For 10th Consecutive Year, More Than Half of All UMaine Student-Athletes Recognized for Academic Achievement
For the 10th consecutive year, more than half of all UMaine student-athletes recognized for academic achievement.
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Media Covers UMaine’s Football Pro Day
The Bangor Daily News, WLBZ (Channel 2), Portland Press Herald, WABI (Channel 5) and WVII (Channel 7) were among several news organizations that covered the University of Maine’s football Pro Day. Eleven members of the Black Bear football team’s senior class got the chance to perform tests and drills for a New England Patriots scout […]
Read moreBDN Reports on Hockey Program Review, Tim Whitehead
The Bangor Daily News spoke with University of Maine men’s hockey coach Tim Whitehead and UMaine Athletic Director Steve Abbott about a review of the men’s ice hockey program. The Black Bears, who went 11–19–8 this past season, were ousted by UMass Lowell last week in the Hockey East quarterfinal series. Abbott said he will […]
Read moreBlack Bears Bus Trip
The University of Maine is planning a bus trip Thursday and Friday, March 14 and 15, to watch the Black Bear men’s ice hockey team take on UMass-Lowell in the Hockey East Quarterfinals. Tickets are $85 and include transportation and admission to both games. A hotel discount is also available for bus trip participants. The […]
Read moreBDN Reports on UMaine Runner Setting New 5,000 Meter Record
Corey Conner of the University of Maine set a new school record Saturday in the 5,000-meter race during the Columbia Final Qualifying Meet in New York City, the Bangor Daily News reports. The senior from West Townsend, Mass., covered the 5k in 15:55.60, breaking her previous time by more than 10 seconds. Conner now ranks […]
Read moreNews Reports on Team’s Decision to Opt Out of America East Tournament After Bus Crash
The Portland Press Herald and the Bangor Daily News reported on the University of Maine women’s basketball team’s decision not to play in the America East tournament in the wake of the team’s bus crash Feb. 26 on I-95 in Massachusetts. Athletic Director Steve Abbott and Coach Richard Barron talked with players Monday before deciding […]
Read moreNews Reports on UMaine Team’s Final Game After Crash
The Bangor Daily News, Portland Press Herald and Channel 2 (WLBZ) spoke with members of the University of Maine women’s basketball team and coach Richard Barron four days after a bush crash Feb. 26 on Interstate 95 in Georgetown, Mass., which left several members and the coach with minor injuries and the driver in a […]
Read moreMedia Covers Basketball Team’s Return
Maine news organizations, including the Portland Press Herald, Bangor Daily News, Channel 2 (WLBZ), Channel 5 (WABI) and Channel 7 (WVII), spoke with members of the University of Maine women’s basketball team on its return to Maine after a bus crash Feb. 26 on Interstate 95 in Georgetown, Mass., which left several members and the […]
Read moreNews Reports on UMaine Sports Team Crash
The Washington Post, Boston Globe and the Boston Herald were among dozens of news organizations to report on the crash Feb. 26 on Interstate 95 of the coach carrying the UMaine women’s basketball team to Boston for a game Feb. 27. The bus driver was seriously injured. Other injuries, to Coach Richard Barron and at […]
Read moreUMaine Head Football Coach Jack Cosgrove Signs Three-Year Contract with the Black Bears
Head football coach Jack Cosgrove has agreed to a new three-year contract that will keep him at the helm of the Black Bears through June 2016, according to University of Maine Director of Athletics Steve Abbott. “I am pleased to announce that we have signed Jack Cosgrove to lead our football program for another three […]
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