Former UMaine player Jim Boylen is done as coach in Chicago after the Bulls missed the playoffs for the fourth time in five years.
Joe Grant
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Betts ties MLB record for most 3 home-run games in Dodgers’ win
In just his seventh season, Mookie Betts joins Sammy Sosa and Johnny Mize with six career 3-homer games.
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Rays beat up Hart, Red Sox for sixth straight win
Tampa Bay roughs up former Sea Dogs pitcher Kyle Hart in his first major league start en route to a 17-8 win – its eighth in a row at Fenway Park.
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NCAA cancels all fall championships except FBS football
Championships in soccer, field hockey, women’s volleyball, cross country and water polo won’t be held because not enough schools plan to compete this fall.
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Hurricanes bounce back, even series with Bruins
Former Bruin Dougie Hamilton scores the winning goal in the third period, and Carolina takes a 3-2 victory in Game 2 of the first-round series.
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NHL roundup: Canadiens Coach Claude Julien hospitalized with chest pains
Claude Julien, the 60-year-old former Bruins coach, is expected to be out for the remainder of Montreal’s first-round series against Philadelphia.
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Djokovic changes mind, says he will play at U.S. Open
Novak Djokovic, who has been critical of the USTA, will be a heavy favorite in the absence of Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer.
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Celtics rest starters in loss to Wizards
Boston, which will play Philadelphia in the first round of the playoffs, finishes the regular season with a 96-90 loss.
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Ask a Naturalist: What’s up with that pigeon in my driveway?
Wildlife questions from real Mainers answered by Maine Audubon Staff Naturalist Doug Hitchcox
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College notebook: FCS playoffs unlikely after two more conferences cancel fall season
More than 70 of the 127 Football Championship Subdivision schools have said they will not play this fall, after decisions Friday by the Big Sky Conference and Pioneer League.