Sports columnist Travis Lazarczyk heard a lot at a high school basketball game Tuesday night, and none of it was positive.
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, UMaine Sports
Maine climbs in men’s hockey poll after quality wins
Travis Lazarczyk moves the Black Bears up to No. 4 on his USCHO.com ballot after the team swept UMass Lowell over the weekend.
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Posted inBoys Hockey, Sports, Travis Lazarczyk, Varsity Maine
The Mt. Ararat hockey team is back on the ice. Time will tell if that’s the right choice
After a five-day pause to their season in the wake of a hazing investigation, the Eagles resumed their season Saturday, writes Travis Lazarczyk.
Posted inMaine colleges, Sports, UMaine Sports
Colleges: Gardiner golfer Jack Quinn to play for Rhode Island
The Class B state champion made his decision with one more year of high school golf ahead of him.
Posted inNew England Patriots, Sports, Travis Lazarczyk
Krafts, Belichick did Mayo no favors. Next Patriots coach has a lot to fix
Jerod Mayo was set up to fail. That can’t happen with his replacement.
Posted inMaine colleges, Sports, UMaine Sports
Maine men’s hockey gets vote of confidence
The Black Bears climb to No. 6 on Travis Lazarczyk’s USCHO.com ballot after splitting a pair of games with defending national champ Denver.
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Travis Lazarczyk: For Maine, hard work pays off with a 2-1 win over Denver
After losing two in a row, the No. 7 Black Bears bounced back with a big win over No. 6 Denver Saturday at Alfond Arena.
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Travis Lazarczyk: For UMaine, hard work pays off with a 2-1 win over Denver
After losing two in a row, the No. 7 Black Bears bounced back with a big win over No. 6 Denver Saturday at Alfond Arena.
Posted inMaine colleges, Sports, UMaine Sports
Denver beats Maine men’s hockey with late goal
The defending NCAA champions score with 20 seconds left for a 2-1 victory over the Black Bears.
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Travis Lazarczyk: Looking back at Maine’s biggest sports stories of 2024
Cooper Flagg debuts at Duke, the women’s Beach to Beacon winner is stripped of her title, and Ed Flaherty’s retirement as the USM baseball coach are among the biggest stories of the year.