A Milestone Weekend
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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Annual Athletics Gear Sale This Week
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 […]
Read moreArticle Weighs Value of UMaine Sports
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 […]
Read moreMedia Coverage of Batting Pavilion Dedication
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 […]
Read moreNew UMaine Batting Pavilion Dedication Planned
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 […]
Read moreUMaine Grad, Assistant Coach Competes at Olympics
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 […]
Read moreAdvance on Coaches Clinic
The Bangor Daily News ran an advance on a Sept. 16 UMaine clinic for basketball coaches. The clinic will feature several nationally known Hall of Fame women’s coaches, including Van Chancellor and Theresa Grentz, along with Gary Blair, head coach of the 2011 national champion Texas A&M team. UMaine women’s basketball head coach Richard Barron […]
Read moreNewspaper Story Reports on Possibility of Gillette Stadium Game
UMaine athletic director Steve Abbott was interviewed for a Bangor Daily News story about the possibility of the UMaine football playing a game at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass., during the 2013 season. Abbott said UMaine is negotiating to play the University of Massachusetts at the stadium, which is known as the home of the […]
Read moreBDN Reports Assistant UMaine Track Coach in Olympics
The Bangor Daily News published an article about former UMaine track and field standout Viktoriya Rybalko, now an assistant track coach at UMaine, who is scheduled to compete Aug. 7 in the women’s long jump in the 2012 Olympics in London. This will be the second Olympics in which she as competed. Contact: George Manlove, […]
Read moreCosgrove Quoted in Press Herald Column
Comments from UMaine football coach Jack Cosgrove were included in a Portland Press Herald sports column about trying to make sense of the events surrounding abuse at Penn State and the ensuing penalties to the university. Cosgrove said he is disappointed in former coach Joe Paterno, of whom he had high expectations. Contact: Jessica Bloch, […]
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