Northampton, Frontier girls track close season with wins

The Northampton and Frontier Regional girls track & field teams both prepared for this weekend's divisional championships with easy wins Tuesday.

Adrienne Pascucci won the long jump and 100 hurdles to pace Hamp Amherst 86-42 in Amherst. Mel Devoney won the mile and Maisy Sylvan took first in the 100 for Amherst.

Celtics, 76ers series shifts to Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA - See ya, Chicago. Thanks for the split, Boston.

These young-and-fun 76ers are loaded with postseason surprises, aren't they?

Who guessed Lavoy Allen, an unheralded rookie, would toss a last-gasp bank shot with .9 seconds left on the shot clock for the clutch points in Game 2?

Not the Celtics. And probably not even the Sixers.

VCU leaves CAA, announces move to Atlantic 10

RICHMOND, Va. - VCU is looking to make the most of its rise to prominence in men's basketball and President Michael Rao said moving to the Atlantic 10 is "the next step."

Atlantic 10 takes proactive approach to realignment, lands VCU, Butler

AMHERST

Give the Atlantic 10 credit. Not many conferences can lose a flagship institution and not miss a
beat. But the A-10 certainly comes out of the current run of conference
realignment looking like a winner. Faced with losing Temple, which has been a banner carrier for the
conference, and Charlotte, which has solid basketball history, the
Atlantic 10 went out and got two schools that were in the 2011 Final
Four: Virginia Commonwealth and Butler.

Josh Beckett pitches like an ace, leads Red Sox over Mariners

BOSTON (AP) - Josh Beckett did exactly what he needed to satisfy the fired-up fans at Fenway Park. Beckett pitched his best game of the season, striking out nine and scattering four hits over seven innings as the Red Sox shut out the Seattle Mariners 5-0 on Tuesday, extending Boston's winning streak to five.

Jonathan Quick shuts out Coyotes

GLENDALE, Ariz. - Jeff Carter scored three goals, Jonathan Quick stopped 24 shots and the Los Angeles Kings matched an NHL record with their seventh straight road playoff victory, beating the Phoenix Coyotes 4-0 Tuesday night to take control of Western Conference finals.

Manny Ramirez set to begin minor league games

OAKLAND, Calif. - The Sacramento River Cats' latest post on Facebook: "It's Manny Time."

Suspended slugger Manny Ramirez is scheduled to begin a 10-game minor league stint with Triple-A Sacramento on Saturday in Albuquerque, N.M., and the club is already preparing special ticket packages for his home games in Northern California.