Paul Ferraro, 53, takes over as defensive coordinator following the departure of Joe Rossi, who left Orono after five seasons to become special teams coordinator at Rutgers. Rossi is one of our full-time assistants and two part-time assistants Cosgrove needed to replace after last fall’s 9-4 season and NCAA quarterfinal appearance.
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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COLLEGE FOOTBALL: New season, another battle at QB for UMaine
ORONO — Defensive players wore dark blue jerseys. Offensive players wore white jerseys.
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BEACH TO BEACON 10K ROAD RACE: A hot day for a race
CAPE ELIZABETH — It’s not every competition where 14-minute milers are greeted at the finish line with handshakes and high fives from an Olympic gold medalist, but Joan Benoit Samuelson’s Beach to Beacon 10K is not your ordinary road race.
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Elite Men: Biwott gets victory, and also helps his friend
Stanley Biwott hands off a cup of water to his last challenger, then goes on to win in one of B2Bs slowest winning times.
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Beach to Beacon: Kenyans romp as runners, and medics, beat the heat
Sheri Piers and Ethan Shaw top all Maine competitors in a race in which about 70 needed treatment.
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Someone who inspires her will run with race founder
First of four stories on notable people in and behind the Beach to Beacon.
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Beach to Beacon 10K medical team prepared for warm weather
After 14 years of volunteering in the medical tent at TD Bank Beach to Beacon 10K Road Race, Mylan Cohen figured a visit to this year’s Boston Marathon was in order.
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Beach to Beacon racers will have heat help
After 14 years of volunteering in the medical tent at TD Bank Beach to Beacon 10K Road Race, Mylan Cohen figured a visit to this year’s Boston Marathon was in order.
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AHL: Pirates top-scorer recovering after collapse
Brett MacLean, the leading goal-scorer for the Portland Pirates last season, continues to improve in his recovery from a cardiac emergency last week when his heart stopped beating during a pick-up hockey game in his native Ontario.
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OLYMPIC SWIMMING TRIALS: Maine has 5 vying for spot on swim team
After James Wells of Phippsburg got his first look at the CenturyLink Center in Omaha, Neb. — site of this week’s U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials — he called his parents in awe.