Archive for Steven McCarthy
After three and a half innings Sunday, the University of Maine softball team simply wanted to avoid getting mercy-ruled by the University of Maryland Baltimore County Retrievers.
Facing a 6-0 deficit, the Black Bears made it a …
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 …
Ryan Hall declared his intention to challenge the American marathon record in Chicago in October, but a recent Runner’s World video interview suggests next Monday’s Boston Marathon could be a banner day as well for the …
The University of Maine softball team held Binghamton University to just two runs through three games and completed a home-opening weekend sweep of the Bearcats at Kessock Field.
The Black Bears held on for a 3-2 win …
University of Wisconsin senior forward Blake Geoffrion was named the 2010 Hobey Baker Memorial Award winner Friday night, as college hockey’s best player.
A 24-member selection committee picked Geoffrion over fellow Hobey Hat Trick finalists Gustav Nyquist, …
University of Maine senior catcher and designated hitter Joe Mercurio had never hit a grand slam in his life.
Mercurio teed off on a first inning pitch by Division III Thomas College of Waterville starting pitcher Eric …
University of Maine junior third baseman Terren Hall thought back to her middle school softball days to recall the last time she missed a game. None came to mind.
Hall, from Bucksport, has started all 137 of …
University of Maine track coach Mark Lech sensed during the fall that sophomore distance runner Riley Masters was about to take the next step.
Masters, of Bangor, bested UMaine’s previous outdoor 5,000 meter run record (14:39) three …
The finality of an overtime goal forces opposite extremes of emotion for the goaltenders of a hockey game. Regardless of which end of the spectrum one is on, the game is done. They won or you …
Michaela Frias felt she had underachieved after finishing sixth in the J1 (16-17 year old) 10-kilometer classic technique race at the USSA Junior Olympics of Nordic skiing in Presque Isle earlier this month.
The individual start race …
