Media Coverage of Football Player’s Death
Several local and national media outlets covered the news that UMaine football player Charles Kyeremeh Jr. had been killed Sunday in a motorcycle accident in Pennsylvania. The USA Today website included an Associated Press version of the story, and the Los Angeles Times also carried a story. A CBS television affiliate in Pennsylvania had a report with information about Kyeremeh’s funeral. The Bangor Daily News ran an article with comments from Black Bear football coach Jack Cosgrove, and UMaine alumnus and former football player Roosevelt Boone, who roomed with Kyeremeh. The Portland Press Herald also noted the incident. The Boston Globe and Philadelphia Inquirer had brief mentions of Kyeremeh’s death.
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