Concord
This weekend's 1883 Black Ice Pond Hockey Championship got the green light yesterday. The pond hockey tournament's second year at White Park had been scheduled for Jan. 27-29 but was postponed due to unsafe ice caused by the wet, warm weather. Two weeks later, the winter is still warmer than usual. But organizers decided yesterday to hold the event as planned, Friday through Sunday,…
February 8, 2012
High schools
NORTHWOOD - Normally, the Coe-Brown girls' basketball team practices at 5:45 a.m. on Wednesday mornings. But not today. The Bears got to sleep in this morning. "They've earned it," Coe-Brown Coach Dave Hartnett said. They earned the extra rest with a tough week of practice, a win against previously…
February 8, 2012
Boston 94, Charlotte 84
BOSTON - Paul Pierce knew what was on the line with every shot. The pressure was quite clear to Pierce and anyone else in the arena as he stood on the verge of passing Larry Bird for No. 2 on Boston's career scoring list. He needed only 10 points to overtake Bird when the Celtics hosted Charlotte last night and…
February 8, 2012
NFL
NEW YORK - Eli Manning hoisted the Lombardi Trophy from a glittering blue-and-white float, and Mayor Michael Bloomberg joked that New York City should now be nicknamed the "Big Blue Apple," as thousands of fans crowded lower Manhattan yesterday to celebrate the New York Giants' Super Bowl victory amid…
February 8, 2012
College football
The Big Ten, which helped squash the notion of a four-team playoff to crown a national champion in college football several years ago, is taking another look. BCS Executive Director Bill Hancock said last night that's good news. "Our process is working perfectly," Hancock said. "One of good things about our process is that there's no timetable so that a deliberate and thoughtful…
February 8, 2012
College football
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - Prosecutors asked yesterday to have Jerry Sandusky kept indoors as part of his bail conditions, citing complaints that the former Penn State football assistant was seen outside and watching children in a schoolyard from the back porch of his home, where he remains under house arrest while awaiting trial on child molestation charges. The state attorney general's…
February 8, 2012
JV results • The Concord JV boys' basketball team (7-5) edged Exeter, 54-51. Seimou Smith led Concord with a game-high 33 points, followed by Robert Kelly with six points and Caleb Daniels with three key fourth-quarter points. • The Hillsboro-Deering JV girls' basketball team fell to Bow, 42-18. Taylor Burrows (six points) and Jessica Caldwell (five points) led the…
February 8, 2012
The visiting Portland Pirates scored three straight goals in the first period, two of them shorthanded, then hung on to beat the Manchester Monarchs, 4-2, last night. The Monarchs outshot the Pirates, 36-25, but couldn't overcome the early deficit despite scoring two goals in the second to trim the deficit to 3-2. Patrick Mullen struck first for Manchester with assists from Linden…
February 8, 2012
Nba
LOS ANGELES - Clippers guard Chauncey Billups will miss the remainder of the season after tearing his left Achilles tendon during Los Angeles's 107-102 victory over the Magic in Orlando on Monday night. The team says an MRI yesterday confirmed Billups's injury. Billups will return to Los Angeles tomorrow for further evaluation. The Clippers say a date for surgery hasn't been determined.…
February 8, 2012
Girls' Hockey
In a very physical game, the Cardinals scored late in the first period and held on from there for the victory. Ashley Godbout made 21 saves in the effort and kept the Tide in the game.
February 8, 2012
Girls' Alpine Skiing
The Crimson Tide placed second with 717 points in the 2nd Annual Rebecca Tenney Memorial Race. Exeter was first with 780 points. In the slalom, Annie Decosta-Klipa (ninth), Jessie Bean (10th), Rachel Robertson (13th) and Emily Lafond (20th) all scored for the Tide. Robertson was the top finisher for the Tide in the giant slalom with a ninth-place finish, followed by Bean (15th),…
February 8, 2012
The University of Michigan Board of Regents has called a special meeting to discuss renting Michigan Stadium to the NHL for the Winter Classic. The meeting is scheduled for this morning. If the regents give their okay as expected, that would likely be one of the last hurdles to bringing the NHL's annual showcase to one of the most iconic venues in college sports. The crowd for…
February 8, 2012
The Cougars competed in the Connecticut Valley Conference Championships Monday with Hanover, Keene, Lebanon and Newport. Arianna Stokes led the Cougars in the giant slalom with a 16th-place finish, followed by Kylee Cancio-Bello (19th), Cara Wolf (23rd) and Geneva Heffernan (29th). In the slalom, Cancio-Bello (17th), Wolf (18th), Heffernan (20th) and Victoria Botana (26th) raced…
February 8, 2012
San Diego prosecutors won't file criminal charges against Kobe Bryant after reviewing allegations by a man who accused the Los Angeles Lakers star of injuring him during a scuffle at church. The city attorney's office said yesterday that there was insufficient evidence to prove charges beyond a reasonable doubt. It says it did an exhaustive investigation that included interviews…
February 8, 2012
Boys' Alpine Skiing
The Crimson Tide competed in the 2nd Annual Rebecca Tenney Memorial Race and earned second place with 752 points. Exeter was first with 769 points. Connor Gundy paced the Tide in the slalom with a third-place finish, while Evan Devanny (sixth), Robert Cummings (seventh) and Ethan Lafrance (eighth) also scored. In the giant slalom, Gundy (fourth), Cummings (seventh) and Freddie…
February 8, 2012
