Sports

Red Sox owner: ‘We were reliant too heavily on analytics’

FORT MYERS, Fla. — After their new players added up to another last-place finish, the owner of the Boston Red Sox figured out the team’s… Continue reading

  • Feb 25, 2016
  • By MAUREEN MULLEN

Sports on TV for Thursday, Feb. 25

COLLEGE BASKETBALL3 p.m., ESPN — Florida St. at Duke3 p.m., ESPN2 — SMU at Memphis3 p.m., ESPNU — Nebraska at Penn St.3 p.m., FS1 —… Continue reading

  • Feb 25, 2016

Sports calendar for Feb. 25

Today, February 25HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALLHome, 4:30 p.m., 6:15 p.m., 8 p.m., JDHS boys host Mt. Edgecumbe.Friday, February 26HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALLHome, 4:30 p.m., 6:15 p.m., 8… Continue reading

  • Feb 25, 2016

Today in sports history: Feb. 25

1940 — The first telecast of an American hockey game is transmitted over station W2XBS in New York — the New York Rangers vs. the… Continue reading

  • Feb 25, 2016

Sports calendar for Feb. 24

Thursday, February 25HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALLHome, 4:30 p.m., 6:15 p.m., 8 p.m., JDHS boys host Mt. Edgecumbe.Friday, February 26HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALLHome, 4:30 p.m., 6:15 p.m., 8… Continue reading

  • Feb 24, 2016
FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2014, file photo, sportscaster Erin Andrews speaks during an interview at the NFL Super Bowl XLVIII media center in New York. An attorney for Andrews told a jury Tuesday, Feb. 23,2016, that she felt horror, shame and humiliation when she discovered that someone had secretly filmed her nude and posted the video on the Internet.  (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

Sportscaster’s lawyer details shock over nude photos

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — An attorney for sportscaster and TV personality Erin Andrews told a jury Tuesday that Andrews felt horror, shame and humiliation when she… Continue reading

  • Feb 24, 2016
  • By SHEILA BURKE
FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2014, file photo, sportscaster Erin Andrews speaks during an interview at the NFL Super Bowl XLVIII media center in New York. An attorney for Andrews told a jury Tuesday, Feb. 23,2016, that she felt horror, shame and humiliation when she discovered that someone had secretly filmed her nude and posted the video on the Internet.  (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

Cishek back to closing role in Seattle

PEORIA, Ariz. — Steve Cishek will soon be working about as far from south Florida as one can be, which is a good thing for… Continue reading

  • Feb 24, 2016
  • By JOSE M. ROMERO

Ex-UAF hockey player acquitted in sexual assault case

FAIRBANKS — A former University of Alaska Fairbanks hockey player was found not guilty of sexually assaulting a woman on campus.Nolan Youngmun, 24, of Anchorage… Continue reading

  • Feb 23, 2016

Sports calendar for Feb. 23

Thursday, February 25HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALLHome, 4:30 p.m., 6:15 p.m., 8 p.m., JDHS boys host Mt. Edgecumbe.Friday, February 26HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALLHome, 4:30 p.m., 6:15 p.m., 8… Continue reading

  • Feb 23, 2016

JDHS takes second game against Mt. Edgecumbe

The Juneau-Douglas High School boys basketball team took down 3A Mt. Edgecumbe in Sitka on Saturday.The Crimson Bears (15-3) outscored their opponents in every period… Continue reading

Thunder Mountain High School senior Noah Reishus-O'Brien (15) guards Ketchikan High School senior Jason James (11) on Saturday during the Falcons 70-45 loss to the Kings in the Clarke Cochrane Gym.

TMHS boys drop two to Kayhi

The Thunder Mountain High School Boys Basketball team travelled to Ketchikan this weekend, losing two games to the state’s No. 1-ranked team.The Falcons stuck with… Continue reading

Thunder Mountain High School senior Noah Reishus-O'Brien (15) guards Ketchikan High School senior Jason James (11) on Saturday during the Falcons 70-45 loss to the Kings in the Clarke Cochrane Gym.
Thunder Mountain's Siniva Maka shoots against Ketchikan's Courtney Kemble during their game Friday night at TMHS. Ketchikan won 53-37 on Friday, and 55-33 on Saturday.

Ketchikan bests Thunder Mountain

The Thunderdome was packed with friends and family for senior night Saturday, as the Thunder Mountain High School girls basketball team fell to Ketchikan High… Continue reading

Thunder Mountain's Siniva Maka shoots against Ketchikan's Courtney Kemble during their game Friday night at TMHS. Ketchikan won 53-37 on Friday, and 55-33 on Saturday.

Sports on TV for Monday, Feb. 22

COLLEGE BASKETBALL3 p.m., ESPN — Virginia at Miami3 p.m., ESPNU — Texas at Kansas St.5 p.m., ESPN — Iowa St. at West Virginia5 p.m., ESPNU… Continue reading

  • Feb 22, 2016

Sports calendar for Feb. 22

Thursday, February 25HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALLHome, 4:30 p.m., 6:15 p.m., 8 p.m., JDHS boys host Mt. Edgecumbe.Friday, February 26HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALLHome, 4:30 p.m., 6:15 p.m., 8… Continue reading

  • Feb 22, 2016
Thunder Mountain junior Chase Saviers (11, blue jersey) passes the ball around Ketchikan High School senior Jason James (11, white jersey) to junior Riley Olsen (23) on Friday, Feb. 19, 2016, during the Falcons' 54-62 loss to the Kings in the Clarke Cochrane Gym.

Photos: TMHS boys fall to Kayhi

Thunder Mountain junior Chase Saviers (11, blue jersey) passes the ball around Ketchikan High School senior Jason James (11, white jersey) to junior Riley Olsen… Continue reading

Thunder Mountain junior Chase Saviers (11, blue jersey) passes the ball around Ketchikan High School senior Jason James (11, white jersey) to junior Riley Olsen (23) on Friday, Feb. 19, 2016, during the Falcons' 54-62 loss to the Kings in the Clarke Cochrane Gym.

Sports calendar for Feb. 21

Thursday, February 25HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALLHome, 4:30 p.m., 6:15 p.m., 8 p.m., JDHS boys host Mt. Edgecumbe.Friday, February 26HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALLHome, 4:30 p.m., 6:15 p.m., 8… Continue reading

  • Feb 21, 2016

Sports on TV for Feb. 21

AUTO RACING9 a.m., FOX — NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Daytona 500, at Daytona Beach, Fla.BOWLING9 a.m., ESPN — PBA Tour, Players Championship, at Columbus, OhioCOLLEGE… Continue reading

  • Feb 21, 2016
Thunder Mountain's Siniva Maka drives against Ketchikan's AJ Dela Cruz during their game Friday night at TMHS. Ketchikan won 53-37.

Lady Falcons fall against visiting Kings

The Ketchikan High School girls basketball team pressed and rebounded its way to a win against Thunder Mountain High School on Friday at the Thunderdome.The… Continue reading

Thunder Mountain's Siniva Maka drives against Ketchikan's AJ Dela Cruz during their game Friday night at TMHS. Ketchikan won 53-37.

JDHS surmounts Mt. Edgcumbe

The Juneau-Douglas High School boys basketball team hung onto an eight-point lead Friday at Mt. Edgecumbe High School, coming away with its 14th win of… Continue reading

In this Jan. 20 photo, Atlanta Hawks center Al Horford drives past Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard during the second half.  The Hawks All-Star said Wednesday he expects to remain in Atlanta, and he is the ideal fit for coach Mike Budenholzer's system. But he will be a free agent this summer, and the Hawks could look to move him if they think they would lose him for nothing in a few months.

Buckle up: NBA trade deadline approaching

Last year there was hardly any action in the days leading up to the NBA’s trading deadline. That led some to believe it would come… Continue reading

  • Feb 19, 2016
  • By JON KRAWCZYNSKI
In this Jan. 20 photo, Atlanta Hawks center Al Horford drives past Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard during the second half.  The Hawks All-Star said Wednesday he expects to remain in Atlanta, and he is the ideal fit for coach Mike Budenholzer's system. But he will be a free agent this summer, and the Hawks could look to move him if they think they would lose him for nothing in a few months.