ORONO — Jordan Samuels-Thomas, who sat out last season after transferring from Bowling Green, scored with 86 seconds left to give Quinnipiac a 2-1 men’s hockey victory over the University of Maine in the season opener for both teams. Maine had taken a 1-0 lead in the game’s fifth minute when brothers Jon and Steven […]
Glenn Jordan
Glenn Jordan joined the Portland Press Herald in 1994 to cover the fledgling Portland Sea Dogs. A native of Vermont, he studied philosophy in college and worked at two newspapers in New Hampshire and one in Connecticut before moving to Maine. He spent his first two years of marriage living in the keepers quarters of the Portland Head Light and has three grown children. In addition to baseball, he has covered nearly every sport played in Maine, from biathlon and curling to running and sailing. Currently he works part-time and can be found near cross country trails in fall, swimming pools and ski slopes in winter and tennis courts in spring. All other times, he’s probably on a pickleball court. He is a two-time USA Pickleball national medalist (silver and gold) and played for both the Austin Ignite and Indianapolis Drivers in 2023, helping Indy win the inaugural National Pickleball League championship over Austin in a league for senior pros aged 50 and over.
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UMaine hockey: What’ve they got?
Coaches say they like what they’ve seen, but with eight first-year players, it’s anybody’s guess.
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For UMaine senior, it’s still worth putting up with pain
Kris Enslen plans to give it his all right up until the end of his football career, even if it hurts.
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Cross Country Notebook: Bonny Eagle, Cape teams excel at personal bests
When the New England cross country meet returns to Twin Brook Recreation Area next month, Cumberland will be crawling with runners, spectators and yellow school buses. The last time Maine hosted the event in 2007, it drew 542 athletes and 30 teams of each gender. It’s a big event. And yet it seems almost quaint […]
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Cheverus stripped of 2010 basketball titles due to ineligible player
It is the first time the Maine Principals’ Association has ever vacated a team championship, said Richard Durost, its executive director.
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Maine Marathon Notebook: The half was their whole
PORTLAND – She hails from Kenya. He comes from Caribou. On a damp and drizzly Sunday morning, Cynthia Jerob and Spencer McElwain came away winners of the 21st Maine Half Marathon. Jerob, 18, set a course record with a time of 1 hour, 16 minutes and 23 seconds over the 13.1-mile course that begins and […]
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Maine Marathon: Vassallo outdoes himself – by a mile
Dan Vassallo, a Colby grad living in Peabody, Mass., wins in a time of 2 hours, 21 minutes and 12 seconds to best his previous record.
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The run stops Maine
Villanova dominates on the ground, opens a 35-7 lead and ruins the Black Bears’ league opener.
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Villanova holds off Black Bears, 35-14
The UMaine quarterback is sacked seven times.
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Making the most of second chances
Maine’s Derrick Johnson has twice been hit with serious injuries, but he’s worked hard to get back in the game.