University of Maine forward Andrew Fleming (0) works on shooting during the team’s first basketball practice of the 2018-2019 season. The team is back with a new head coach this year, Richard Barron, who used to be the coach of the women’s basketball team. (Brianna Soukup/Portland Press Herald) ORONO — “Finish strong.” Richard Barron stood […]
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Talent-rich Celtics embrace lofty expectations
CANTON, Mass. (AP) — Last summer, new Boston Celtics arrivals Kyrie Irving and Gordon Hayward beamed just imagining what it would be like to share the court together. Those dreams lasted all of five minutes before Hayward was lost for the season to a gruesome leg injury on the opening night of the season. The […]
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Orlando Magic coach Steve Clifford returning to UMF for clinic
Steve Clifford answers questions at a news conference at which he was announced as the new head coach of the Orland Magic in May. (AP Photo/John Raoux) Steve Clifford doesn’t expect to change anybody’s coaching philosophy with his basketball clinic at the University of Maine at Farmington on Saturday, but if he can offer a […]
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Police: Celtics’ Jabari Bird involved in domestic incident
BOSTON — Boston Celtics guard Jabari Bird is facing several charges following a domestic incident in which a victim was injured, police said. Bird, a second-round draft choice of the Celtics in 2017, signed a two-year contract with the team this summer after splitting his rookie season between Boston and the Maine Red Claws of […]
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Maine Red Claws release 2018-19 schedule
The 10th season of Maine Red Claws basketball is just over two months away, and now the Red Claws and their fans know who the team will be playing to get the season started. The Red Claws released their 2018-19 regular-season schedule Tuesday, and the team will tip off its milestone season on Friday, Nov. […]
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Cindy Blodgett headlines Maine Basketball Hall of Fame class
One of the best players — male or female — in Maine high school basketball and University of Maine history now has a spot among the rest of the state’s best basketball minds and talents. Cindy Blodgett, the former Lawrence High School star from Clinton, who went on to even more stardom at UMaine, was […]
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Stephen Curry supports women’s game by hosting girls camps
WALNUT CREEK, Calif. (AP) — Just like Steph, seventh-grader Amanda Kerner stood before a big crowd and knocked down shot after shot from five different spots on the court — 20 makes in 2 1/2 minutes, complete with a buzzer-beater. For one afternoon, Stephen Curry ensured that 200 girls in his camp had as real […]
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Lynx star, Minnesota legend: Whalen to retire from WNBA
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — When Lindsay Whalen retires from the WNBA at the end of this season, the gritty Minnesota Lynx point guard won’t have trouble figuring out what to do next. She’s already started the next stage, after all, as the head coach at her alma mater. Even before she was hired in the spring […]
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Carmelo Anthony officially signs with Houston Rockets
HOUSTON (AP) — Carmelo Anthony signed a one-year, $2.4 million deal with the Houston Rockets on Monday. Anthony was traded from the Oklahoma City Thunder to the Atlanta Hawks last month before the Hawks released him. Houston general manager Daryl Morey announced the signing and the Rockets posted a picture on social media of Anthony […]
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Eyes up and all net
Troy Barnies, right, applies pressure to Flavio Luyindula, 13, of Auburn as Luyindula drives the basket during Sunday’s Troy Barnies Pop-Up Basketball Clinic at Hasty Memorial Armory in Auburn. The program, in its third year, was sponsored by www.trusports.us, and was part of the last day of the Auburn Summer Festival. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) Alaina Hamlin, 10, of South Paris […]