The middle distance runner had been preparing for the U.S. Olympic Trials in hopes of making her first Summer Games appearance.
Steve Craig
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.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
When the checkout line becomes the front line
Most of us have been advised to stay home, but cashiers have to interact with other humans all day long, although many have changed the way they work.
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Posted inSports
Golf courses offer respite from virus anxiety, at least for now
Several southern Maine courses are open with dramatically modified operating policies designed to keep golfers and staff safe.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Infection of Cape Elizabeth 12-year-old seen as sign of community spread
District officials say the Maine CDC has contacted anyone considered to have been in close proximity to the boy, a student at the middle school.
Posted inAmerican Journal, Lakes Region Weekly, Sports, Varsity Maine
Start of spring high school sports practices delayed to April 27
The Maine Principals’ Association has pushed back preseason practices by a month in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
Posted inMaine Celtics, Portland Sea Dogs, Sports
In just a day, Portland’s minor league sports go dormant
The G League (Red Claws) and ECHL (Mariners) have suspended their seasons, while the start of the Sea Dogs’ baseball season will be delayed.
Posted inMaine colleges, Sports
Spring sports canceled at some Maine colleges amid coronavirus concerns
Bowdoin and Bates will forgo the rest of their spring schedules, while other schools are still weighing their options.
Posted inMaine colleges, Sports, UMaine Sports
UMaine, USM athletics sorting out impact of new travel ban
The university system announced Tuesday morning it was prohibiting non-essential air travel in response to the coronavirus outbreak.
Posted inFootball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Football: As eight-man ranks grow, the rest of the state is wondering how it will adapt
The number of 11-man Class D teams will be greatly reduced, and struggling Class C teams will lose their most common opponents.
Posted inBoys Basketball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Boys’ basketball: Hampden stuns York in second half to win Class A title
Trailing by 11 points late in the third quarter, the Broncos go on a 23-1 run to end York’s bid for an unbeaten season.