Jeremy Swayman is a Hobey Baker Award Finalist. The ceremony is April 11. Here’s an insiders look behind the scenes to that ceremony the last time the University of Maine had a Hobey finalist. I have been blessed that I still have my job and have been able to work from home. My new office […]
One of the only bright spots in our new norm of living with this darn virus is watching all of the old sporting events on TV these days. As I sat down this weekend top watch Tiger King (Turns out it has nothing to do with Jim Leyland leading the Tigers to the World Series […]
Bill Belichick: master of his tight lipped domain. King of the non-answer. The greatest nemesis modern media has ever known, has bested the rest at their own game. For his work on NFL Network’s “NFL 100 All-Time Team” series, Bill Belichick has been nominated for a sports Emmy award. 40-words in and I realize that […]
Years from now when the story is told about the 2019-2020 UMaine men’s hockey team, it will begin and end with the play of Jeremy Swayman. He deserves to be the Hockey East Player of the Year. Swayman was a brick wall for much of the season. He racked up 1099 saves, by far the […]
When the Patriots finally take the field in September, no question this is going to be a strange freaking new world for all of us fans. It doesn’t seem possible that it has been two decades since Drew Bledsoe took that awful hit to the chest forcing him to go to the ER and opening […]
When the 1998 NBA Finals wrapped up with the Chicago Bulls winning their sixth championship in eight years before their inevitable breakup, NBC commentator Bob Costas said that loyalty in pro sports would be gone with the end of the Jordan-Pippen-Jackson partnership. Fast-forward 22 years, and that same loyalty in arguably the best modern-day dynasty […]
On a St. Patrick’s Day where New England sports fans were dealt a punch in the gut in the form of Tom Brady’s announcement, Bruins fans got a dose of good news Tuesday afternoon. Jeremy Swayman, a huge cog in the University of Maine hockey team’s surprising run to the top half of Hockey East […]
So… this weekend I hit a rather significant milestone birthday. I can’t bring myself to write the actual number. But I will say that the first number of my age will no longer be a tribute to Bobby Orr but rather Kevin Garnett. It at least makes me smile to remember when Tom Brady became […]
This is a time unlike any other in our nation’s history. The United States of America has canceled all athletic events. Indefinitely. This is a stunning development as we are a country that has always turned to sports to get us through our toughest times and to help us heal from our worst tragedies. Think […]
The dream season is over for the University of Maine hockey team. Before the Black Bears even got a chance to play a postseason game, the spread of the coronavirus wiped out the Hockey East tournament and the NCAA Tournament, both organizations announced Thursday. While most would argue the move is the right one to […]
