A Saturday Bangor Daily News story featured several UMaine coaches and their children, who were interviewed about the rewards and challenges of playing sports with a parent who is a coach. Football coach Jack Cosgrove and his daughter Jeri, who will be a sophomore at UMaine next fall, and son Matt were featured along with […]
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Kash Kiefer, a former UMaine football player and cheerleader, has been cast on a new reality series, “Sweet Home Alabama,” according to The State Journal of Charleston, W. Va. The series, which is set to air at 9 p.m. starting on Thursday, July 14, on the CMT channel, is one of a group of bachelors […]
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There were numerous U.S. and Canadian news reports about the announcement that former UMaine hockey star Paul Kariya, who has struggled with concussions, is retiring from the NHL following a 15-year career. In a story carried by websites such as ESPN and MSNBC, Kariya said playing at UMaine and the support he received while he […]
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The Bangor Daily News had a story about UMaine’s ranking in the 2010-11 America East Academic Cup, which is presented to the America East institution whose student-athletes post the highest grade point averages during that academic year. UMaine (3.11) was one of six schools with a GPA of 3.00 or better, and the Black Bear […]
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The UMaine football team announced it will host on July 30 a 7-on-7 football tournament for high school teams, according to a news report on Bangor television station WABI. The report included comments from Coach Jack Cosgrove, who said the goal is to expose students in southern Maine to the UMaine campus and facilities while […]
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The Bangor Daily News has a story about the recently announced class of UMaine Sports Hall of Fame inductees. Some of the inductees include former UMaine hockey player Jimmy Howard, basketball captain and benefactor Dick Collins, and women’s soccer great Linda Consolante-Hathorn. The induction ceremony will be held on Friday, Sept. 30. Contact: Jessica Bloch, […]
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Several media outlets, including the Portland Press Herald covered Monday’s announcement that the UMaine men’s basketball team will face defending national champion UConn in a Nov. 17 game. The Bangor Daily News also had a story. Several newspaper websites across the country, such as the Beaumont Enterprise in Texas, ran an Associated Press story about […]
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There was media coverage Tuesday of the news that former UMaine basketball star Cindy Blodgett, who had coached the Black Bears the last four years, has been hired to be an assistant coach at Rhode Island. The Lewiston Sun Journal had a story Tuesday, as did both Bangor television station WABI and Portland station WGME. […]
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