Last spring, as the University of Maine searched for its next women’s basketball head coach, Cindy Blodgett quickly surfaced as a candidate. Though she had impressive credentials as a player – starring at Lawrence High in Fairfield and the University of Maine before enjoying a… Read More
A visit this week with my venerable uncle, Kendall Warner, rekindled fond memories of fishing trips taken with him and my late father, Bill Warner – the two men who have had the most profound influence on my life and on my appreciation for my family heritage. Read More
Whoever first called Bode Miller the “Pete Rose of skiing” was onto something. Just don’t read that the wrong way. America’s most complicated gold-medal contender does not have a gambling problem. Not with money, anyway. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More
The question that should be posed to Susan Cockrell (BDN, July 13) and her animal rights allies is this: why are you trying so desperately to muzzle the scientists and bear experts at Maine’s Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife? Cockrell’s inflammatory BDN column, attacking… Read More
The referendum to end trapping, hounding and baiting of bears should have generated numerous opportunities for respectful, rational discussions of bear-hunting methods among Maine voters. Instead, a coalition of extremists, including commercial bear baiters and out-of-state trophy hunters led by SAM (Sportsmen’s Alliance of Maine),… Read More
Tom Hennessey’s three-part series on the bear referendum was shamelessly biased in what was more subjective editorializing than an attempt at balanced reporting. The proponents of this referendum have three main issues in the killing of close to 4,000 Maine black bears each year with the use of… Read More
(Editor’s note: In this final installment of three columns, focused on disrespect to Native Americans in the world of sports and, particularly, to a Maine Indian legend, Louis Sockalexis, author Ed Rice argues his case why Louis Sockalexis deserves to have the title “First Indian” to play major… Read More
(Editor note: This is the first of three columns concerning disrespect to Native Americans in the world of sports and, in particular, disrespect to a Maine legend, Louis Sockalexis, by Sockalexis biographer Ed Rice. In this first column, Rice explores the continuing use of the nickname “Redskins.”)… Read More