Author: Bhagyashree Soni

WELLESLEY — A couple of weeks in the past, the Lincoln-Sudbury ladies lacrosse staff performed Westwood within the common season. After falling in an enormous gap early, the Warriors’ comeback try got here up a purpose quick. In Sunday’s Div. 1 title recreation at Babson College, the Wolverines once more had the higher begin, and perhaps simply had the components for beating L-S. Or perhaps, this time, issues had been slightly completely different. L-S was higher on the draw, and made probably the most of its alternatives, because the Warriors earned an exciting 10-9 victory to assert the state title.…

With Patrick Wisdom happening the 10-day injured record Saturday with a sprained proper wrist, Nick Madrigal is making ready to make constant begins at third base for the Chicago Cubs. After returning final week from a stint at Triple-A Iowa, Madrigal is keen for any alternatives he will get. “I was just excited to get back with the guys,” Madrigal stated. “When I received despatched down, I used to be simply attempting to do every little thing I may to get again as quickly as I may. The physique is feeling good proper now and I really feel like my…

Former Chicago Bulls taking pictures guard Ben Gordon received’t be seeing any jail time for allegedly assaulting his son at LaGuardia airport final 12 months, court docket officers mentioned Thursday. During a court docket look in Queens Criminal Court, a decide allowed Gordon, 40, to plead responsible to resisting arrest and disorderly conduct in a deal which, so long as he’s not rearrested, he would obtain no jail time throughout his sentencing in August. Gordon should additionally go to court-mandated remedy, his lawyer Eric Sanders mentioned. If he fulfills the settlement of the deal, the costs towards him can be…

AMHERST — After seeing a five-run lead slip away within the seventh inning on Sunday within the Division 2 softball remaining, Burlington coach Kristen Farrell wasn’t fearful. One take a look at her workforce’s faces confirmed it. The Red Devils shook off Tewksbury’s beautiful seventh-inning comeback and used a RBI single from Maddie King within the eighth to take a 10-9 win and this system’s first state championship. “That eighth inning just had a different feel right from the first pitch,” mentioned Farrell, who was part of a pair of Burlington groups that had misplaced in state finals. “This is…

AMHERST — The Taunton softball workforce got here to Sortino Field on Sunday able to take its place as a softball dynasty in Massachusetts. Mission achieved. The Tigers turned the primary workforce since Bud Henry’s Bishop Fenwick program within the Nineties to win three consecutive Div. 1 titles as Sam Lincoln held Central Catholic to at least one hit whereas Ava Venturelli’s three-run homer within the third inning led the way in which to a 6-1 win over the top-seeded Raiders. “To win again is really special,” stated first-year Taunton coach Michele Raposa, who additionally has two titles as a…

The Orioles have prevented being swept this season by often managing to capitalize on their opponents’ errors. On Sunday, they needed to overcome their very own to dodge a 3rd straight loss to the Chicago Cubs. Baltimore bounced again from a sequence of self-inflicted wounds for a 6-3 victory within the sequence finale at Wrigley Field, defeating the Cubs to keep away from what would’ve been the workforce’s first sweep on this season’s 23 sequence. Manager Brandon Hyde stated earlier than the sport that the Orioles’ clubhouse options “a bunch of pros who don’t panic,” and his workforce showcased that…

BOSTON – As the Yankees ready for a doubleheader in opposition to the Red Sox on Sunday, Nestor Cortes threw for the primary time since touchdown on the 15-day injured record with a left rotator cuff pressure. The southpaw, who final pitched on May 30, performed catch on the sphere at Fenway Park. Prior to doing so, he instructed the Daily News that his shoulder has been feeling higher. “We’ll see today how I respond to throwing, but exercises have been good,” Cortes stated. “My everyday life has been pretty good. Taking off shirts and holding stuff up and holding…

“When I was a kid, I hated this day,” Alex Cora stated on Sunday morning. It’s Father’s Day, and the Red Sox supervisor is considering his father. José Manuel Cora handed away in 1989, when Alex was solely 13 years previous. “After I lost my dad, I hated it,” Cora explains. “You know, it’s just like, why us? Why he’s not with us?” But with time, and changing into a father himself, he gained perspective to accompany the ache of dropping his. “Now, it’s the other way around. It’s kind of like, you grow up, and you learn, and you…

James McCann caught 4 innings for the Orioles on Saturday after struggling what proved to be a sprained left ankle. It can be at the very least 10 days earlier than he catches one other. Baltimore positioned its backup backstop on the injured listing earlier than Sunday’s sequence finale in opposition to the Chicago Cubs, a day after McCann twisted his left ankle sliding feet-first into first base on an infield single within the second inning. He stayed within the sport till he was pinch-hit for within the sixth. The Orioles chosen the contract for José Godoy, who was already…

Christian McCann has found, in his thoughts, a grave injustice. Earlier this month, the 5-year-old son of James and Jessica McCann broached the topic together with his father. “Daddy, it’s not fair,” Christian exclaimed. “You play more games than we do.” Christian and his twin brother, Kane, at the moment are enjoying coach pitch baseball, and so they can’t get sufficient. James, a 10-year main league veteran now with the Orioles, chuckled, as dad and mom with curious kids usually do. “I don’t think you want to play 162 games yet,” James replied. “But maybe one day.” However, his boys’…