The season’s start at Hadlock Field has created a wealth of images — like helicopters, snowmen and caps with flaps.
Steve Solloway
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Solloway: That face … that voice … That’s the man from Maine
He didn’t audition for his new job in the broadcast booth and didn’t get much coaching. Be yourself, he was told. Be candid. Talk about what you know. Don’t use too many words. When the red light came on the day before Easter Sunday, Ricky Craven looked into the television camera. He was on his […]
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Solloway: A victory, but no reward
Joey Gamache says he won his long fight with the New York State Athletic Commission. He won’t get a dime, but he’s satisfied. A New York State Court of Claims judge said yes, the commissioners were negligent that afternoon more than 10 years ago when Arturo Gatti jumped on a scale and quickly jumped off. […]
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Solloway: Luchini trying different type of running
He has campaign buttons and a campaign slogan: Louie’s running. His campaign office has taken up part of his home in Ellsworth, and when it came time to complete his federal tax return this spring, he might have written legislative candidate in the space marked occupation. Instead, Louie Luchini thinks he listed his job as […]
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Solloway: Coaches who walked the walk
STANDISH — Babies have replaced the lacrosse sticks they once carried in their hands. Life is no longer the game they once knew while waiting to become adults. Twenty-four girls played for Flossie Smith’s lacrosse team at Bonny Eagle High in 2000. They won the state championship. They formed bonds that since have become virtually […]
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Solloway: On the way back to prominence
BOSTON — For anyone who still believes Maine hockey is lost and has no sense of itself: stop. Restart the video of Saturday’s 7-6 overtime loss to Boston College for Hockey East’s championship. Watch again Friday’s 5-2 Hockey East victory over Boston University. Find the audio or the transcripts of what was said in the […]
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A faceoff that could end the faceoffs
BRIAN PETROVEK ASKED if he could retract something he said Friday afternoon. Or at least reword his statement regarding the negotiation of a lease agreement between the Portland Pirates and the Cumberland County Civic Center. “I shouldn’t have said ‘The ball’s in our court.’ The puck’s in our corner would have been appropriate.” Nice to know […]
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Standing up when his son was told to sit
He might have stood up and railed at those who were yelling this at his son: “Cheater . . . Cheater . . . Cheater.” He might have reconsidered taking on a Maine Principals’ Association rule he believed was no longer fair. That’s not who Marc Schaffer is. “There have been a lot of sleepless […]
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He’s Good and ready, and winning
The defeats started to pile up and the head coach left his college team, driven off by the stress of the job. Malaise threatened to infect players and fans. The team was down to seven scholarship players. That was last season at Loyola Marymount University. The once-proud Lions of Hank Gathers and Bo Kimble were […]
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Throwback you’d never throw back
PORTLAND – He might have risen to the bait when his sisters jumped into the warm lake waters years ago, challenging him to a race. Stefano Mancini had a good chance of beating little sister Nicola. Big sister Gina was a different problem. Let’s not go there, said Stefano, his face creasing into another smile. […]