Fall racing set for Bangor Raceway
Bangor Raceway is set for its fall season of harness racing to begin on Monday with racing scheduled four nights a week for the first three weeks of the fall season.
“The track has great conditions, and the drivers are anxious to return to the track in Bangor,” said Michael Hopkins, manager of Live Racing at Hollywood Casino Hotel and Raceway.
Harness racing will take place on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday evenings at Bangor Raceway Oct. 6-24. For the final few weeks of the fall season from Oct. 27-Nov. 14, racing will be held on Monday, Tuesday, and Friday evenings, with the exception of Halloween night, Oct. 31.
Regular race post times on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays is 5 p.m. Friday post time is 6 p.m.
MMA football raises over $7,000 for Mary Dow Center
The Maine Maritime Academy football team has raised over $7,000 dollars of donations for the Mary Dow Center for Cancer Care and will be continuing those efforts during this Saturday’s game in Castine against Endicott College at noon
The MMA football team has been collecting donations throughout their respective local communities for the center in Ellsworth.
MMA will be auctioning off three pink replica helmets, selling “Crush Cancer” T-shirts for $15, and holding another Pass the Helmet promotion during halftime.
Nets owner may sell part of franchise
Brooklyn Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov reportedly is exploring a possible sale of a piece of the club, and a prospective buyer might be the group that owns the Los Angeles Dodgers.
According to NetsDaily.com and ESPNNewYork.com, Prokhorov met in Russia with Guggenheim Partners executive Todd Boehly, whose group purchased the Dodgers for $2 billion in 2012.
Prokhorov is seeking a “combination of assets” with Guggenheim, NetsDaily.com reported. The story said the Russian magnate would retain controlling interest in the Nets, and Nets minority owner Bruce Ratner would still control the team’s home arena, Barclays Center. The team and the arena are each valued at more than $1 billion.
Ex-NFL player’s blood-alcohol level above legal limit in fatal crash
Former Tennessee Titans kicker Rob Bironas had a blood-alcohol level of .218 when he died in a single-vehicle crash on Sept. 20 in Nashville, Tenn.
The autopsy report released Friday by the Davidson County Medican Examiner’s Office showed that Bironas, 36, died of blunt-force trauma when he crashed his SUV after losing control on a curve and striking a line of trees before stopping upside down in a culvert.
Valium also was found in Bironas’ system, but the medical examiner said it was not enough to have an impact on Bironas’ body.
The Titans earlier announced that they planned to honor Bironas during Sunday’s game against the Cleveland Browns.