In honor of today being April 20th, I have decided to highlight one of my favorite comedians, Mr. Doug Benson.  The last time Doug came to Maine, he was at the Gold Room and I was bummed I couldn't go.  We are trying to get him to come back so keep your eyes and ears posted and join the PortSports Comedy Fans group to give us your input on the comedians…

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In celebration of Earth Day, today we are highlighting two groups on the PortSports site, The Sustainable L.E.A.P. and The Clean Up Club.

 

We are lucky to have our very own professional enviro writer/blogger, Shea Gunther as the leader and…

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For my first official blog post, I wanted to highlight an awesome fundraising concert event tomorrow night.  While Dave and I are not involved in this event on the back-end, it's something that we really believe in and want you guys to be aware of.  If you are looking for something fun to do tomorrow night, please go out and support what these guys are doing with the Rusty Rocket Music Fund.…

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This Winter has been absolutely awesome so far! We have a Ski & Ride Club that is willing to venture out in a school bus up to the mountain no matter what the weather throws at us! There has been a great influx of new participants into our leagues, bringing them to another level. We have managed to play three sports at once, a first for us! Our website is growing and gaining steam with all the new groups and events being added - I am really proud of our participants (and new friends) for… __________________________Read Full Post Here________________________

Congrats to the members of the Runners Club who participated in the Turkey Trot last weekend. Our entire group finished in under 35 minutes (which is impressive, especially for those of us who just started running). We had an amazing post-run brunch at 555 and have decided to keep up through the winter.



Beer Club is going well, from the first two events we have raised $50 for the Maine MS. We are working on the next event, with more details soon, but it will be bigger and better than… __________________________Read Full Post Here________________________

PortSports' first theme night was last week, and we brought back the 80s in full force. Special thanks to the Ballbusters, Zestys and Gold Rush for their support of the theme night and Orange Crush for dressing up even though they were only field managing. I was so excited about the night, as soon as I got home from the happy hour last week, I uploaded all the photos to our website.



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Wow, yesterday was a blast, and I'm actually sore, already! For those of you who got up a the crack of dawn to join us on the Kennebec, thank you for such an awesome trip. Herman, our crazy bus driver, Joe and Duane, our kick-ass guides and all the camp kids definitely made it a trip to remember.
Next up, we are thinking zip lines.......any takers?

Unfortunately, we our first season is coming to an end. We are in our last week of regular season games with the playoffs and championships next week. We have met some great people, received excellent feedback on how to become even better, and are planning some really cool events.



Our first event is a meetup this Sunday at the new beer garden on Exchange Street, Novare Res. All the details are listed under the events here on the Happy Hour.



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We have officially begun our first season of sports. Kickball got off to a rough start due to rain, but after last night, we are back on track! Everyone had fun and broke out of their shells and we had a great turnout at the happy hour.



Soccer went well last week and we received some excellent feedback regarding field and ball sizing. I was surprised a little that it was so intense compared to kickball. We had one minor injury, but Dr. Luis came to the rescue and everything was… __________________________Read Full Post Here________________________

The end of registration is fast approaching (Friday, April 11th) so be sure to tell all your friends and get the word out about PortSports! We are almost full to capacity, which is very exciting, especially for our first season. Be sure to keep checking our website for information about the second season, look for continuing kickball and soccer leagues as well as two new sports.

We can't wait to see you all on the field.

I am really looking forward to finally getting the first season underway and it is gratifying to see the response we are getting so far. The article in the Press Herald was amazingly unexpected and a big help to getting our name out there, eventhough it also highlighted our main competition.



I am most excited to bring the charity aspect into sports leagues here in Portland. People have told me that Maine is 7 years behind New York and 3 years behind Boston, so in that vein, our… __________________________Read Full Post Here________________________