From the moment Lauren Sawyer first picked up a lacrosse stick, she knew she found her athletic calling. “I just felt comfortable from the minute I tried it,” she said, of her freshman year at Westbrook High. Eight years later, it’s obvious that Sawyer was meant to play lacrosse. A senior at Keene (N.H.) State, […]
Mike Lowe
When Mike Lowe joined the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram’s staff in 1982, he never thought he was setting roots. But he learned to love Maine, its people, its games and, especially, its stories.
It’s hard to say what he covers because, well, he covers everything. Over the years he’s been fortunate to witness some of the biggest sports events in Maine and elsewhere, from the Little League World Series to the actual World Series, from an NCAA ice hockey championship for Maine to an AHL championship for the Portland Pirates, from seven Super Bowls for the Patriots to the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
He’s interviewed stars and personalities such as Muhammad Ali, Tom Brady, Seth Wescott, Michael Phelps, Ian Crocker, Paul Kariya, Julia Clukey, Kevin “Killer” Kaminski and Joan Benoit Samuelson. Yet his favorite stories often involve Maine high school sports and the passion they stir. Nothing compares to the bond between a high school and its town.
He collects comic books, loves listening to the Red Sox on the radio on a warm summer night or leaning back in his recliner with a good book. He also loves, absolutely loves, chocolate-covered peanuts.
A native of New Bedford, Mass., he lives in Saco with his wife Tracie and has three children and four grandchildren.
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Patriots delighted with Day 2 of draft
New England doesn’t chase pass rushers but gets almost everything else it wanted.
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Patriots pull surprise, taking offensive tackle
New England drafts Nate Solder of Colorado, then trades its other first-round pick to the Saints.
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Softball Notebook: Greely’s new coach has a perfect life, and a pretty darn good team
Kelsey Bryant, the 23-year-old first-year softball coach at Greely, isn’t exaggerating when she says, “I have everything I want in life right now.” She loves her job as a nurse at the Milestone Foundation in Portland, a nonprofit corporation that provides care for chronic substance abusers. And as a former softball player at South Portland […]
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Patriots Beat: Patriots head into the draft well prepared for a variety of options
The NFL draft is always filled with intrigue: Whose stock will rise? Whose will drop? And what teams will be willing to make a big move up to get their man? This year, more than ever, no one can predict with any certainty what will happen. Sure, Cam Newton appears to be the consensus No. […]
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Softball: Riots take swings at title defense
Defending champion South Portland delivers a 13-0 thumping to a solid Kennebunk team.
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Girls’ Basketball MVP: Burchill proved she could handle the burden
Kayla Burchill was the go-to player behind Deering’s run of four regional — and two state — Class A titles.
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A lockout, but Patriots set to draft
New England has three of the top 33 choices and six of the top 92 as a year of planning comes to a close.
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A Patriot watches while he waits
Rob Gronkowski reared back and fired a high, hard strike that popped in the mitt of Portland Sea Dogs catcher Ryan Lavarnway. Then he approached home plate and gave Lavarnway a chest bump. Gronkowski, who splashed onto the pro football scene as a rookie tight end with the New England Patriots last fall, is biding his time these days, just like every other NFL player.
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High school teams turn spring trip into a working vacation
High school coaches and players say a Florida trip helps build team unity and ready them for the season.