Despite the challenges of running a team as a student, club sports leaders are provided with a sense of pride.
Sports
A win-win heartbreaker of a state championship basketball game
Host Roger McCord covers a state championship basketball game by focusing on the role parents play.
There’s an ugly side to Maine harness racing
Horses have been subjected to drugging and abuse, with more than 600 violations issued by the state governing body for the sport since 2016.
A Mainer goes to Qatar for soccer — and finds a fascination with the United States
It was a long way from the Ri Ra pub in the Old Port in Portland, but the games and the culture of the Persian Gulf nation were intense.
Chasing Maine: How I catch 90 mph baseballs
We mic’d up a catcher and gave him a GoPro to capture what it’s like to be a catcher during a game.
Under represented: Numbers lag for women coaches across Maine varsity sports
Barely more than a quarter of Maine high school girls’ basketball teams are led by women. Most other sports also could do better.
Pennsylvania community places hope in a tiger turned Barbarian from Maine
Tim Boetsch, an All-American high school wrestler and pro martial arts fighter from coastal Maine, is the go-to head coach in Sunbury, Pa., in its quest for a revival.
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