Matt Mangene has a grandfather and sister who have excelled in sports, and now it’s his turn.
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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UMaine heads to NCAA tourney
The University of Maine hockey team faces off against defending champion Minnesota-Duluth on Saturday.
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Eagles keep their Hockey East crown
Top-ranked Boston College claims its third straight championship.
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On Baseball: Despite success with Sea Dogs, Maxwell unable to find a job
There were times earlier in his career when pitcher Blake Maxwell thought he might be done with baseball. Like when he stunk up the start of the 2009 Portland Sea Dogs season, and anxiously awaited word he was being released. But that word never came, and Blake Maxwell fixed his delivery and shined for the […]
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Maine 5, Boston University 3: And now, the final touch
UMaine keeps its cool down the stretch and earns a spot against BC in the Hockey East final.
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Former all-stater Knight to see if USM is better fit
She’s leaving UMaine to be closer to her family in the Alfred area and ‘enjoy the game again.’
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UMaine-BU: A battle of hockey equals
Two teams with similar records and weaknesses play tonight for a berth in the Hockey East title game.
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UMaine’s Abbott named Hockey East’s top player
The national scoring leader in Division I is also named one of the 10 finalists for the Hobey Baker Award, which only two players from Maine have ever won.
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NCAA’s a top goal, but first comes Hockey East
UMaine can guarantee itself a spot in the NCAA tournament with two wins this weekend in Boston.
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Standing tall in the pool
Nathan Mecray of Cumberland has an opportunity to become an All-American swimmer for Bowdoin.