Sideline Stories

Sideline Stories: Bob Dunfey, Race Director, Gorham Savings Bank Maine Marathon, Half Marathon & Relay

At the age of 39, I began running for fitness inspired after discovering I had gained almost 25 pounds without even noticing it. My usual fitness activities of cycling and rowing formerly kept my weight at a steady…

Sideline Stories – Becki Tucker – “Can-Am 250, For the Love of the Race”

I became obsessed with the mushing lifestyle 26 years ago.  What started out as a hobby turned into my very own crazy, beautiful life – a life that grounds me and at the same time sets my soul…

Sideline Stories: Patrick Guerette & the Maine Pond Hockey Classic

“Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. It has the power to unite people in a way that little else does. It speaks to youth in a language they understand. Sport…

Meredith Strang Burgess: CEO/Survivor/Sugarloafer

How Sugarloaf and Skiing Saved My Life—plus, join us for the 22nd Annual Sugarloaf Charity Summit! 2023 is my 24th year of surviving breast cancer—and skiing literally saved my life. I welcomed 2000 in at Sugarloaf, as always,…

Sideline Stories: Shannon Upton, Account Executive, Maine Mariners

Sports has always played an essential role in my life. I am a graduate of the University of New England 2021 where I double majored in Sport and Rec Management and Business and Coaching. I am now an…

Sideline Stories: Lani Silversides, Founder, Strong Girls United Foundation

Sport builds character. Sport prepares you for life. These are things you have probably heard before, and I agree with them wholeheartedly. I also believe that we should be intentional about making those connections for kids and adults…

Sideline Stories: Bill Green, Executive Director, Maine Sports Hall of Fame

One night, around 1991, I had an epiphany in Williamsburg, Virginia. I was accompanying my wife who was on a business trip to Colonial Williamsburg. We were seated with couples from Miami, Washington D. C. and Chicago. When…

Sideline Stories: John Rex, Bates ’21, All American Track and Field

Potential is defined as having or showing the capacity to become or develop into something in the future. More personally, potential is defined as a word I heard my entire life. I was raised in a family of…

Travis Reed: LifeFlight of Maine Patient, Football Player

  Lying in the snow. Struggling to breathe. The pain in his shoulder and abdomen growing more unbearable by the minute.  This wasn’t how 16-year-old Travis Reed thought his first big trail ride would go. Born and raised…