You plan a get-together, a party. Ask a few friends off your A-list to come to keep the conversation going. Send out the invitations. You’re excited as you wait for the responses and the buzz. Richard Barron, the University of Maine women’s basketball coach, did all of that and wondered. By early Tuesday, only several […]
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Small College Notebook: An original, a winner at USM
GORHAM – Molly Carl decided she was going to try sky diving this summer. That she actually made her jump didn’t faze her college coach at all. After watching Carl take risks for two years at the University of Southern Maine, George Towle is no longer surprised. “Molly is fearless,” said the man who coaches […]
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Steve Solloway: Maine Maritime is home, off a beaten path
Two of the football captains, one from Westbrook, one from South Portland, didn’t expect to end up at the Castine campus.
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Steve Solloway: The Mitchell family lives by giving
ORONO — Paul Mitchell glanced over his shoulder. For a moment he looked like a youngster sneaking a peek at something too fabulous to comprehend. “I’m still shocked to see my name up there,” said the 86-year-old former University of Maine second baseman. “Welcome to the Paul J. Mitchell Batting Pavilion. Let’s go inside.” Pick […]
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Steve Solloway: There’s only one Pesky, and one to remember
Shouts and growing applause echoed through the corridor leading away from the Red Sox clubhouse that October night in 2004. Johnny Pesky, his shock of white hair wet with champagne, was leaving Busch Stadium. The Red Sox had won the World Series maybe an hour earlier. If you wanted a picture of happiness, here it […]
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It’s a get-together for fun and a whole lot more
The South Street Hard Shells are one of the more competitive teams in the annual Travis Roy Foundation Wiffle ball tournament. Just ask the team captain, Tony McNaboe. That they haven’t won a game in two years is moot. For McNaboe and his Maine-based squad, the competition is in raising funds for a foundation started […]
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Celtics invite former Red Claw to training camp
Jamar Smith, 25, was a 6-foot-3 guard on the 2010-11 Maine Red Claws team, averaging 13.6 points per game.
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Peaks repeat for Yeomans; Torrey on target this time
The men’s and women’s winners build on last year’s performances to lead a record field.
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Repeat winner in Peaks-to-Portland swim
Scott Yeomans of Pennsylvania is a little bit slower than last year, but the winner again.
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Steve Solloway: Maine’s race remains a main race
Dave Dion, Bob Pressley, Geoff Bodine, Junior Hanley: The names of past TD Bank 250 champions tumble from Ben Ashline’s mouth. Never mind that Ashline wasn’t born when three of the four won. “I know the names of the winners,” said Ashline, a TD Bank 250 entrant who is all of 21. The stock car […]