Last Wednesday night was an incredibly surreal experience for me, as I gave the keynote speech at my alma mater Deering High School’s academic letter award ceremony. It was a humbling experience- one that I never would have guessed I’d ever have the opportunity for when I was screwing off in high school, getting kicked out […]
Things got hazy as soon as I took the fullback’s foot off my jaw. One of my teammates tackled him hard, right next to me, and he sort of helicoptered into my face. Immediately I felt a searing pain in my jaw, and I was seeing stars, but I was so jacked up to play […]
But, as much as I hate to admit it, I think my class at Deering High School has been outdone by the 2015 DHS seniors.
For 36 years top players from the legendary Atlantic Coast Conference’s men’s basketball teams have gotten together in April and traveled around playing local club and high school teams. It’s called the ACC Barnstorming Tour, and it’s featured such players as Michael Jordan, Len Bias, and Tyler Hansbrough. The tour usually sticks to the southeastern […]
I would guess that the average sports fan back home would need to see Tom Brady or Gronk to really feel star struck. I feel like we as Americans generally have the “too cool for school” approach when it comes to showing love to your average sports figure in public. For example, I can’t see […]
As a kid growing up in Portland’s North Deering neighborhood, Josh Longstaff was known for his love of basketball. Back in the 90’s it was a regular sight to see him dribbling down Summit Street on his way to the basketball courts behind Lyman Moore Middle School. Even in the dead of winter he would […]
Back in the Spring of 2008, Lauren Reid returned home to Portland to figure out what to do with her life. Reid, a former all-American lacrosse player (and fellow 2002 graduate of mine) for the Deering High School Rams, had recently graduated from UMass where she had been a standout player for the women’s Division […]
