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Ashley Underwood is a former UMaine basketball player and also played for Cony High School in Augusta. She is the newest crowned Miss Maine USA.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Plaxico Burress was led out of a police precinct in handcuffs Monday after surrendering on a weapons possession charge, and authorities said that teammate Antonio Pierce is being investigated over his role in an accidental shooting at a Manhattan nightclub.
LONDON (AP) -- The New England Patriots will play the Tampa Bay Buccaneers next season at Wembley Stadium, the third straight year the NFL will stage a regular-season game in the British capital.
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) -- New England coach Bill Belichick says the best way for the Patriots to improve their precarious playoff hopes is to win next Sunday at Seattle and not worry about their other games.
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) -- Pittsburgh's NFL-best defense stopped Matt Cassel's two-game offensive surge and pushed New England closer to strange territory -- a sideline seat for the playoffs.
ORONO (AP) -- It wasn't a good weekend for the University of Maine's basketball teams.
PORTLAND (AP) -- The Portland Pirates' drought is over. The Pirates ended their five-game losing streak Sunday with a 4-0 win over the Manchester Monarchs in Portland.
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) -Pat Grace threw two long touchdown passes to Jarred Herring to spark a second-quarter burst that carried Northern Iowa to a 40-15 victory over Maine on Saturday in the first round of the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs.
BOSTON (AP) -- Blake Wheeler and David Krejci set up each other for scores 10 seconds apart in Boston's five-goal third period to help the Bruins pull away for their 10th win in 12 games, a 7-2 victory over the New York Islanders on Friday afternoon.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- Jockey Julien Leparoux has broken a 23-year-old Churchill Downs record for wins at a Fall Meet previously held by Hall of Fame jockey Pat Day.
BOSTON (AP) -- The Boston Celtics will try tonight to make it seven in a row when they host the Philadelphia 76ers.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Stephon Marbury has been suspended one game without pay and his salary has been docked by the New York Knicks.
ORONO (AP) -- The UMaine football team departs for Iowa Friday after gathering as a football family yesterday for Thanksgiving dinner.
Portland (NEWS CENTER) -- The annual Thanksgiving day game between Portland and Deering proved to be a much closer game than most thought.
BOSTON (AP) -- Tom Brady says he's doing well in his recovery from knee surgery.
DENVER (AP) -- The Denver Broncos signed free-agent fullback Andrew Pinnock on Wednesday to shore up their injury-riddled backfield.
CLEVELAND (AP) -- LeBron James and Microsoft Corp. have lost their Internet connection.
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) -- For the second time this season, New England Patriots quarterback Matt Cassel has been named the AFC Offensive Player of the Week.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Matt Light of New England and Channing Crowder of Miami have been fined $15,000 apiece by the NFL for what the league called "a verbal and physical altercation" last week.
WALTHAM, Mass. (AP) -- The Boston Celtics are planning a moment of silence before Wednesday night's game in memory of Helen Heinsohn, the wife of NBA Hall of Famer Tommy Heinsohn.
ASHBURN, Va. (AP) -- Former NFL MVP Shaun Alexander has been released by the Washington Redskins after getting limited playing time in five games.
BOSTON (AP) -- Center Marc Savard of the Bruins has been named the NHL's First Star of the Week.
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) -- The NFL is reviewing Sunday's scuffle between Patriots offensive tackle Matt Light and Miami Dolphins linebacker Channing Crowder.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- One Indiana high school freshman is already thinking about baseball season.
SUSSEX, Va. (AP) -- Michael Vick has pleaded guilty to a state dogfighting charge in Virginia, and has been given a three-year suspended sentence.
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