Is this year’s team going to be like the one that got off to a 3-1 start, including an overtime win and an OT loss to the nation’s No. 3 team? Or is it going to be like the club that went 0-2-2 in two road series against unranked opponents and got outshot 165-108 in […]
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Versatile run game helps UMaine football team achieve balanced attack
Coach Joe Harasymiak has always wanted to establish a balanced attack, mixing the run and the pass to keep opposing defenses off balance. That is what the University of Maine had in Saturday’s 20-16 Colonial Athletic Association victory over Albany. For the first time this season, three running backs gained at least 43 rushing yards […]
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College Football: Maine rallies past Bryant
ORONO — The University of Maine overcame a 21-point, first-half deficit and a 17-point second-half disadvantage on Saturday to stun Bryant University 35-31 at Alfond Stadium. UMaine (1-3) snapped a seven-game losing streak and gave coach Joe Harasymiak his first win as the Black Bears’ head football coach. Freshman running back Josh Mack scored two […]
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Bob McPhee’s inspiring ride from the hospital to the Hall of Fame
Outside McPhee’s home, his good friend Ryan Palmer arrives to help the wheelchair-bound sportswriter into a van for the short drive to Dirigo, where McPhee is set to cover the game for the Sun Journal of Lewiston and the Rumford Falls Times. For the 57-year-old McPhee, this routine of covering high school sports — his […]
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College football: James Madison’s big plays sink UMaine
Junior quarterback Bryan Schor tossed a 19-yard touchdown pass to John Miller on third-and-11 1:46 into the fourth quarter to give the Dukes a 24-20 lead and, following a Raven Greene interception, Cardon Johnson dashed 52 yards to give them the game’s first double-digit lead for either team in the seesaw affair. Senior running back […]
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DOE breathes new life into UMaine offshore wind project
PORTLAND, Maine — The U.S. Department of Energy has cleared the University of Maine’s offshore wind project and two other over-water wind farms to receive up to $40 million more to build a full-scale demonstration projects. The UMaine project leapfrogged over others that were initially selected as finalists for a grant funding round that, with […]
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UMaine Sports Hall of Fame to induct Bob McPhee
ORONO — Sun Journal sports writer Bob McPhee will be inducted into the University of Maine Sports Hall of Fame this fall. In addition to McPhee, honorees include record-setting quarterback Jake Eaton, All-American baseball player Andy Hartung, three-time all-conference field hockey player Margaret Henrick, multi-event All-New England track-and-field standout Johanna Riley, and two-time All-Yankee Conference […]
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Local students excel at Maine National History Day
ORONO — For the third consecutive year, University of Maine in Orono hosted hundreds of students and teachers from around the state for the Maine National History Day competition April 9. This year’s theme was “Exploration, Encounter, Exchange in History.” Approximately 340 students from 35 middle and high schools were accompanied by their teachers, friends […]
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Hackers send anti-semitic fliers to UMaine printers
ORONO — The University of Maine is among several universities across the country that has received anti-Semitic fliers sent to their network-connected printers and fax machines. The Portland Press Herald reports UMaine officials posted an alert on the Orono school’s website explaining that the racist fliers were sent to campus printers last week, including two […]
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UMaine system freezes tuition
AUGUSTA — The University of Maine System’s board of trustees has decided to extend a tuition freeze at public universities in the state through the 2016-17 academic year. Next year will be the sixth in a row in which tuition is frozen. Tuition and fees at the system’s flagship campus in Orono are about $10,606 […]