UMaine names Charlton special teams coordinator
ORONO — Nick Charlton has been promoted to special teams coordinator of the University of Maine football team, head coach Joe Harasymiak announced Tuesday.
Charlton will also resume his assistant coaching role with the wide receivers.
Last season, Charlton coached one of only two receiver units in the CAA with two All-Conference performers. Micah Wright recorded one of the best statistical seasons for a freshman receiver in Maine history with 61 receptions, 818 yards, and five touchdowns and while Jordan Dunn had 56 receptions, 595 yards, and three touchdowns.
Husson baseball twinbill moved to Friday
BANGOR — Husson University’s North Atlantic Conference baseball doubleheader against Lyndon State College on Sunday, April 10 has been moved to Friday, April 8 due to the threat of inclement weather.
The first game begins at 3 p.m.
Bruins recall Miller; reassign Griffith
The Boston Bruins recalled defenseman Colin Miller from Providence of the American Hockey League on Tuesday, the team announced.
In a corresponding move, Boston reassigned forward Seth Griffith to Providence.
Miller, 23, has 15 points (three goals, 12 assists) in 39 games with Boston. He had 12 points (four goals, eight assists) in 19 games for Providence.
Griffith played in two games for Boston since his recall on March 30. He has seen action in 34 games for the Bruins over the past two seasons and has 11 points (six goals, five assists).
Griffith has 67 points (22 goals, 45 assists) in 51 games for Providence.
Drew agrees on six-year deal with Vanderbilt
Bryce Drew reached agreement with Vanderbilt on a six-year contract to take over as its next men’s basketball coach.
ESPN reported the deal on Tuesday. The university has yet to announce Drew’s hiring. Numerous reports have pegged him as the replacement for Kevin Stallings.
Drew, who starred at Valpo before returning to replace his father and longtime coach Homer as head coach, won the Horizon League title four times.
Bryce Drew is the younger brother of Scott Drew, who has been coach at Baylor since 2003. Vanderbilt is replacing Stallings, who was hired at Pitt to replace Jamie Dixon.
All-Star Scott back in the big leagues
NHL All-Star John Scott is back in the big leagues after spending the second half of the season in the American Hockey League.
Scott practiced with the Edmonton Oilers on Monday and was active for Tuesday’s game against the Vancouver Canucks.
Scott, 33, was voted Pacific Division captain by fans for the 2016 All-Star game, and then was traded to the Montreal Canadiens and re-assigned to the St. John’s IceCaps of the AHL. In the end, the league determined Scott would still play in Nashville as voted. He claimed MVP honors, but then went back to the minors and played 27 games with St. John’s.
Scott’s turn with the Oilers could be for just one game. He said Oilers general manager Marc Bergevin approached him a week ago about a one-game run with Montreal.
Tar Heels’ Berry injured foot in title game
North Carolina sophomore guard Joel Berry II injured his left foot during Monday’s loss to Villanova in the national championship game.
Berry was on crutches and sporting a protective boot on the foot when the Tar Heels returned to their campus in Chapel Hill on Tuesday. A North Carolina spokesman told reporters that Berry awoke in pain and will be examined further.
Berry scored 20 points — 15 in the first half — in 37 minutes during North Carolina’s 77-74 loss.
Kentucky freshman to enter NBA Draft
The annual rite of passage for Kentucky freshmen to the NBA Draft continued Tuesday when Skal Labissiere became the latest to declare his intentions to leave the Wildcats after one season for a professional career.
The 6-foot-11 Labissiere plans to hire an agent, which would end his college career after one season. He joins recent one-and-dones such as Anthony Davis and Karl-Anthony Towns who have gone on to the NBA after a brief stay in Lexington.
The Haitian is projected to be a first-round pick in June. Although Labissiere wasn’t as productive as expected at Kentucky, he regained the starting job he lost at midseason and finished the season with averages of 6.6 points, 3.1 rebounds and 1.6 blocked shots per game.
“I couldn’t be more proud of a player and the way Skal handled himself on our campus this season,” Kentucky coach John Calipari said in a statement. “He was a great student, a great teammate and I’m so proud of the way he handled himself in the community. He is one of the greatest kids I’ve ever coached.
Man charged in robbery of Knicks’ Early
Delvon Dowling told authorities he was part of a group that robbed and shot Cleanthony Early of the New York Knicks on December 30 outside of a strip club in Queens.
Early, 24, was wounded by a gunshot to the right leg near the knee and the group of masked men that ordered him out of a car also took necklaces and gold caps from his teeth and two cellphones.
Delvon Dowling, a 22-year-old from Brooklyn, confessed to police that he was among the men that robbed Early but denied being the gunman. He claimed to have never left one of the two getaway cars used in the offense. He was charged by federal prosecutors in the Early case.
Early was primarily a bench player for the Knicks but returned to the lineup last week and made his first start of the season Sunday.
Early’s female companion was unharmed in the robbery but the Uber driver transporting them had property, including his driver’s license, taken by the ski-masked assailants.