The university plans to make a hire by the end of the month to replace former AD Ken Ralph.
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.
UMaine football falls to rival New Hampshire in overtime, 42-41
The Black Bears fail on a 2-point conversion try in overtime to allow UNH to regain the Brice-Cowell Musket.
Men’s basketball: Maine pulls away from Columbia
Five Black Bears score in double figures as Maine improves to 3-1.
College football preview: UMaine (2-8) vs. New Hampshire (7-3)
The Black Bears will try to hold on to the Brice-Cowell Musket in their annual rivalry game with UNH.
College football: New head coaches have long ties to Maine-UNH rivalry
Maine’s Jordan Stevens and New Hampshire’s Rick Santos were standout players for the teams they now coach in the battle for the Brice-Cowell Musket.
Men’s basketball: UMaine sees shocking win over BC as a building block
Monday’s 69-64 victory at Boston College was the Black Bears’ first over a school from a Power Five conference in a dozen years.
Eight-man football state championships up for grabs Saturday
Yarmouth meets Waterville in the Large School title game, and Old Orchard Beach and Orono play for the Small School championship.
College football preview: UMaine (2-7) at Albany (2-7)
With just two games left, the Black Bears look to snap a three-game losing streak Saturday when they take on the Great Danes.
In the Marines, he said, he learned to listen
Chris Duffy has coached youth football for almost a decade, and credits his time in the service with teaching him a lot about patience and discipline.
UMaine turns to South Portland grad to rebuild men’s basketball program
Chris Markwood takes over a team that has never played in the NCAA tournament and hasn’t had a winning record in 12 years.