When the team you’ve followed your entire life doesn’t make the Super Bowl, you fallback on a warehouse full of memories, Travis Lazarczyk writes.
Travis Lazarczyk
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Travis Lazarczyk has covered sports for the Portland Press Herald since 2021. A Vermont native, he graduated from the University of Maine in 1995 with a BA in English. After a few years working as a sports information director and in the ski industry, he began his journalism career at the Berlin (N.H.) Reporter in 1999. Prior to joining the Press Herald, Lazarczyk spent 20 years covering sports in central Maine at the Morning Sentinel and Kennebec Journal. He's been twice honored as the Maine Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sports Media Association.
Posted inMaine colleges, Sports, Travis Lazarczyk, UMaine Sports
UMaine men’s basketball giving fans reason for excitement
At 7-2 in America East, the Black Bears are off to their best start in conference play in more than a decade.
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UMaine football announces signing day class
Isaiah Ervin, an eight-man standout from Houlton, is among the newcomers to the Black Bears.
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This senior from Pittsfield should be the face of Maine high school hoops
Without a unified basketball team at her school, Shelby Jordan has carved a spot for herself with the MCI varsity girls basketball team.
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Maine men’s hockey jumps one spot after strong weekend
Travis Lazarczyk moves the Black Bears up to No. 5 on his USCHO ballot this week after wins over Northeastern and UMass.
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Penalty kill key as Maine men’s hockey beats Northeastern
The short-handed Black Bears go 5 for 5 on the kill in a 3-1 win over the Huskies.
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Is Maine Celtics star JD Davison part of Boston’s future? A decision looms
Davison is one of the top players in the G League, and the Boston Celtics will soon have to decide on his future with the organization.
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Idle Maine men’s hockey team stays put in national poll
The Black Bears will be back in action with two Hockey East games at Alfond Arena this weekend.
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The end of Wiscasset’s streak is a high-five to resilience
In recently snapping a 122-game losing streak, the Wiscasset girls basketball team offers a lesson in perseverance.
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High school basketball classification proposal is a winner
The plan reviewed by the MPA’s classification committee last week should be given a chance, Travis Lazarczyk writes.