Now hobbled by injuries, Maine can’t keep pace with the Rio Grande Valley Vipers.
Kevin Thomas
Kevin Thomas does not always write about baseball. It just seems that way, starting with his early days covering spring training for the St. Petersburg Times, to his current role of bi-locating at both Hadlock Field and Fenway Park, reporting on the Portland Sea Dogs and Boston Red Sox. In the off-season, he still writes about baseball, while venturing to hockey rinks and basketball arenas, especially when it comes to the University of Maine and local colleges. Thomas has received awards for his work, but his greatest prize is home, which includes one patient wife, nine children and an aging chocolate Labrador.
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Five young women share their stories
⢠DAKOTAH CLEMENT Playing with Shamrocks — ‘it’s very different’ HUDSON, N.H. - When Jody Clement brought her daughter Dakotah to her first skating lesson, all the other girls wore figure skates. Dakotah had hockey skates. Blame her mother. Jody Clement began playing hockey when she was 30 years old — “a friend suggested it and […]
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On home ice, girls struggle ‘to be seen’
With increasing opportunities at high schools across the state, more Maine girls are playing hockey than ever before. But those who want a college future in the sport often need to leave the state to have a fighting chance.
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Wright stuff for Red Claws
Chris Wright scores 25 points and sets a team record with 20 rebounds, leading Maine to a 120-112 win over Springfield.
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On Baseball: Catch-all for Sea Dogs
Rich Gedman, the new hitting coach, can cover all bases of the game and life.
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Red Claws weary and whipped
Five games in eight days takes its toll on Maine, which gets thrashed at home by fast-breaking Santa Cruz.
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Hockey Notebook: Don’t overlook Yachtsmen
Girls’ hockey gets a jump on the other winter sports with its playoffs beginning in only two weeks. The talk this season has been one of parity. Any one of five teams — Greely, Scarborough, York, Lewiston and Leavitt-Edward Little — are given a chance to play for the state championship. A sixth voice is […]
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It’s six straight wins as Claws beat Armor
A 106-92 win at the Expo on Monday puts Maine, the D-League East leaders, at 16-8 on the year.
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Red Claws beat Armor, extend win streak to 6
Maine continues to lead the NBA D-League East Division with a 16-8 record. It was their fourth win in four games against Springfield.
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On Baseball: Red Sox addition of Gomes harkens memories of Millar
Some notes on Boston’s new character, the Netherlands connection, Sea Dogs dancers and more. WHEN JOSH REDDICK was in town last week, one topic of conversation was his former teammate in Oakland, outfielder Jonny Gomes, who signed with the Red Sox in the offseason. Gomes is considered a “personality,” in the mold of live-wire Kevin […]