The NCAA Division I Council denied a request to waive the minimum number of sports required to be a Division I member and delayed a decision on allowing all college athletes to be immediately eligible one time after transferring.
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NCAA moves toward allowing athletes to be paid sponsors
If adopted, the proposed rule change would clear the way for athletes to earn money from their names, images and likenesses.
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UMaine All-American Earnest Edwards trying to grab teams’ attention before NFL draft
With no opportunity to showcase talent for professional scouts, University of Maine senior receiver had to get creative to get noticed.
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Analysis: Expect college football to take slow road back
Students will need to return to campuses before football can come back, with mass gatherings the ‘last thing we check off the box.’
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If colleges slash sports programs, could new models emerge?
College sports programs are already being cut and more are likely on the chopping block.
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Junior hockey notes: Maine Nordiques tender forward with offensive upside
Tristan Fasig was a captain at Taft, where he had eight goals and 11 assists in 25 games. Two Twin City Thunder players have made Division III commitments.
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Sam Leal named new men’s basketball coach at UMF
The former UMaine-Farmington player takes over for his former coach, the recently retired Dick Meader.
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Don’t drop nonrevenue college sports in hard times – cut salaries of football coaches
‘If college football can’t be played this fall, it affects not the wallets of the players, but the mere existence of an opportunity for gymnasts and lacrosse players, wrestlers and runners.’
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Former Bates College lacrosse player Jack Allard released from hospital after battling coronavirus
The 26-year-old was discharged a month after being hospitalized by COVID-19.
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Conference commissioners tell Mike Pence no football before campuses open
The commissioners of the major college football conferences have told vice president that college sports cannot return from the coronavirus shutdown until campuses have re-opened.