A year after winning their first conference title and reaching the NCAA tournament, the Black Bears are favorites to repeat.
Travis Lazarczyk
Columnist
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
UMaine women’s basketball team earns high academic honor
For the fourth consecutive year, the Black Bears had one of the top five team grade point averages in Division I women’s basketball.
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Posted inPortland Sea Dogs, Sports
Boston’s elite prospects are moving on, to the sorrow and delight of Sea Dogs fans
Commentary: Baseball fans should celebrate the time they had watching prospects Marcelo Mayer, Roman Anthony and Kyle Teel develop this summer.
Posted inSports
Portland stumbles in New England Little League championship game, 2-0
Portland gets just three hits in the New England Region title game, while Salem, New Hampshire, moves on to the Little League World Series.
Posted inPortland Sea Dogs, Sports
Portland Sea Dogs broadcasters get chance to call a Red Sox game
Emma Tiedemann and Rylee Pay will help call the game between the Red Sox and Blue Jays on NESN on Aug. 26.
Posted inSports
Portland Little League advances to New England region championship game
Portland beat Bridgewater, Mass., 7-1, on Monday and is a win away from the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
Posted inBeach to Beacon, Sports
Tadese Worku, Faith Chepkoech top finishers at rainy Beach to Beacon
Worku, a 22-year-old Ethiopian, and Chepkoech, a 21-year-old Kenyan, emerge victorious on a rainy day in Cape Elizabeth.
Posted inBeach to Beacon, Sports
Beach to Beacon: Elite men’s field has no shortage of contenders
Mathew Kimeli, the 2022 champion from Kenya, is among the top professional runners in Saturday’s race.
Posted inPortland Sea Dogs, Sports
No major roster shake-up for the Sea Dogs at the MLB trade deadline
Infielder Eddinson Paulino was traded to the Toronto Blue Jays last week, but no other current Portland player was moved by the Red Sox.
Posted inMaine colleges, Sports, UMaine Sports
UMaine football opens preseason camp with many new faces
Eleven transfers look to help the Black Bears improve after back-to-back two-win seasons.