Issue of Russian athletes competing looms for Paris Olympics

Olympics

Published
January 28, 2023

Issue of Russian athletes competing looms for Paris Olympics

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky advocates a blanket ban, which was resisted when demanded by others in the past decade.
Published
September 26, 2022

Cannabis to remain banned in international sporting events

The World Anti-Doping Agency declines to remove marijuana from its list of prohibited substances, calling it 'against the spirit of sport.'
Published
February 4, 2022

Former Olympian returns to Maine for 10th Pond Hockey Classic in Sidney

Maine native Marc Pelchat participated in the 1998 and 2002 Olympics, and returned to his home state for this weekend's 10th annual Maine Pond Hockey Classic.
Published
January 25, 2022

Lewiston’s Rancourt & Co. makes third Olympic appearance

The Lewiston shoemakers are part of Ralph Lauren's official Team USA ceremony uniform for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, this time with red and white leather boots.
Published
January 20, 2022

Yarmouth’s Sophia Laukli earns spot on U.S. Olympic Nordic ski team

The 2018 Yarmouth High grad has made a rapid ascent on the World Cup circuit in the past year.
Published
December 6, 2021

U.S. officials won’t attend Beijing Winter Olympics, in ‘diplomatic boycott’

American athletes would still compete under such a boycott, taken to protest human rights abuses.
Published
August 7, 2021

Running: With his glory days behind him, Bickford enjoys life from the stands

Watching his children pursue sports has become a passion for the Lawrence grad and former Olympian.
Published
August 5, 2021

Olympics: Old Town native Lendon Gray recalls her Olympic dressage experience

Gray now devotes her time to growing her sport.
Published
August 1, 2021

The untold story of a 1964 Tokyo Olympic Maine silver medalist

Glo Perrier is one of two Lewiston natives known to have won medals at the Olympics.
Published
July 25, 2021

At the 1924 Olympics, Maine’s Bob LeGendre leaped into history

For several years in the 1920s, Americans hailed LeGendre, a world-record holder and Olympic medalist, as the best athlete in the country and possibly the world.