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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The UMaine Black Bear football team has qualified for the national FCS playoffs. The NCAA announced the playoff field on Sunday, with the 8-3 Black Bears receiving a first-round bye. They will play Appalacian State in Boone, N.C. on Saturday Dec. 3. More details are in a Portland Press Herald blog post by Kevin Thomas.
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Several media outlets reported on Monday’s UMaine System Board of Trustees meeting. Bangor’s WABI TV reported trustees approved the issuing of bonds to refinance $30 million of debt and to provide $7 million for a $14 million renovation project to the UMaine field house and Memorial Gym. The Bangor Daily News reported that several members […]
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