Category: Insiders

Christopher Price of The Boston Globe helps get us ready for tonight’s Patriots-Giants game.

Maine Black Bear football coach Nick Charlton joined the show to talk about the team’s newest addition, running back Emmanuel Reed, a transfer from the University of Buffalo.

New England Patriots broadcaster Bob Socci talked with us about the retirement of Rob Gronkowski and what’s been a busy off-season for the team.

Marc Calnan of Eastern Maine Sports with the latest on high school basketball.

University of Maine basketball coach Bob Walsh discusses Wednesday’s game at Lowell and shares his thoughts on outgoing athletic director Karlton Creech.

Bob Lucy joined us to break down what happened in Maine football’s opening night loss at New Hampshire.

Karen Allen has had a remarkable career, from her role in “Animal House” to playing Marion in the “Indiana Jones” series, “Scrooged” with Bill Murray, and “Starman” opposite Jeff Bridges. She joined Downtown to discuss her career and her first directorial effort, the film “A Tree. A Rock. A Cloud.”

Bob Ryan checked into Downtown to talk Sox & Celtics and share his memories of the 1967 season and his love for The Beatles.

Filmmakers Ken Burns and Lynn Novick joined us to discuss their latest collaboration, “The Vietnam War”. The ten-part, eighteen-hour film premieres September 17 on PBS.    

Maine baseball coach Nick Derba made his weekly visit to Downtown.

Mark Lech, UMaine Track & Fiield/Cross Country coach checks in to talk about some of this season’s indoor track success stories.

Bracketology in the FCS. Where will Maine land after they win this weekend (wink-nudge)? How about the teams that always find themselves in the postseason mix like UNH and Montana? Great insight on something that Black Bear Nation must be getting anxious about. Can you believe it’s almost playoff time?

Tuesday is Celtics Insider Day with John Karalis and it’s a tough one because the C’s have been playing such soft basketball. We talk about the “fake” Klay Thompson rumor, the depth the that C’s don’t have at the end of the bench, and who is buried at the end of the pine. Always great […]

FCS insider Craig Haley called into the Downtown show on Wednesday to talk about the national scene. We chat about North Dakota’s fall from #1, The Citadel; are they for real, and Eastern Washington’s high flying offense before getting Craig’s perspective on the CAA.

Every week I say it, and every week I mean it. There is simply no more complete preview of the upcoming weekend’s college football slate than the one we get every Thursday afternoon with college football expert Phil Steele. Don’t waste three hours on Saturday morning getting caught up, cram like a college student before […]