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.

Boys Basketball, Girls Basketball, Sports, Varsity Maine

Basketball notebook: Seedings beginning to take shape for central Maine basketball tournament

by Travis Lazarczyk February 22, 2021February 23, 2021

With a week left in the regular season, teams vie for seeds in the upcoming basketball tournament between Kennebec, Somerset, and Franklin county schools.

Maine colleges, Sports, UMaine Sports

Maeve Carroll continues to improve for UMaine women’s basketball team

by Travis Lazarczyk February 16, 2021February 16, 2021

Senior forward — who helped power Black Bears to come-from-behind victory over Stony Brook on Sunday — will also return for a fifth season.

Maine colleges, Sports, UMaine Sports

Sidelines: University of Maine basketball takes a hit, on and off the court

by Travis Lazarczyk February 13, 2021February 13, 2021

The UMaine women lose on the court, while the UMaine men lose their season, writes Travis Lazarczyk.

New England Patriots, Sports

Commentary: Any hate of quarterback Tom Brady in New England is misguided

by Travis Lazarczyk February 6, 2021February 6, 2021

Root for Tom Brady in the Super Bowl or don’t, but his decision to move on to Tampa Bay shouldn’t cloud your memories of him, Travis Lazarczyk writes.