Four decades after legislation took effect mandating equal opportunity for girls and women in education and any program receiving federal funding, compliance remains a challenge.
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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‘When I was in high school,girls’ sports were not big,’ says Saufley
As the first female chief justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, Leigh Saufley wears distinguished black robes in the courtroom — a far cry from the hideous unitard she recalls wearing for physical education as a girl in the South Portland school system.
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For Title IX, compliance still an issue
Four decades after legislation took effect mandating equal opportunity for girls and women in education and any program receiving federal funding, compliance remains a challenge.
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Chief justice remembers when girls weren’t encouraged
As the first female chief justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, Leigh Saufley wears distinguished black robes in the courtroom — a far cry from the hideous unitard she recalls wearing for physical education as a girl in the South Portland school system.
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Mills remembers electric atmosphere at Bowdoin
Dora Anne Mills remembers the buzz on the Bowdoin College campus on a spring day in 1979, when fellow student Joan Benoit won the Boston Marathon.
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Marathon icon once excluded from playing field
Growing up in Cape Elizabeth with three brothers, Joan Benoit Samuelson never felt slighted on the ski slopes or the tennis courts or the vacant lots where they played baseball.
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Dora Anne Mills pays tribute to Benoit
Dora Anne Mills remembers the buzz on the Bowdoin College campus on a spring day in 1979, when fellow student Joan Benoit won the Boston Marathon.
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Falmouth boys, girls win Class B state tennis titles — again
The Falmouth boys and girls tennis teams repeated as Class B tennis state champions Saturday, each capping another undefeated season with a 5-0 shutout victory.
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Falmouth boys, girls advance to state tennis finals
Falmouth boys will face Ellsworth in the Class B final and the Falmouth girls will face Waterville. Both are rematches of last year’s state championships.
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MPA makes changes to tennis tournament schedule
West moves indoors to Portland, East expands into Thursday.