The website Bleacher Report named Orono one of the nation’s 50 best hockey cities. The ranking cited the “fantastic players” that have come out of UMaine and also the “red-hot” hockey community. Orono was ranked 29th, ahead of communities with NHL teams such as Anaheim, Calif., Dallas, and Tampa Bay. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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The Bangor Daily News reported that UMaine women’s basketball coach Richard Barron will moderate the first Black Bears Sportsmanship Academy, during which Barron will talk to a group of area youngsters about good sportsmanship and UMaine student-athletes will direct activities that promote good sportsmanship. The event will be held at 3:45 p.m. Saturday in the […]
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The New England Sports Network (NESN) website included UMaine’s Alfond Arena in a poll question about the best places to watch a game in the Hockey East conference. To vote in the poll, go to the website. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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UMaine Athletic Director Steve Abbott spoke Thursday to the Portland Region Chamber’s Eggs and Issues breakfast, according to the Bangor Daily News. Abbott contrasted college sports and the Occupy and tea party movements, and said people involved in the movements needed to take action to do something to compete, whereas UMaine athletes learn how to […]
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The Bangor Daily News advanced the Jan. 16 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day celebration taking place at UMaine. The events include a keynote address by Professor Denise Patmon, director of the undergraduate teacher licensure program at the University of Massachusetts at Boston. UMaine athletes, students and community members will lead the activities, which include crafts, […]
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Harold Westerman, former University of Maine football coach and athletic director, has passed away at the age of 94. Westerman spent 33 years at UMaine as an assistant football coach (1949-50), head coach (1951-66) and athletic director (1967-82). Under Westerman, the Black Bears won several conference championships and advanced to the Tangerine Bowl in 1965. […]
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Several Bangor television stations covered Wednesday’s pep rally in the Memorial Union in support of the UMaine football team’s quarterfinal playoff game against Georgia Southern Saturday. WABI did a live broadcast from the pep rally, including an interview with Raibonne Charles, a senior defensive lineman and forestry major. WVII also interviewed senior linebacker Vinson Givans, […]
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A pep rally for the Black Bear football team will be held at noon, Wednesday, Dec. 7 in the Maine Marketplace of the Memorial Union. The UMaine team is headed to Statesboro, Ga., for a Dec. 10 matchup with third-ranked Georgia Southern in the NCAA national quarterfinals. The marching band will perform in the atrium […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported that the UMaine football game Saturday against Georgia Southern will again be available Internet-only ESPN3 or by purchasing the game on pay-per-view. UMaine athletic director Steve Abbott told the BDN the game, which is an NCAA football quarterfinal, will be shown at The Marketplace in the Memorial Union. He added […]
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Several state and national news outlets, including the website Boxscore News, noted that UMaine football coach Jack Cosgrove, a 1978 UMaine graduate, was named Tuesday the New England Football Writers Division I FCS Coach of the Year. Cosgrove, in his 19th season as head coach, has led the Black Bears to an 8-3 record and […]
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