Steve Craig – Page 248 – The Portland Press Herald

Staff Writer

Steve Craig reports primarily about Maine’s active high school sports scene and, more recently, the Portland Hearts of Pine men's professional soccer team. His first newspaper job was covering Maine high school sports in 1986 working out of a tiny office in Skowhegan at the front of a hand-sewn shoe shop. After 12 years as a sportswriter in Dover, New Hampshire, he had a multi-year stint as the Portland Press Herald's freelance motorsports writer. In 2012 he was happy to make a working return to Maine as a staff writer for the Press Herald. Steve was named the National Sports Media Association's 2022 Maine Sportswriter of the Year, 27 years after winning the award for New Hampshire.

Sports

The canvas is Brown’s art

by Steve Craig July 7, 2013

Mike Brown may be near the end of his mixed martial arts career, but he still has that drive.

Local & State, Sports

Experienced marathoners win Bridgton 4 on the Fourth

by Steve Craig July 4, 2013

Moninda Marube and Mary Pardi shake off the heat to post easy victories in the 37th annual holiday event.

Sports

College Connections: All-American’s effort pays off

by Steve Craig July 3, 2013

Slowly David Hardison’s accomplishment set in as he rested on the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse track at this spring’s NCAA Division III championships. Hardison, a Bates College senior from South Portland, had just finished fifth in the decathlon at the national championships. Not bad for a kid who played baseball until his senior year in […]