The University of Maine men’s hockey team walked into the Cumberland County Civic Center for practice Thursday afternoon with a swagger absent since the season began in early October.
Glenn Jordan
Glenn Jordan joined the Portland Press Herald in 1994 to cover the fledgling Portland Sea Dogs. A native of Vermont, he studied philosophy in college and worked at two newspapers in New Hampshire and one in Connecticut before moving to Maine. He spent his first two years of marriage living in the keepers quarters of the Portland Head Light and has three grown children. In addition to baseball, he has covered nearly every sport played in Maine, from biathlon and curling to running and sailing. Currently he works part-time and can be found near cross country trails in fall, swimming pools and ski slopes in winter and tennis courts in spring. All other times, he’s probably on a pickleball court. He is a two-time USA Pickleball national medalist (silver and gold) and played for both the Austin Ignite and Indianapolis Drivers in 2023, helping Indy win the inaugural National Pickleball League championship over Austin in a league for senior pros aged 50 and over.
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UMAINE NOTEBOOK: Young Maine heads to Portland
PORTLAND — Her teammates kept butchering the pronunciation of her first name, so Michal (not like Kevin McHale, more like mik-HAL, but with slight roll of the uvula, if that’s even possible) now answers to something simpler.
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Belcher’s time at UMaine had episodes of domestic issues
A pro football player for Kansas City, Belcher made national news Saturday when he shot and killed his girlfriend and himself.
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MEN’S COLLEGE HOCKEY: Diamond racks up penalty minutes, but plays roll for Maine
ORONO — When Vermont visits Maine this weekend for a pair of Hockey East games between programs that have but four victories between them, much is uncertain.
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Black Bears want to remain competitive
Jack Cosgrove grew up in greater Boston, has plenty of family in Boston, and spent two years as a Boston College assistant football coach before returning to Orono and his alma mater, the University of Maine.
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Cosgrove looks toward future
ORONO — The Road to Frisco began Saturday for the 20 NCAA Division I football programs earning invitations to the national FCS playoffs.
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Gabby Price returns as Husson University football coach
Price, 63, replaces Sean Murphy, who left after two seasons to coach men’s lacrosse.
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL: James hopes to go out with bang
ORONO — In half a dozen other football outposts of the Colonial Athletic Association, attention is focused on the 16 potential tie-breaking scenarios to determine a league champion should Towson beat New Hampshire in Saturday’s regular-season finale.
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Maine wins big on Senior Day
ORONO — For the first time all fall, bright sunshine bathed Alfond Stadium for a home football game.
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Bittersweet ending for Black Bears’ Spearin
ORONO — Sometime late in the afternoon on Saturday, after the University of Maine ends its home football season against Georgia State, Josh Spearin will peel off his dark blue Black Bears game jersey for the final time.