After a loss and a tie to UConn at Alfond Arena, columnist Travis Lazarczyk drops the Black Bears to No. 6 on his ballot this week.

Another Maine athlete is in the national spotlight. A Maine pup is heading to the Puppy Bowl in a few weeks. Also read: Cooper Flagg leads Duke to victory over Boston College Tula is from the Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland and will get to romp around in the Puppy Bowl,

Flagg scored a game-high 28 points and settled down after an early injury scare and missing four of his first five shots. Chad Venning led Boston College with 19 points.

Duke freshman Cooper Flagg won't be making it all the way up to Maine, so his fans trekked to Chestnut Hill on Saturday night to see the likely No. 1 overall draft pick play Boston College in his only game in New England this season.

Flagg's appearance in Chestnut Hill is drawing plenty of interest, thanks both to his growing national stardom and his local roots. The game has been sold out since December, and the get-in price is over $160.

Flagg is averaging 19 points, eight rebounds, and four assists for the Blue Devils, who are 15-2 and have won 11 games in a row.

A 75-year-old man was rescued early Saturday after the U-Haul truck he was driving crashed through the ice on a lake in Mount Desert, Maine. A spokesperson for the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife tells NBC Boston affiliate News Center Maine that the driver of the 10-foot box truck was apparently “confused” and did not realize he

BOSTON — Tom McVie, who coached the Winnipeg Jets to the 1979 World Hockey Association championship over Wayne Gretzky’s Edmonton Oilers in the final year before the franchises were absorbed into the NHL, has died. He was 89.

The No. 2 Duke Blue Devils are thriving and widely regarded as the best team in the country, with freshman sensation Cooper Flagg leading the charge on both

James Theberge of Maine is set to record his first comedy special Jan. 25 at live at the club. AUBURN – Boston comics Jack Hall, Theo Konstantino and Maz Ishmael are set to take the stage at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 24, at Great Falls Comedy Club, located inside Craft Brew Underground, 34 Court St.

Flagg had 28 points, five rebounds, four assists, two steals and two blocked shots to help the No. 3 Blue Devils beat Boston College 88-63 for their 12th win in a row.