Maine’s Chris Ferguson fights for a first down against New Hampshire during the Black Bears’ season-opening win last month. (Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Portland Press Herald) University of Maine quarterback Chris Ferguson remains questionable for Saturday’s game at Yale with a right shoulder injury, meaning redshirt freshman Isaiah Robinson could get his first career start. Black Bears […]
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The Hot Corner: Black Bears football team making Maine proud
Saturday was a fun night to be a Maine-born football fan in Kentucky. Western Kentucky University played the game that’s familiar to Football Bowl Subdivision programs of all shapes and sizes. The Hilltoppers paid the University of Maine Black Bears $300,000 to show up at (deep breath) Jimmy Feix Field at Houchens Industries-L.T. Smith Stadium […]
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UMaine football overcomes 21-point deficit, beats Western Kentucky
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — The University of Maine football team bounced team bounced back from a three-touchdown deficit to defeat Western Kentucky 31-28 on Saturday night. The win is the FCS Black Bears’ third over an FBS school. The Hilltoppers led 21-0 only 5:03 into the first quarter. UMaine scored 14 points in the second […]
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Ranked UMaine football gearing up to face FBS school
Maine’s Joe Fitzpatrick drags New Hampshire defenders for extra yardage during last week’s season opener in Orono. (Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Portland Press Herald) The University of Maine football players were feeling good when they came back to practice earlier this week. And why not? The Black Bears opened the season with a 35-7 thumping of rival […]
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Mike Haley remembered for devotion to friends, family and football
Mike Haley PARIS — It did not go unnoticed to Chris Downing that he was one of 11 speakers offering remembrances at Saturday’s memorial service for Mike Haley. “Isn’t that appropriate?” said Downing, a football and hockey coach and Haley’s cousin. “Mike would be quite proud, because Mike was a football guy from the time […]
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College football: UMaine overwhelms New Hampshire, snapping 8-game rivalry skid
Maine’s Earnest Edwards stretches for the goal line as he scores a touchdown against New Hampshire on Thursday. (Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Portland Press Herald) ORONO — The University of Maine ended eight years of frustration Thursday night, opening its season with an impressive 35-7 victory over nationally ranked rival New Hampshire at Alfond Stadium. The Black […]
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UMaine football looking to end skid against rival New Hampshire
ORONO — The University of Maine has yet to begin classes. And for that, Manny Patterson is thankful. Patterson, you see, is a junior cornerback — the shutdown cornerback — on the Black Bears football team. He has something else on his mind these days — Maine opens its season at 7 p.m. Thursday against […]
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UMaine hires Ralph as new athletic director
Ken Ralph has been hired as the new athletic director at the University of Maine. (Submitted photo) Growing up in Salem, New Hampshire, Ken Ralph gained an appreciation for the passionate following that the University of Maine sports teams have in their home state. And even though he spent the last 11 years working as […]
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UMaine football player died of heart condition, coroner rules
Darius Minor, 18, died last month during a University of Maine football workout at Alfond Stadium in Orono. University of Maine football player Darius Minor died of a heart condition, according to the state medical examiner’s office. Minor, an 18-year-old from Locust Grove, Virginia, collapsed and died during a supervised workout at Alfond Stadium on […]
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College football: Defense dominates in UMaine intrasquad scrimmage
ORONO — When outsiders talk about this year’s University of Maine football team, the conversation invariably begins with the defense – and how good it can be. After Monday afternoon’s intrasquad scrimmage at Alfond Stadium, it’s easy to see why. The defense, nicknamed “The Black Hole,” was dominating at times when the first units were on […]