The Bangor Daily News chose three University of Maine-related accomplishments for its most inspiring stories of 2018. One was that after first-year football player Darius Minor collapsed and died of a heart condition during a supervised July workout, the Black Bears notched a 10–4 record and advanced to a Football Championship Subdivision national semifinal for read more BDN chooses 3 UMaine-related athletic stories as most inspiring of 2018