 pandemic had just shut down the...
Mack Levy never thought twice about it.To him, the Hanover High mascot has always been a sign of validation and status. Levy, who is a two-sport...
HANOVER — On July 9, Dartmouth College announced it was cutting five sports from its varsity roster to reduce athletic department expenses and the...
A higher level of competition. A deeper field of rivals. And the familiar result for Tara Geraghty-Moats: victory.The West Fairlee 27-year-old made...
LEBANON — Emily Kehoe won’t lack for help this winter. The new Lebanon High girls basketball coach has many acquaintances assisting during the...
ORFORD — Last winter, Tim Goodwin watched coaches pace the sidelines of Rivendell Academy’s basketball court from the stage, which sits above the...
UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) — Semyon Varlamov stopped 27 shots for his 29th career shutout, Jean-Gabriel Pageau scored with 4:09 remaining, and the New York Islanders beat the Boston Bruins 1-0 in their home opener Monday.Adam Pelech fired a shot from the left point and Boston's Patrice Bergeron...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Phillies acquired infielder C.J. Chatham from the Boston Red Sox on Monday for a player to be named or cash. Chatham hit .298 with 14 home runs and a .739 OPS in 266 minor league games. He batted .302 with two home runs in 20 games in Tripe-A in 2019. Chatham was...
Gutsy or insane? Depends on the outcome.Andy Reid's gamble on fourth-and-inches at the Kansas City 48 with 1:14 remaining in Sunday's 22-17 divisional-round win over Cleveland fits the category. That it succeeded will become legend among Chiefs fans. Had it failed, well, who knows?The fact Reid...
BOSTON (AP) — A person familiar with the deal says the Boston Red Sox have reached an agreement with left-hander Martín Pérez on one-year contract.The deal was confirmed to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity because it could not be announced until Pérez...
BOSTON (AP) — Julius Randle scored 20 points with 12 rebounds and RJ Barrett had 19 and 11 on Sunday to help the New York Knicks snap a five-game losing streak and beat the Boston Celtics 105-75.Jaylen Brown scored 25 for Boston, which had the best record in the Eastern Conference after...
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Egor Sharangovich scored his first NHL goal in the final seconds of overtime to propel the New Jersey Devils to a 2-1 victory over the Boston Bruins on Saturday.MacKenzie Blackwood made 27 saves and picked up his first victory of the season. Miles Wood also scored for...
BOSTON (AP) — Jaylen Brown had 21 points and eight assists, Semi Ojeleye added 18 points and the Boston Celtics rolled to an 124-97 win over the Orlando Magic on Friday night in their return to action following a virus-related week-long hiatus. Jeff Teague finished with 17 points and...
BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Red Sox have agreed to a $4,575,000, one-year deal with third baseman Rafael Devers that avoided salary arbitration.. The 24-year-old Devers had a breakout season in 2019, when he batted .311 with 32 homers and 115 RBIs, leading the majors with 54 doubles and 359...
Another three NBA games were postponed Friday, including one in Minnesota only a couple hours before game time, as the league's struggle with increasing coronavirus numbers continued.Among the revelations Friday: Timberwolves center Karl-Anthony Towns , whose mother and six other relatives have...
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Brad Marchand had a goal and an assist, then scored the only goal in the shootout as the Boston Bruins beat New Jersey 3-2 on Thursday night to spoil Lindy Ruff's debut as Devils coach.Marchand scored a power-play goal and set up another by Nick Ritchie for the Bruins,...
The Boston Celtics expect their unplanned weeklong hiatus because of coronavirus-related issues to end Friday, when they’re scheduled to play host to the Orlando Magic.The Phoenix Suns, however, have a bit more time off coming.The Celtics will be without at least three players Friday...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Drew Brees periodically discusses his long, extraordinary NFL journey in terms of fate and destiny.The Saints quarterback says, for example, that his career-threatening throwing shoulder injury at the end of the 2005 season was meant to be. It precipitated his departure...
NEW YORK (AP) — Former Chicago Cubs and Boston Red Sox executive Theo Epstein has been hired by Major League Baseball as a consultant for on-field matters and will evaluate possible rule changes.Epstein will work with baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred, the owners’ competition...
BOSTON (AP) — For now the season debut of Celtics point guard Kemba Walker remains in a holding pattern. The Celtics haven’t played a game in nearly a week thanks to the recent rash of coronavirus cases that continues to cause postponements across the league. Walker would love to...
With five games called off this week already and more teams dealing with virus-related issues, the NBA and the National Basketball Players Association enacted additional rules Tuesday in the hope of keeping the season going safely.For “at least the next two weeks,” the league and...
BOSTON (AP) — More than 60 years after he broke the NHL's color barrier, Willie O’Ree will soon add another milestone to his career.The Boston Bruins announced Tuesday that O'Ree will have his No. 22 jersey retired prior to the team's Feb. 18 game against the New Jersey Devils. It...
Jeff Skinner was enjoying an afternoon in his parents’ backyard when suddenly the Buffalo Sabres forward thought his father was pulling an April Fools' joke on him in mid-September.“My dad came out and told me that Eric Staal is on our team,” Skinner said upon learning...
NEW YORK (AP) — San Francisco 49ers general manager John Lynch, New England Patriots long snapper Joe Cardona, and Atlanta Falcons executive Steve Cannon are finalists for the NFL Salute to Service Award.Now in its 10th year, the award recognizes exceptional efforts to honor and support...
Say this about Ju-Ju Smith-Schuster: he sure knows how to fire up foes through jigs and digs alike.Baker Mayfield trolled the Steelers star Sunday night, bellowing, “The Browns is the Browns!” as he hurried to join his delirious teammates following Cleveland’s 48-37 AFC...
New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick announced Monday night that he will not accept the Presidential Medal of Freedom, saying “remaining true to the people, team and country I love outweigh the benefits of any individual award.”In a delicately worded, one-paragraph statement...