It’s not a newsflash that the COVID 19 pandemic is wreaking financial havoc on the people and businesses of this country and our state. The immediate hit has been devastating and unfortunately we haven’t yet begun to feel the long term effects. Athletic departments at small colleges and large universities alike are not immune. Take […]
More negative fallout from the nightmare that is #Corona2020. The University of Maine baseball team, which had its season ripped away from them by the NCAA several months ago, was in my estimation on its way to its best season in a few years. Perhaps the result might have even been an America East title. […]
Amy Vachon deserves a raise. Ken Ralph, make it rain today! Yes, I know she still has two years left on her contract. And I am aware that her team is one game under .500 at 13-14. But I say she still should get some more cash thrown her way because this year she’s turning […]
This weekend, the University of Maine men’s hockey team drops the puck on it’s 2019-20 season with a Hockey East matchup at Providence College. But judging by the chatter on social media throughout Black Bear Nation, you’d think the Black Bears aren’t even suiting up this winter. That’s the sad reality in which this once […]
By Ryan McLaughlin- Sports Chowdah. Well, if any of you want a distraction from the fact that the Red Sox stink and that the Patriots don’t open training camp for another few weeks, we know who the University of Maine hockey team will be facing this winter. UMaine released the team’s schedule for the 2019-2020 […]
Inexcusable. Pitiful. Embarrassing. Those are a few adjectives to describe the University of Maine hockey team’s performance at UConn this weekend. While the Black Bears did escape with a 2-2 tie on Saturday after losing 5-2 Friday, they needed an extra-attacker goal to gain their first Hockey East point. In the beginning, it appeared the […]
The Black Bears took small but worthy strides last season under head coach Red Gendron, finishing in a tie for fifth in Hockey East and hosting a first-round playoff series, dispatching hated New Hampshire in two games. There’s no reason to believe the Black Bears can’t climb even further this season. The league’s coaches seem […]
An opening win by the UMaine Football team over its biggest rival is a fantastic way to start the season. And it was much needed. The schedule to start the year is an absolute beast. At Western Kentucky, at Central Michigan, and at Yale, a very good football team predicted to win the Ivy League […]
Jeff Solari and Lee Goldberg debate if UMaine athletics should increase its presence in the southern part of our state. Lee says…. Ken Ralph has a great opportunity. Last week when Ralph was named the 7th Athletic Director at U-Maine since 2003, the usual accolades were thrown around. Good communicator. Good fund raiser. Understands the […]
It was a tragic week for the University of Maine community. Darius Minor was a young man with tremendous promise and potential. He was embarking on a new chapter of his life as an incoming freshmen, excited about the opportunities ahead as a Black Bear student athlete. He passed away last week during a workout […]
