The Bangor Daily News reported on the selection of five former student-athletes for induction into the University of Maine 2012 Sports Hall of Fame. Former women’s basketball standout Kim Corbitt (2005), men’s basketball player Charlie Goddard (1950), hockey star Steve Kariya (1999), track and field record-holder Richard Nason (1964) and softball great Michelle Puls (1998) […]
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The University of Maine has selected five former student-athletes for induction into the 2012 Sports Hall of Fame. Former women’s basketball standout Kim Corbitt (2005), men’s basketball player Charlie Goddard (1950), hockey star Steve Kariya (1999), track and field record-holder Richard Nason (1964) and softball great Michelle Puls (1998) will be inducted in the 2012 […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported on several staff changes in the UMaine Department of Athletics. Head athletic trainer Paul Culina is becoming director of men’s and women’s hockey operations, Ryan Taylor is the new athletic trainer and Michelle Bowers and Kelleigh O’Neill have been named assistant athletic trainers. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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University of Maine Director of Athletics Steve Abbott has announced several changes to the athletic training staff. Paul Culina, who has been at the University of Maine for the past 18 years, becomes the director of men’s and women’s hockey operations and will serve as athletic trainer for the men’s ice hockey team. Ryan Taylor […]
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In honor of the UMaine football team’s 1,000th game, Black Bears fans voted for the program’s top 10 moments.
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The annual Bear Necessities Tent Sale will be held Thursday, Aug. 30 through Sunday, Sept. 1 in the Memorial Gym Parking Lot. The tent sale will be open 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Thursday, 6 a.m.-7 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday. The sale will feature Black Bear apparel, including crew neck sweatshirts for $15, hoodies for […]
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Several University of Maine administrators and others were interviewed for a Bangor Daily News article discussing the cost and value of UMaine’s athletics programs and sports teams. UMaine President Paul Ferguson, Athletic Director Steve Abbott, Vice President for Administration and Finance Janet Waldron and UMaine history professor Howard Segal were interviewed for the story. Ferguson […]
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Many news organizations, including the Portland Press Herald and Bangor Daily News, covered Tuesday’s dedication of the privately funded Paul J. Mitchell Batting Pavilion at the University of Maine. Mitchell, brother of former Senate Majority Leader George J. Mitchell, who offered congratulatory remarks, was a member of the UMaine baseball team from 1946-1948 and serves […]
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The new Paul J. Mitchell Batting Pavilion, located next to Mahaney Diamond, will be officially dedicated in a ceremony from noon to 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 21. There will be a variety of speakers and guests at the event and Paul J. Mitchell will open the batting cages with the first official swings. The […]
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Editor’s note: University of Maine assistant track and field coach and alum Viktoriya Rybalko placed 20th out of 32 competitors in the preliminary round of the long jump at the London Olympics. Rybalko, representing her native Ukraine, leaped 6.29 meters that put her 10th in her group and 20th overall for the preliminary round. The […]
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