Archive for April, 2010
After a slow start at Mahaney Diamond Tuesday evening, the University of Maine’s bats finally picked up against Division III Bates College. The Black Bears scored a run in the fifth inning and five more in …
The 115th running of the Penn Relays treated the University of Maine well last April.
The prestige surrounding the nation’s oldest and largest track and field competition pushed the women’s 4×400-meter relay team to become the …
Just seconds after crossing the finish line of the 114th Boston Marathon on Monday in a personal-best time of 2:54.32, I struggled to compose myself for an interview with Portland Press Herald writer Jenn Menendez.
“It …
During Jimmy Howard’s career at the University of Maine, the netminder compiled a 47-23-10 record and ranked first in school history with a 1.84 goals against average and a .931 save percentage. In the 2003-2004 season, …
While the NHL playoffs and MLB regular season both kicked off recently, it’s the NBA playoffs that have garnered the most attention and highest ratings thus far. With high-profile suspensions (the Boston Celtics’ Kevin Garnett) and …
With news that Ben Roethlisberger will be suspended four to six games for violating the NFL’s conduct policy, the only words that come to mind are “good,” “great,” “awesome” and “he deserved it.”
Roethlisberger is one of …
Here we are, three weeks into the baseball season and Boston Red Sox fans, once again, are ready to make judgements about the entire season. And with the Red Sox off to a 5-9 start while division …
Securing an end to the United States’ wars in Afghanistan and Iraq was the unifying topic during a peace rally Saturday in front of the University of Maine’s Fogler Library.
The rally, organized by the Maine Peace …
Waterville mayor Paul LePage came from a poor Franco-American family in Lewiston. He didn’t master English until he was well into his teens. His SATs were administered in French.
The Republican candidate for governor said the cuts …
Representing the 124th Maine Legislature, Sen. Philip Bartlett, D-Gorham, joined a classroom of students and faculty on April 14 to respond to growing concerns about the University of Maine’s recent Academic Program Prioritization Work Group’s cuts. …
