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November 10, 2012 2:00 AM

UNH women skate past No. 5 BU

DURHAM ? Sophomore Hannah Armstrong tallied one goal and two assists in leading the University of New Hampshire women's hockey team to a 4-2 win over fifth-ranked Boston University on Friday night at the Whittemore Center.

The Wildcats improved to 4-7-0 overall and 2-2-0 in Hockey East, while the Terriers fell to 7-3-1 (3-2-1).

Alexis Crossley, Arielle O'Neill, Jessica Hitchcock and Armstrong scored goals for UNH. Goalie Jenn Gilligan made 24 saves. Alissa Fromkin made 19 saves for BU.

Valentine scores 29 points in win

PORTSMOUTH ? Paul Valentine scored 29 points and Ayman Ismail added 26 to lead Eliasberg T-shirts to a 74-69 victory over Lizfit.net in the Portsmouth Recreation Department men's city basketball league action on Thursday.

Graham Shaffer-Rais led Lizfit.net with 26 points and Tom Dowd scored 13.

In other action, Dana Brearley netted 18 points in N.H. Sport and Social Club's 79-77 victory over Old Ferry Landing. Tyler White (17 points) and Bret Wyman (15) also chipped in for the winners.

Sean Sullivan led Old Ferry Landing with 26 points and Pat Casey added 21.

Bruins alumni game on Dec. 15

EXETER ? The Exeter Area Chamber of Commerce hosts the Bruins Alumni/Seacoast Alumni All-Star Benefit Hockey Game on Saturday, Dec. 15 at The Rinks at Exeter. Last year the event attracted over 1,000 attendees who witnessed locals lace up and share the ice with Bruins legends. The event benefits the Chamber Children's Fund and the Exeter Area Chamber of Commerce.

Many Bruins Alumni will be on hand for the 60-minute game, including Rick Middleton and Ken Linseman.

For more information, contact the Exeter Area Chamber of Commerce at 772-2411 or krystas@exeterarea.org.

Volleyball: UNH sweeps Hartford

DURHAM ? Junior Morgan Thatcher and freshman Tori Forrest notched 12 kills apiece and sophomore Taylor Dunklau had 30 assists and 11 digs as the University of New Hampshire volleyball team downed Hartford, 3-0, on Friday night at Lundholm Gymnasium.

UNH improved to 15-12 overall and 7-4 in America East, while Hartford fell to 8-19 (2-9). Game scores were 25-22, 25-8 and 25-16.

Lakers fire Brown after 1-4 start

LOS ANGELES (AP) ? The Los Angeles Lakers fired coach Mike Brown on Friday after a 1-4 start to his second season in charge.

Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak announced the surprising move several hours before they hosted Golden State. Assistant coach Bernie Bickerstaff will coach the Lakers against the Warriors while the club's top brass searches for Brown's replacement after just 18 months in charge.

"The bottom line is that the team is not winning at the pace we expected this team to win, and we didn't see improvement," Kupchak said at the Lakers' training complex in El Segundo.

Los Angeles began the season with championship expectations after trading for center Dwight Howard and point guard Steve Nash, adding two superstars alongside Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol. But the Lakers went 0-8 during the preseason last month for the first time in franchise history before stumbling into the regular season with an 0-3 start, losing to Dallas, Portland and the Clippers.

Kittery Rec offering Celtics trip

The Kittery Recreation Department is taking registrations for a trip to see the Boston Celtics play the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday, Jan. 2 in Boston. All registrations must be done at the Recreation Center at 120 Rogers Road.

The trip is open to anyone. Scheduled departure is 5 p.m. for the 7:30 p.m. game. Cost is $72 per person, which includes transportation.

The deadline to purchase tickets is Dec. 3. A minimum number of tickets must be sold to run the trip.

For more information, contact Jeremy Paul at (207) 439-3800.

Feds drop case against Fine

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) ? Federal authorities have dropped their investigation into one of the sexual abuse claims that cost a Syracuse University assistant basketball coach his job, threw a top-ranked team into turmoil and threatened the career of Hall of Fame coach Jim Boeheim.

After a probe spanning nearly a year, U.S. Attorney Richard Hartunian said Friday there was not enough evidence to support a claim that Bernie Fine had molested a boy in 2002 in a Pittsburgh hotel room.

"The nature and seriousness of these allegations, which involved conduct typically committed in private with individuals who are reluctant to come forward, warranted a thorough federal investigation," Hartunian said.

It wasn't clear yet whether Fine, 66, could get his job back.

His lawyers, Karl Sleight, Donald Martin and David Botsford, said in a statement that they were not surprised by the decision.

Hall of Famer MacPhail dies at 95

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) ? Lee MacPhail, the longtime baseball executive who ruled in the celebrated Pine Tar case and later became part of the only father-son Hall of Fame pairing, has died. He was 95.

He was the oldest Hall of Famer, and he died Thursday night at his home in Delray Beach, Fla., the shrine said Friday.

"There's not much I haven't done off the field other than commissioner," he said during a 1985 interview with The Associated Press when he retired after 4 1-2 decades in the sport.

In the second generation of one of baseball's most prominent families ? his son, Andy, also was in the front office for several teams ? MacPhail's most well-known moment in baseball came in 1983. He upheld Kansas City's protest in the Pine Tar Game against the New York Yankees, restoring a ninth-inning home run to Royals slugger George Brett ? also a future Hall of Famer.

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