Maine
BDN’s Larry Mahoney to be inducted into Maine Sports Hall of Fame
Larry Mahoney has covered legendary Maine sports figures for more than 50 years at the Bangor Daily News. And now he is set to join those legends in the Maine Sports Hall of Fame.
Mahoney is one of 10 honorees being inducted into the hall this year, the organization announced on Monday. He was also inducted into the Maine Press Association Hall of Fame last year and has been named Maine sports writer of the year six times.
He and the other inductees, will officially become Maine Sports Hall of Fame members during a Sept. 21 ceremony in Bangor.
Former BDN sports editor and writer Pete Warner worked with the veteran reporter for years, and highlighted the humanity and knowledge that shines through Mahoney’s continued work.
“No one cares more about the people he is writing about,” Warner said about Mahoney. “He is very invested in the little details that make people special, regardless of their particular role in sports.”
Warner said Mahoney has an unparalleled historical perspective of Maine sports.
“He’s been paying attention to things for so long and he’s been so invested in his work that he can tie items together that may on the surface seem unconnected,” Warner continued. “But because of his experience and his depth of knowledge, he can connect the dots on things that people may not ever have realized.”
In the announcement from the hall of fame, Mahoney is credited for “earning a stellar reputation while writing on every sports topic imaginable.” That prolific and knowledgeable coverage continues today, and Mahoney would surely rather be writing about those topics than talking about himself.
“It’s humbling to be going into such a prestigious hall of fame with people who are giants in their areas of expertise,” Mahoney said on Monday, characteristically deflecting the attention from himself and stressing that each of the nine other inductees “have done remarkable things and so deserve to be going into the hall.”
The nine other honorees are former Falmouth High School soccer and basketball player Bryant Barr, who went on to play basketball at Davidson with Steph Curry; paracyclist Clara Brown of Cumberland who has won 11 world championship medals and competed in two Paralympic games, including a Bronze medal showing in Paris; Husson University men’s basketball coach Warren Caruso, who is nearing his 600th win; mulit-sport standout Jamie Cook of Kennebunk who went on to be a three-time All-American in the Decathlon at Penn State; Maine Celtics President Dajuan Eubanks who has been with the team in various capacities since its start in 2009; basketball player and coach Kelly Bowman Flagg, who was a key player on the only University of Maine women’s or men’s team to win an NCAA tournament game (and who is also the mother of Cooper and Ace Flagg); Smith College women’s basketball coach Lynn Hersey who played for Dexter High School and Plymouth State; Messalonskee High School track star Jesse Labreck who went on to earn the nickname “Flex” as a champion on the TV show “America Ninja Warrior”; and Portland High School and Northeastern runner Danny Paul who went on to be a prolific road race winner and coach.
Tickets for the induction ceremony, which will be held at Husson University, will go on sale on June 1.
Maine
How a data center derailed $240,000 for affordable housing in Wiscasset
Maine
Mother’s Day brings boom in flower sales across Maine
It wouldn’t be Mother’s Day without a stop at the florist.
According to Fox Business, about 154 million flowers are sold during the week of Mother’s Day. So it’s safe to say it was a busy day for stores like Estabrook’s Maine Garden Center and Nursery.
Plenty of families stopped by to pick out flowers on Sunday, looking to choose the perfect bouquet for their moms.
“I think Mother’s Day is tradition, you know, and so it’s great to see families here. We have a lot of new families that have come today for the first time with their young children and their mother. Watching the young kids and seeing how excited they are—their eyes light up at all the beautiful flowers,” Tom Estabrook, president of Estabrook’s, said.
Estabrook says Mother’s Day tends to be a great kickoff to the spring season.
Maine
Maine Black Bears Swept By UMass Lowell In A Tight 5-4 Finish
The Maine Baseball Team was swept by UMass Lowell in the weekend series, losing on Sunday 5-4.
UMaine scored 3 runs in the 5th inning and 1 in the 6th inning to lead 4-1, but the Riverhawks scored 2 runs in the 7th and then pushed across the tying and winning runs in the 9th inning for the win.
Thomas Stabley started for Maine and went 6.1 innings on the mound. He allowed 5 hits and 3 runs, striking out and walking 1. Owen Wheeler pitched 1.2 hitless innings striking out 2. Sebastian Holt pitched the 9th and took the loss, allowing 2 hits and 2 runs, the big hit a 2-run homer to Nicholas Solozano, his 2nd of the day.
Hunter St. Denis homered for Maine, a solo shot, his 9th of the season, in the 6th inning.
Albert De La Rosa was 2-4. JuJu Stevens , Shane Andrus, Quinn Murphy and Chris Bear each singled.
UMass Lowell is 19-27 while Maine is now 17-30.
The Black Bears will host Merrimack on Tuesday, May 12th in a non-conference game at 2 p.m. The game will be broadcast on 92.9 The Ticket with the pregame starting at 1:30 p.m. Maine then closes out the regular season at home with a 3-game America East conference matchup with Albany Thursday- Saturday.
Check out photos from the game
Maine-UMass Lowell Baseball May 10
The Maine Black Bears hosted the UMass Lowell Riverhawks on Sunday, May 10th
Gallery Credit: Chris Popper
-
Oregon2 minutes agoPacifiCorp proposal aims to shield Central Oregon customers from large energy user costs
-
Pennsylvania8 minutes agoPA targets AI developers for allegedly misleading users
-
Rhode Island14 minutes agoOne Big Question After RHORI Renewal
-
South-Carolina20 minutes ago
Missouri’s new US House map goes to court while Louisiana and South Carolina consider redistricting
-
South Dakota26 minutes agoSD Lottery Powerball, Lotto America winning numbers for May 11, 2026 – AOL
-
Tennessee32 minutes agoMemphis voters file federal lawsuit against new congressional map, claiming discrimination: ‘White control over Tennessee politics’
-
Texas38 minutes ago
Texas sues Netflix for allegedly spying on kids, addicting users
-
Utah44 minutes agoData centers raise air quality and environmental concerns in Utah, doctor says