Monday Hat Trick: UMaine hockey fans should expect more scoring punch
While the last two seasons have seen the University of Maine hockey team struggle, Black Bear Nation should be thrilled about the incoming class.
While the last two seasons have seen the University of Maine hockey team struggle, Black Bear Nation should be thrilled about the incoming class.
Two months ago, the University of Maine made the right decision in giving men’s hockey coach Red Gendron a two-year extension that will keep him in Orono through the spring of 2019. Last week, UMaine athletics made another excellent decision, this one concerning women’s basketball coach Richard Barron, whose contract had expired after the season […]
In this profession, it can be easy to develop close professional relationships with coaches. Over the course of my journalistic career, I’ve been spoiled to be able to work with numerous sideline generals who have made my job extremely easy. Some, like longtime Bangor High School girls basketball coach Tom Tennett, would be outside the […]
In Mid-March, the Boston Bruins headed for a West Coast road trip on top of the Atlantic Division, prime to be a lock for the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Little did Bruins fans know that an 0-for-California swing would jumpstart another late-season collapse that appeared all too familiar. Boston’s season came to a crashing halt in […]
It’s truly remarkable what coaching can do for a basketball team – or any high school, collegiate or professional ballclub. To say that Brad Stevens has done an outstanding job with the Boston Celtics is a huge understatement. Coming into the season, these Celtics were supposed to be a scrappy bunch, fighting for a playoff […]
There has not been a lot to cheer about in Red Sox Nation over the last two summers. Ever since Jonny Gomes put the 2013 World Series Trophy on the Boston Marathon finish line, the Sox have been mired in the bottom of the American League East, finishing in the basement the last two summers. […]
Alfie Michaud’s performance in the 1999 Frozen Four will resonate with University of Maine hockey fans for a lifetime. Winning championships are sweeter when they come against your rivals, and thanks to Michaud’s efforts between the pipes in Anaheim, the Black Bears were able to defeat Hockey East nemeses Boston College and New Hampshire to […]
There is arguably no fan base in professional sports as vocal as the one here in New England. Last Wednesday, the Oklahoma City Thunder bolted into TD Garden for a nationally-televised matchup with the Boston Celtics, and looked every bit like a Western Conference contender in dispatching the C’s, 130-109. As the game wore on, […]
It’s only fitting that the deadline for filling out your NCAA Tournament bracket falls on St. Patrick’s Day this year. You were probably scrambling to get those brackets done while pouring some Bailey’s Irish Cream over your coffee, pondering where you were going to get that glass of green beer or Guinness to commemorate the […]
Five years ago this month, the University of Maine women’s basketball program was in a dark place. On March 29, 2011, the team was coming off a 4-win season and dismissed head coach Cindy Blodgett, who had arguably been the face of basketball in Maine as a Black Bear superstar. Soon after, Richard Barron was […]
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