Richard Barron is trying to succeed where his predecessors have failed — rebuilding the program into a consistent winner.
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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On Baseball: Tigers’ 1-2 punch similar to the Manny-Papi combo
Waiting to get that football game out of the way next Sunday, so we can move from Hot Stove talk to anticipating pitchers and catcher reporting. Until then, some thoughts … So the Tigers signed Prince Fielder for nine years and $214 million. Fielder, 27, batted .299 with 38 home runs and 120 RBI last […]
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UMaine sweeps Terriers
The Black Bears move into third place in Hockey East with their fourth straight win, 3-1 over BU.
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UMaine collects rare hockey win at BU
The Black Bears score twice in the third period for their second win in the last 13 meetings at BU.
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Black Bears plan visit to Hadlock Field
The UMaine baseball team will play in Portland for the first time in 14 years, against Boston College.
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Difficult test for Black Bears
Maine is rising in the Hockey East standings but now faces an even hotter team – Boston University.
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Black Bears too generous in setback
UMaine is plagued by 19 turnovers and a lack of depth in its 66-50 home loss to UNH.
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Colleges: Top team didn’t faze Bowdoin, Colby women
The undefeated and top-ranked Amherst women’s basketball team escaped its trip to Maine last weekend with its spotless record, barely. Coming into their games against Bowdoin and Colby, the Lord Jeffs’ average margin of victory was 38 points, with no game closer than 21 points. Amherst topped Bowdoin 63-59, and then scored with 18 seconds […]
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Maine 7, Boston College 4: It’s a complete sweep
The Black Bears score three times in the final three minutes to beat BC again.
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On Baseball: A diploma from Harvard, and a job with Red Sox
He was 6-foot-3 with a live fastball and New England roots. Ben Crockett spent most of his youth in Topsfield, Mass., 20 miles north of Boston, and then enrolled at Harvard, where he studied economics and pitched for the Crimson. So when the Boston Red Sox chose Crockett in the 10th round of the 2001 […]