Four finalists selected for the Travis Roy Award in Men's Hockey

high school

Dylan Blue of Lewiston, Toby Lappin of Portland/South Portland/Deering/Wainfleet, Kadan Neureuter of Lake Region/Oxford Hills/Fryeburg and Timothy Ouellette of St. Dominic Academy are the top seniors. He was a finalist for the Travis Roy Award, which is given to athletes. In men's hockey class A.

Neureuther (18 goals, 18 assists) and Ouellet (14 goals, 22 assists) tied for the Class A scoring lead during the regular season. Lappin had 16 goals and 12 assists in the regular season, while Blue was Lewiston's leading scorer with 13 goals and nine assists.

The winner will be announced at the Class A Hockey Banquet on March 16 in Brunswick.

basketball

NBA: The NBA announced Wednesday that the Boston Celtics and Denver Nuggets will play preseason games on October 4th and 6th in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, for next season.

The NBA said the two games will reach people in more than 200 countries and territories through television, digital media and social media. These are part of a multi-year collaboration between the NBA and the Abu Dhabi Department of Culture and Tourism.

The NBA said the two games will reach people in more than 200 countries and territories through television, digital media and social media. These are part of a multi-year collaboration between the NBA and the Abu Dhabi Department of Culture and Tourism.

football

NFL: The Buffalo Bills' salary cap-related player purge cuts deep into the team's core, with veteran safety Jordan Poyer and center Mitch Morse among the five players the team announced they released. .

Cornerback Tre'Davious White was also cut, a person with direct knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press.

The move was necessary because Buffalo is expected to be $44 million over the cap for the 2024 season, an NFL record.

• The Washington Commanders are signing veteran tight end Zach Ertz, two people familiar with the move told The Associated Press.

A person familiar with the deal said his contract for next season is worth up to $5 million.

soccer

Champions League: Manchester City continued their bid for a consecutive Champions League title with a 3-1 victory over visiting Copenhagen, advancing to the quarter-finals.

City won 6-2 on aggregate at the Etihad Stadium with goals from Manuel Akanji, Julian Alvarez and Erling Haaland.

• On a day when manager Carlo Ancelotti was accused of tax evasion by the Spanish tax authorities, Real Madrid advanced to the Champions League quarter-finals for the fourth consecutive season with a 1-1 draw at home to Leipzig.

Madrid won 1-0 in the first leg in Germany three weeks ago to move up 2-1 on aggregate.

Madrid prosecutors on the same day accused Ancelotti of defrauding Spanish tax authorities of €1 million during his first spell at the club in 2014 and 2015. Prosecutors are seeking four years and nine months in prison for the Italian coach for using a shell company to hide some of the income he earned from his image rights.

• Real Madrid midfielder Jude Bellingham was suspended for two games for protesting the referee after a late goal was ruled out because the referee had already blown the final whistle in a Spanish league match last weekend. (2-2 draw). Valencia match.

Olympic

Israel: IOC President Thomas Bach has confirmed that Israel's Olympic status will not be threatened ahead of the Paris Games, despite the conflict in the Gaza Strip.

Since October, there have been scattered calls for Israel to impose sports sanctions, some of which have come from Russia, which has become isolated in the world sports world due to its invasion of Ukraine.

golf

British Open: The British Open will reduce the lifetime exemption for past winners of the Claret Jug to players aged 55 and under.

Currently, the age limit is 60 years. Starting with this year's Royal Troon, new age restrictions will apply to future winners. Phil Mickelson, who won at Muirfield in 2013, will turn 54 this year at Royal Troon but can play until he is 60. John Daly, who will turn 58 at this year's British Open, can continue playing until he is 60.

skiing

World Cup: Austrian skier Manuel Ferrer won the men's slalom title in the Crystal Globe for the first time in his career when Saturday's race in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, was canceled due to heavy rain at the venue.

Ferrer, who won four of the nine slalom events this season, has a 169-point lead over Germany's Linus Strasser in the slalom event with just one race remaining in the World Cup final.