By opening the door to direct payments, Maine administrators acknowledge they have to change to stay competitive in Division I sports.
Travis Lazarczyk
Columnist
Travis Lazarczyk has covered sports for the Portland Press Herald since 2021. A Vermont native, he graduated from the University of Maine in 1995 with a BA in English. After a few years working as a sports information director and in the ski industry, he began his journalism career at the Berlin (N.H.) Reporter in 1999. Prior to joining the Press Herald, Lazarczyk spent 20 years covering sports in central Maine at the Morning Sentinel and Kennebec Journal. He's been twice honored as the Maine Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sports Media Association.
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Maine native JP Estrella is in the center of March Madness
Estrella and Tennessee will take on tournament darlings Miami on Friday afternoon in Philadelphia.
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Vermont cools off Maine women’s basketball shooters in biggest game of the season
The Black Bears shot under 30% from the floor in the America East women’s basketball championship game.
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Vermont women’s basketball downs Maine to win America East title
The top-seeded Catamounts repeat as conference champions.
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UMaine, BC men’s hockey teams face off with seasons on the line
Both teams began the season with NCAA tournament aspirations, but one team’s season will end Friday in the Hockey East quarterfinals.
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Maine, Vermont women’s basketball meet again for title, NCAA bid
Friday’s America East final is the ninth conference championship game between the two teams.
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UMaine women’s basketball team just 1 win away from NCAA tournament
Adrianna Smith scores 26 points and grabs 12 rebounds as the Black Bears earn a spot in the America East championship game.
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Thornton Academy boys hockey repeats as Class A champion
The Trojans score twice in the third period to beat Cheverus/Yarmouth and retain their title.
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Maine shows up for returns of Cooper Flagg, Jayson Tatum
The first pro game at TD Garden for Flagg, a Newport native, was also the first game of the season for Boston star Jayson Tatum.
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Sarah Talon of Windham a leader for the Maine women’s basketball team
The senior is playing the best basketball of her career to help the Black Bears reach the America East semifinals.