Travis LazarczykColumnist
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At a recent Rush concert, Travis Lazarczyk let the music make the memories (opens the original)
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I saw Rush at TD Garden in Boston on Monday night. It was a fantastic concert, one that came at the exact time I needed it. I don’t have any photos to share with you. That was a conscious decision. I’m going to sound like an old man yelling at clouds, but I turned 54 last week, so I may as well wear it. You see it at concerts and sporting events all the time: too many people watching the action through the small phone screen instead of their eyes. Social media can be good in a lot of ways, but m
Fans come out for opening of Cooper Flagg’s card shop in Bangor (opens the original)
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BANGOR — They waited in their Dallas Mavericks jerseys, and Duke jerseys, and Nokomis jerseys, and even Maine Event jerseys. They waited in line for hours, because Cooper Flagg, Newport’s basketball superhero, is worth that in Maine. For a once in a lifetime figure, a Mainer who was the first pick in the NBA draft, you queue up early and patiently. The Flagg Trading Company, a trading card store owned by Flagg and his cousin, Tyler Flagg, officially opened Saturday morning on Main Street in down
Cooper Flagg shares his love for trading cards with opening of card shop (opens the original)
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BANGOR — We all know of Cooper Flagg, No. 1 draft pick and NBA Rookie of the Year, basketball standout and the current face of Maine. But how about Cooper Flagg, businessman and entrepreneur? That’s what we have now with the opening of the Flagg Trading Company in downtown Bangor. The store is the brainchild of Cooper and his cousin, Tyler Flagg, and their shared love of collecting sports cards. They’ve been talking about opening this store for about a year. They considered doing it in Cooper’s
High school volleyball is growing in many parts of Maine (opens the original)
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High school sports coverage is proudly supported by Maine State Credit Union. Corey Schwinn points to Frances J. Plunkett Robinson as the mother of volleyball in Downeast Maine. In the early 1970s, Robinson, who died in 2017 at 82, introduced the sport in high schools across Washington County and at the University of Maine at Machias. A regional obsession was born. “We have open gyms for adults,” said Schwinn, the former volleyball coach at Washington Academy in East Machias who coached the Raid
Meet 10 volleyball players to watch in southern Maine (opens the original)
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High school sports coverage is proudly supported by Maine State Credit Union. Caleb Atwood, Scarborough senior outside hitter: A returning Varsity Maine All-State performer, Atwood helped the Red Storm earn the top seed in the Class A tournament last season. She recorded 162 kills and 62 digs, and had a 92.3 service percentage with 39 aces. Olive Clark, Falmouth senior outside hitter: One of the top returning players in the SMAA, Clark is rehabbing from injury, but coach Larry Nichols hopes to g
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