Former Bangor High School and Bangor Legion standout shortstop Kyle Stevenson has put his college baseball career at UMaine on hold after undergoing hip surgery last Friday.
New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski will not play in Sunday night's opening game in Arizona. Friday reports had him not on the plane flight to Phoenix and now the team has downgraded his status for the game.
Sox rookie Andrew Benintendi has been place on the disabled list with a sprained left knee. The injury happened in the 7th inning last night when he was trying to avoid a tag by the Rays shortstop and turned his ankle.
The New England Patriots beat the Chicago Bears 23-22 even with the back story of QB Tom Brady apparently cutting his thumb with scissors before the game and deemed unable to play.
Back in January, Blake Swihart was in Bangor headlining the Sports Radio 92.9 The Ticket 'Sox Young Guns' event. In April, Swihart was opening day Sox catcher. June 4th, everything changed.
Former UMaine goalie Ben Bishop left game one of the Eastern Conference Finals on a stretcher. There was concern that he had a serious knee injury. But, the news is much better than expected. No major damage, he's listed as day-to-day and could play tonight in game two, although that is unlikely.
A tough night for Maine's connection to the NHL Eastern Conference Finals - both Ben Bishop and Brian Dumoulin left game one with injuries. Tampa Bay beat Pittsburgh 3-1.