Winning takes talent, but sometimes intangibles such as leadership, commitment, motivation and resilience can help a team maximize its potential. The University of Maine football team combined those qualities while putting together an 8-5 season that ended with Saturday’s 40-15 loss to Northern Iowa in… Read More
If the University of Maine women’s soccer team is going to host an America East quarterfinal, it will probably have to win its last two games. The first of those two games is today against New Hampshire at 3 p.m. The Bears finish at Stony… Read More
Providence College defenseman Matt Taormina racked up 27 points last season. When you look at the top returning scorers for their respective teams in Hockey East, that is the second lowest total. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes =… Read More
Cindy Blodgett’s theme for this year’s University of Maine women’s basketball team was, “Dare to be Great.” Blodgett and her Black Bears hope to take the next step toward becoming a championship-caliber team after wrapping up a dismal 7-23 season with a first-round loss in… Read More
Injuries to vital point-producers and Maine’s inability to score consistently cost it a spot in the Hockey East men’s playoffs for the first time since the 1996-97 season when it was banned for violations that resulted in an NCAA-imposed ban from the NCAA tournament. The… Read More
The University of Maine’s goal-starved men’s hockey team has dug a hole for itself in its quest for a 10th consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance. But it hasn’t been due to a lack of effort. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
Bangor High distance ace Riley Masters and the Brewer girls and boys teams have geared up for their respective Eastern Maine Indoor Track League openers tonight and Friday by competing in preseason meets. The Witches ran at the Bowdoin College Relays last weekend in Brunswick… Read More
Fans and supporters of the University of Maine athletic program will open the newspaper this morning and shake their heads in dismay. It was revealed Monday that within the last month, four men associated with Black Bear athletics have been charged with violations including OUI,… Read More
It’s easy to spot the area of concern that will face the 2007-2008 University of Maine hockey team in its quest for a 10th consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance. Will Maine be able to score enough goals to make it? googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
ST. LOUIS – Mike Lundin, University of Maine men’s hockey assistant captain, hit the nail on the head following the Bears’ frustrating 4-2 loss to Michigan State in the NCAA Frozen Four semifinal Thursday. He said the loss was a microcosm of their up-and-down season:… Read More
The most important pitching change of the 2007 season for the Boston Red Sox may have already been made. The persistent, pesky question with no answer now finally has one: This year’s closer will be last year’s closer – Jonathan Papelbon. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
VESTAL, N.Y. – When this season began, there weren’t any delusions of grandeur about the prospects for the University of Maine women’s basketball team. Coach Ann McInerney welcomed back only two proven front-line players in seniors Bracey Barker and Ashley Underwood, along with senior part-time… Read More
Consistency has been hard to come by this season for the University of Maine women’s basketball team, but that doesn’t mean the Black Bears won’t have something to say about who represents America East in the NCAA Tournament. With UMaine having passed the halfway point,… Read More
ORONO – The string of success speaks for itself: eight consecutive NCAA Tournament berths and three Frozen Fours in the last five years including two NCAA championship game appearances. But the University of Maine men’s hockey team hasn’t won an NCAA title since 1999 and,… Read More
German referee Markus Merk’s awarding of a penalty kick to Ghana in stoppage time during the first half of the United States’ 2-1 loss to Ghana on Thursday was an absolute joke. If every referee called a penalty kick on the infraction Merk spotted at… Read More
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – It could easily have been a transitional season for the University of Maine baseball team. Even coming off a 2005 season during which the Black Bears won the America East championship and won a game in the NCAA regional at Oxford,… Read More
MILWAUKEE – Any time a team wins 28 games during a college hockey season and reaches the Frozen Four, it has to be considered a successful season. That’s especially true when the team is picked to finish third in its league (Hockey East). googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
Since the 1987-88 season, when the late Shawn Walsh’s University of Maine men’s hockey team made its first appearance in an NCAA Frozen Four, no team has made more Frozen Four appearances than Maine. When the Black Bears take the ice for Thursday’s semifinal against… Read More
LINCOLN, Neb. – Prior to Saturday night’s season opener against perennial national football power Nebraska, the University of Maine football team faced many unknowns. Although the Cornhuskers went 5-6 last year and may be a middle-of-the-pack team in the Big 12 this season, they have… Read More
ORONO – The 2004 University of Maine football team will forever be able to lay claim to one of the great accomplishments in the program’s history. The Black Bears’ 9-7 victory at Southeastern Conference member and Division I-A Mississippi State on Sept. 18 was an… Read More
The University of Maine football team discovered during the 2003 season that little things make a big difference. That is especially true in the Atlantic 10 Conference where turnovers, penalties and missed opportunities can turn potential victories into defeats. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
The University of Maine football team has spent the 2003 season living on the edge. Coach Jack Cosgrove’s Black Bears have been one turnover, one big play, or one penalty away from winning two or three more games. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
ORONO – University of Maine hockey coach Shawn Walsh was watching a videotape Wednesday afternoon as he prepared to board the bus for the Centrum in Worcester, Mass., for his team’s NCAA Eastern Regional Tournament first-round game against Minnesota Friday night at 8:30. “I love… Read More
Can the University of Maine’s hockey team overcome its sluggish start and earn a third consecutive NCAA Tournament berth? How about a third straight appearance in the Frozen Four? googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner… Read More