Jeff Solari
Bangor Daily News
Bangor, ME, United States
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If the Celtics win the NBA finals, it will only be their 7th 'real' championship
"In a region where we now expect the teams to play for championships, the Celtics have a chance to deliver one." → Read More
Not high on Tek as the next Sox manager
You won’t find many Red Sox fans walking this planet that don’t love Jason Varitek. He’s deservedly one of the most popular Sox players in history. Without Tek theres no 2004 title. No mitt in A-Ro… → Read More
Why it’s so good (so good, so good) to love to hate the Yankees!
By Sterling Pingree: Sportschowdah.com. My formative years as a baseball fan came in the second half of the 1990’s. 1995 was that season for me when baseball meant too much, but as a Red Sox fan it… → Read More
UMaine Men’s Hockey home opener draws smallest crowd in decades
After being shut out 12-0 in their first two games, the U Maine men’s hockey team finally scored Friday night at the Alfond Arena. Actually they scored early and often against perpetual tomato can … → Read More
UMaine men’s hockey opens Saturday. Anyone excited?
This weekend, the University of Maine men’s hockey team drops the puck on it’s 2019-20 season with a Hockey East matchup at Providence College. But judging by the chatter on social medi… → Read More
Why doesn’t anyone care about UMaine football?
Saturday nights game was billed as the “biggest regular season game in the history of UMaine football.” It was the first time in the 127 years of the Black Bears that two nationally ranked, t… → Read More
UMaine football fans need to step up
So, are you fired up for some college football like me? I’m not so sure. The UMaine football team kicks off their season this Friday night at 6pm. I care. A few diehards do too. But do you? I kind … → Read More
It takes more than just luck to know when to retire
By Jeff Solari- Sportschowdah.com For most of us, knowing when to retire is an incredibly difficult decision. I think it’s true in most professions. Teachers. Accountants. Mechanics. Sports media p… → Read More
This guy has 1700 issues of Sports Illustrated. Most of them signed by the cover athletes
By Sterling Pingree- Sports Chowdah.com. My first issue of Sports Illustrated was delivered to my Nana Ping’s house in August of 1994. If you believe in destiny, and as a Boston fan the last 20 yea… → Read More
Alex Cora and Sox players should go to the White House this week
Alex Cora just announced he is not going to the White House this week. Mookie Betts will not attend either. Same for Jackie Bradley Jr. and Rafael Devers. They have the right not to go. That is not… → Read More
A short tribute to WABI TV 5 legend Tim Throckmorton as he rides into the sunset
Since the day he started at WABI almost 40 years ago, by unofficial count he has been part off more than 9300 sportscasts and reported almost 75,000 stories. Those numbers could be a little smaller… → Read More
The Red Sox have one wicked hangover
“I don’t believe in hangover. The only hangover is when you going out drinking and the next day you got a headache. We’ve all been there” — Alex Cora The second year Red Sox manager is right. Most … → Read More
For long suffering UMaine hockey fans, justice must be served
If this were my case to present in court, I’d win in a landslide. The trial would be brief and the verdict delivered swiftly. The evidence is overwhelming and the numbers prove it beyond a reasonab… → Read More
Tom Brady’s reign is more impressive than Bill Russell era
My former WZON co-host Pat Spekhardt started a lively Facebook debate last week. His contention: the Tom Brady era is amazing but not as impressive as the Bill Russell era. As often was the case on… → Read More
No excuse not to have legal sports betting in Maine in 2019
Stephen Mardigan was in the news this week. He was sentenced to fifteen months in prison for running a gambling outfit in Portland. He was raking in the dough taking sports bets. As part of the sen… → Read More
Congrats true UMaine football fans. Your faith has finally been rewarded.
People tend to do what is easy. When they come to a fork in the road that take the path of least resistance. Staples knows that people really like things easy. They even invented a damn “That was e… → Read More
The Red Sox way overpay Nathan Eovaldi
The Red Sox have reportedly signed free agent pitcher Nathan Eovaldi to a four year deal at an average of $17 million annually. Most Sox fans seem to love it, which is probably rock solid proof tha… → Read More
3 Reasons the Patriots lost in Jacksonville
Here are three reasons the Patriots got whooped in Jacksonville Sunday. Mother Nature! This was the hottest NFL game since 2003 when Green Bay went to Arizona (you remember that one time people fro… → Read More
Who is your favorite Boston Red Sox player of all time? Here’s the answer
A couple of weeks back we here at the Sports Chowdah teamed up with our friends at the Bangor Daily News to give away some Red Sox tickets. All folks had to do to enter was tell us the name of thei… → Read More