Glenn Jordan joined the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram in 1994 to cover the fledgling Portland Sea Dogs. A native of Vermont, he was a philosophy major in college who worked at two newspapers in New Hampshire and one in Connecticut before moving to Maine and settling down. He spent his first two years of marriage living in the keepers quarters of the Portland Head Light and has three children, all of them excellent spellers. In addition to baseball, he has covered nearly every sport played in Maine, from biathlon and curling to running and sailing. You can find him near cross country trails in fall, pools and ski slopes in winter and tennis courts in spring. He also covers the Red Claws, Maine’s D-League basketball affiliate. When not holding a notepad, he finds time for checkers and pickleball.
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PublishedAugust 5, 2017
‘Joan’s Race’ takes on added significance at 20th Beach to Beacon
Joan Benoit Samuelson runs faster than an age-group record on a day when Kenyans Stephen Kosgei Kibet and Mary Keitany win the men’s and women’s races.
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PublishedAugust 4, 2017
Running at 60, Beach to Beacon founder still sets the pace
Beach to Beacon race founder Joan Benoit Samuelson will join Saturday’s field along with fellow Olympic marathoner Deena Kastor.
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PublishedAugust 4, 2017
Former Maine race champion helps Kenyans make strides in school
Ben Decker, a top Beach to Beacon veteran from Yarmouth, returns from Kenya, where he’s been helping young scholars fulfill their U.S. college dreams.
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PublishedAugust 3, 2017
Elite field for Beach to Beacon is plenty deep
North Yarmouth’s Ben True is among five former champions in this year’s Beach to Beacon race
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PublishedJuly 30, 2017
Some runners keep coming back to Cape Elizabeth, no matter how far away they live
Though most of the Legacy Runners live in Maine, others come from as far away as Wisconsin and Florida.
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PublishedJuly 20, 2017
Here’s how to pitch a name for Portland’s new pro hockey team
Management of the ECHL franchise announces a contest in which fans can submit suggestions by Aug. 14.
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PublishedJuly 18, 2017
Good with names? Portland’s new pro hockey team needs one
The ECHL team’s owners will announce a contest Thursday asking fans to help.
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PublishedJuly 8, 2017
World-class Westbrook couple finishes 4th in wife carrying championship
Elliott and Giana Storey cover nearly the length of three football fields in one minute and 12.95 seconds in the grueling contest in Sonkajarvi, Finland.
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PublishedJuly 6, 2017
At 81, Camden woman who played pro baseball will be back on the field
A member of the 1954 Blue Sox in the All-American Girls league, Maxine Simmons will throw the first pitch Thursday as the Sea Dogs honor the film ‘A League of Their Own.’
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PublishedJune 15, 2017
Pro hockey returning to Portland in fall of 2018 after a 2-year absence
The owner of an ECHL franchise in Alaska will move it to Maine, providing a primary tenant and needed revenue for the Cross Insurance Arena while facing a rebuilding of the fan base.
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