Cross country: Abbey Leonardi hopes her third trip to Foot Locker nationals is her best.
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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Orioles pick up Flaherty
Baltimore takes Ryan Flaherty in the Rule 5 draft, giving him a path to a major league job.
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Orioles nab Portland native Ryan Flaherty in Rule 5 draft
Ryan Flaherty, a former Deering High School standout chosen 41st overall by the Cubs in the 2008 draft, has a new baseball team. He’s headed to the Baltimore Orioles.
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Maine’s highest court rules in favor of bank
The court agreed that GMAC Mortgage should not be held in contempt despite its ‘reprehensible’ handling of foreclosure documents.
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Court upholds ruling in robo-signing foreclosure
A Maine woman whose case touched off a national uproar over foreclosures with faulty paperwork may finally lose her home.
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While police search, a friend recalls: ‘He was just a normal kid back then’
The night after Labor Day in 1996, David Hobson and two buddies spray-painted graffiti on as many as 10 businesses in downtown Sanford. Shortly before 2 the next morning, Hobson was arrested in a church parking lot while trying to run away. He was charged with criminal mischief. He was 18, and starting a long […]
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Boys’ Cross Country: McClintock fueled by his drive for perfection
Merely winning race after race isn’t enough to satisfy Matt McClintock of Madison.
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Girls’ Cross Country: Following a routine has served Leonardi well
Preparation has been an important part of Abbey Leonardi’s unprecedented success.
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Bailey is out as coach at Portland
Mike Bailey resigns as football coach after 26 seasons, with 137 victories and a Class A state championship in 2002.
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PHS football coach Bailey resigns after three-decade career
Longtime Portland High football coach Mike Bailey resigned this afternoon. Mike McCullum, the second-year athletic director at Portland High, confirmed that he received Bailey’s resignation but declined to give an explanation. “I can confirm that he resigned,” McCullum said. “The rest of it is a personnel matter that I’m not going to discuss.” Attempts to reach […]