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DREAM A REALITY! Nashua’s Okorie makes history in NBA Draft

A decade ago, he scored 63 points in a Nashua Junior Biddy championship game. Tuesday night at Brooklyn's Barclays Center, Ebuka Okorie did even better than that: He became the first New Hampshire basketball player to ever be selected in the first round of the NBA Draft, and the first Nashuan ...

MASTER PLAN: Okorie’s plan worked perfectly as he’s a Piston

It was a night nearly a couple of years ago, in October of 2024, when then-Brewster Academy head basketball coach got a frantic call. It was from Charles Okorie, the father of Nashua's first ever NBA Draftee Ebuka Okorie, who made history Tuesday night being selected with the No. 17 pick by ...

BREAKTHROUGH: Spinners finally beat Silver Knights, 7-3

LOWELL, Mass. -- The Nashua Silver Knights traveled to LeLacheur Park on Tuesday night and dropped a 7-3 decision to the Lowell Spinners, digging too deep a hole to climb out of. It was the Spinners first win over Nashua after six losses. Lowell jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first inning on ...

World Cup: Ghana forces 0-0 tie with England

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — England dominated possession but came up empty on several late scoring opportunities in a 0-0 draw with Ghana on Tuesday at the World Cup. Both teams won their opening matches, with Ghana beating Panama 1-0 and England defeating Croatia 4-2. Now both still have work ...

Celtics draft Cenac Jr., while future of Brown is unclear

The Boston Celtics, needing some size up front, drafted 6-foot-11 University of Houston freshman Chris Cenac Jr. with the No. 27 pick in Tuesday night's NBA Draft. Cenac averaged 9.5 points a game with 7.9 rebounds per contest with the Cougars, and is said to be an elite rim protector. But ...

Gray’s 11Ks, Abreu, Eaton lead Sox past Rockies, 5-2

DENVER (AP) — Wilyer Abreu and Nate Eaton drove in two runs each to back an 11-strikeout performance from Sonny Gray and the Boston Red Sox beat the Colorado Rockies 5-2 on Tuesday night. Gray (9-1) allowed a run on six hits with three walks in seven innings. The right-hander’s 11 ...