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Red Sox fans can breathe a collective sigh of relief knowing that Kristine Lilly gave up her childhood dream of one day playing for the New York Yankees. If her soccer prowess More ... Although founded in a Holyoke, Mass. gymnasium in 1895, the sport of bumps, sets and spikes gained its most popular More ... Cyclists compete in the Tour de Loop I on Saturday morning. The race offered a one-loop, 16-mile course and a two-loop, 30-mile mile course that stretched from More ... Twin explosions by both teams resulted in an eight-inning contest that yielded no victor, as Yates Gas and the Barber's Furniture Blacksheep battled to an 8-8 tie before their game was called on account of darkness Friday night in the wooden bat league. More ... It is a matter of percentage points now in the adult co-ed B League. Entering the penultimate week of regular-season play tonight, Arkay Builders has moved into second place in the league table. Although both have 10 points, Arkay (4-2-2) holds a slight lead over thirdplace Fooods (3-1-4) after action on Wednesday, July 27. More ... After two particularly physical games on Tuesday, July 19, Nantucket Ice suspended play in its men's A League hockey season last week. There were 17 penalties and one ejection in the game between Pudley's Pub and Atlantic Sportswear, and 15 penalties and four ejections in the Something Natural/Arrowhead Nursery game. More ... My esteemed colleague and fellow columnist in the sports section, Andrew Spencer, told me after I wrote about kayaking into Coskata Pond that I was giving away all the wonderfully secluded spots on the island. More ... The inter-island rivalry stayed hot on Sunday when three teams of Nantucket hockey players ventured to the Vineyard. The men's A League-level teams skated to a 3-3 tie, with goalkeeper Colin Williams making several saves to keep the Nantucketers in the game. The men's rec-level team from Nantucket dismantled its Vineyard counterpart 7-2 behind two-goal performances by Greg Rand and Mark Greenfield. The Nantucket women's team kept the visitors perfect, beating Martha's Vineyard 4-2. The mens teams are expected to play host to the Vineyarders later this month on Nantucket. More ... |
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