Kevin Thomas does not always write about baseball. It just seems that way, starting with his early days covering spring training for the St. Petersburg Times, to his current role of bi-locating at both Hadlock Field and Fenway Park, reporting on the Portland Sea Dogs and Boston Red Sox. In the off-season, he still writes about baseball, while venturing to hockey rinks and basketball arenas, especially when it comes to the University of Maine and local colleges. Thomas has received awards for his work, but his greatest prize is home, which includes one patient wife, nine children and an aging chocolate Labrador.
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PublishedNovember 5, 2011
UMaine proves no match for Eagles
Boston College shows why it’s ranked No. 1 in the nation, dominating the Black Bears in a 5-1 win.
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PublishedNovember 4, 2011
UMaine facing arduous weekend
The Black Bears play top-ranked Boston College tonight, then visit New Hampshire.
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PublishedNovember 2, 2011
College Notebook: Hockey time arrives in Division III
USM and UNE will open their schedules this weekend on the road, swapping opponents.
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PublishedOctober 31, 2011
College Notebook: UMaine basketball teams get some game action
ORONO – The opposition will be more difficult from November on. But the University of Maine basketball teams looked pretty good Sunday afternoon in a pair of exhibitions at Alfond Arena. The men topped Division III Fisher College of Boston, 91-45. The women beat the University of New Brunswick, 78-62 “I recognize the competition will […]
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PublishedOctober 30, 2011
On Baseball: Cherington’s reputation for organization precedes him
New Red Sox general manager Ben Cherington has his work cut out, needing to hire a manager and get his team to recover from a September collapse and well-publicized reports of beer-and-chicken sessions among the starting pitchers. But Cherington has dealt with a mess before. In 2003, at the same time the Sea Dogs were […]
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PublishedOctober 30, 2011
Class A Football: Rams survive a game of comebacks
Deering overcomes a 21-7 halftime deficit, then wins in OT after a last-minute rally by Bonny Eagle.
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PublishedOctober 30, 2011
Volleyball: Back to the summit for the Rangers
Greely is again the best in Class A, edging Scarborough for an eighth Class A title in nine years.
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PublishedOctober 27, 2011
Daniel Burke, 1929-2011:Ex-CEO brought the Sea Dogsto Portland and loved being a fan
Daniel Burke, the former CEO of Capital Cities/ABC and the man who brought the Sea Dogs to Portland, died Wednesday from complications of Type 1 diabetes, his family said. He was 82. Burke owned the popular minor league baseball team from its inception in 1994 and helped the club become an affiliate of the Boston […]
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PublishedOctober 26, 2011
Portland Sea Dogs ownerDan Burke dies at 82
The former media executive acquired the franchise in 1992 and served as chairman of the team until last year.
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PublishedOctober 26, 2011
Seniors buy into change, lead Nor’easters to wins
The idea that you should not mess with success never occurred to Danielle Ryder. Although the University of New England field hockey team won its conference championship last year and reached the NCAA tournament, Ryder walked onto the Biddeford campus this season as the Nor’easters’ new coach and made changes. Ryder, only three years removed […]
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