Dustin Penner, who played hockey at UMaine and is now playing in the Stanley Cup finals with the Los Angeles Kings, was profiled on the Sports Illustrated website. The profile noted that although Penner “skated like Bambi” when he first arrived at UMaine, the wing player now has three goals and eight assists in the […]
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University of Maine baseball junior pitcher Jeffrey Gibbs was selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the ninth round, 303rd overall, Tuesday afternoon in the 2012 MLB Entry Draft. Gibbs, a business major from Toronto, has seen action in 42 games for the Black Bears, making 39 career starts. He is 16-13 in his career with […]
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University of Maine graduate and undergraduate students in exercise science have established in recent research that an underwater treadmill also can provide effective low-impact rehabilitation and cardiovascular conditioning.
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The University of Maine women’s basketball program, which recently completed its 2012 recruiting season, has been ranked 36th in the nation out of 342 teams by the NCAA Division-I women’s basketball teams’ Chris Mennig, national scouting director with Blue Star Basketball. The Black Bears locked up three student-athletes from the United States in the fall […]
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University of Maine women’s track and field standout Corey Conner has been named to the CoSIDA District I Cross Country and Track and Field All-Academic First Team. Conner, who advanced to the NCAA Championships which will be held June 6-9, is the 2012 America East Champion and conference-record holder in the 5,000 meters. She recently […]
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University of Maine football standouts Michael Cole and Justin Perillo have been named to the 2012 College Football Performance Awards’ Watch Lists, according to the Maine Black Bears website. Cole, a junior defensive lineman from North Brunswick, N.J., was a Second Team All-CAA selection last season. He led the conference with 11.0 sacks and had […]
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UMaine is building a new facility to support the Black Bears’ baseball and softball teams, according to a report in the Bangor Daily News. The facility will be a batting pavilion, funds for which were raised from private donors. The batting facility will be available for use by youth baseball and softball teams in the […]
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The University of Maine’s doubleheaders Friday and Saturday against America East conference leader Stony Brook will be the stage for a series of events before, during and after the games. Friday’s doubleheader, which starts at 3 p.m., features a Goodwill clothing drive for which donations are welcome. There will be fireworks following the second game. […]
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University of Maine President Paul Ferguson has established a new Faculty Liaison Program with the Department of Athletics in which faculty members volunteer to serve as academic mentors, role models and advocates for each of UMaine’s intercollegiate athletic teams.
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UMaine men’s hockey coach Tim Whitehead appeared in a photo that went with a story on the MSNBC website about Bangor author Sarah Smiley and her project to entertain a different dinner guest each weekend while her husband is deployed. Whitehead and members of the hockey team were dinner guests in February. Contact: Jessica Bloch, […]
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