Two rants this week as we continue to get closer and closer to the start of the high school sports season. It was announced earlier this week that the reigning Fitzpatrick Trophy winner Ben Lucas would not be attending UMaine in the fall due to “personal reasons”. The internet was ablaze in rumors, including a […]
Contrary to popular belief, not all the best athletes in the state are giving up the other sports they play in. While there are some student-athletes across the state doing that, there are many who are not. All of them have different reasons, and most of them are getting similar results as those who are […]
Whether you love or hate AAU basketball, there is no denying it gets kids opportunities to go to all sorts of unique places and to meet quite a few people. The Maniacs, coached by Matt Hancock, are playing in Washington, DC this week in the US Junior National Basketball tournament. Hancock took the opportunity to […]
In the six years I’ve been covering high school sports in this state, the world of social media has emerged and expanded at a rate quicker than the country’s national debt (OK, not quite, but still). In 2008, it was MySpace, Friendster, and an up and coming site called Facebook (whatever happened to that?). In […]
When I first got into covering Maine sports in 2008, it was a far different landscape than it was today. 2008 doesn’t seem like long ago, but its eons ago when talking about the evolution of coverage of sports here in Maine.
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