Two former University of Maine men’s ice hockey goalies set to compete in the NHL Stanley Cup Final were included in a sports column in the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel. Ben Bishop is the starting goalie for Tampa Bay and Scott Darling is the backup goalie for Chicago. Bishop also was featured and Darling […]
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WABI (Channel 5) and the Bangor Daily News announced UMaine graduate and former field hockey star Holly Stewart won the America East Woman of the Year Award. Stewart, from North Vancouver, British Columbia, is the first Black Bear to receive the honor, presented to the league’s senior female student-athlete who best distinguished herself during collegiate […]
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The Maine Edge and The Weekly published a University of Maine news release announcing organizers of UMaine’s inaugural Black Bear Marathon, Half Marathon and 10K are seeking volunteers to assist on race day and at packet pickup, as well as host cheer stations along the route. The races begin at 7:30 a.m. Sunday, June 21 […]
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The Bangor Daily News published “UMaine women’s basketball team enjoys breathtaking views in ‘City of Love,’” the first in a series of articles by Anna Heise who is writing a blog during the team’s trip to Italy. The senior center from Halle, Germany, will provide readers with a student-athlete’s perspective on the experience as the […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported Joe Roberts, the University of Maine’s associate athletic director for external operations, has resigned after nearly 25 years at the university. “It has been a great run. It’s time to do something different. It seemed like a good time [to step down]. Twenty-five is a pretty round number,” Roberts said. […]
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Organizers of the University of Maine’s inaugural Black Bear Marathon, Half Marathon and 10K are seeking volunteers to assist on race day and at packet pickup, as well as host cheer stations along the route. The races begin at 7:30 a.m. Sunday, June 21 and will start and finish on the UMaine track located at […]
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The Bangor Daily News published a feature on University of Maine senior Luke Morrill. Morrill is a South Thomaston native and member of the UMaine baseball team. He graduates Saturday with a degree in business management after a year juggling school, baseball and fatherhood. Morrill has a 10-month-old son with his fiancee Bri Hammond, who […]
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The Kennebec Journal, Morning Sentinel, Portland Press Herald and Bangor Daily News were among the media organizations that covered former University of Maine men’s ice hockey player Eric Weinrich’s induction into the Maine Sports Hall of Fame. Weinrich played 17 years in the NHL, where he made three all-star appearances and was named to the […]
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The Portland Press Herald, WABI (channel 5) and Bangor Daily News reported University of Maine football player Damarr Aultman signed an undrafted free-agent contract with the Miami Dolphins. According to the BDN article, in 2014, the senior wide receiver and kick returner caught a team-best 48 passes for 498 yards and ran back 28 kicks […]
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The Portland Press Herald reported that five former University of Maine baseball players — Bob Anthoine, Gerry Berthiaume, Rod Choroszy, John Dumont and Clarence Keegan (posthumous) — will be among the 11 inductees into the Maine Baseball Hall of Fame in June.
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