Penobscot Pioneers looking for playoff win against region’s top girls hockey team
The fourth-year Bangor-area team is playing its best hockey of the season, according to head coach Meghan MacDonald.
High school sports
Caribou boys basketball well-positioned for another North regional title
The reigning Class B state champions look like the favorite to win the Class C North title this year.
Freshman guard’s late free throws help Hampden Academy girls edge Bangor
The Broncos will enter the Class A North quarterfinals at the Augusta Civic Center with a 14-4 record and three wins in their last four games.
These 3 boys basketball teams headline a packed Class D North field
All three teams boast experience, strong leadership and captivating players that makes the Class D north tourney hard to predict.
College sports
UMaine men’s hockey seeking 1st win at BU since 2018
The 18th-ranked Black Bears will try to snap their seven-game Agganis Arena losing streak on Friday night.
UMaine men make statement with upset basketball win over Vermont
The Black Bears hadn’t beaten Vermont at home in Orono for over a decade. That changed Thursday night.
UMaine women’s basketball avenges loss to Vermont with impressive road victory
UMaine improved to 12-11 overall and 7-3 in league play while defending champ Vermont fell to 19-6 and 8-2, respectively.
Professional sports
3 fans, 60 Super Bowls. This might be their last time going to the big game.
All three have scaled back the time they dedicate each year to the trip.
Massive Anthony Davis trade shows Mavs are shifting to Cooper Flagg’s development
Anthony Davis is headed to Washington as part of a massive deal including multiple players and draft picks.
Cooper Flagg has 36-point masterpiece in loss against the Celtics
Once again, Cooper Flagg showed why he’s earned three consecutive Rookie of the Month awards.
MORE SPORTS
UMaine men’s basketball looking to turn February into ‘winning season’
“You’re always trying to win, but now is the time where teams either start to really dig in and climb or their minds start wandering in other areas and they fall,” said coach Chris Markwood.
His name means ‘famed warrior’ in French. His UMaine hockey teammates say that’s fitting.
Black Bears freshman defenseman Loic Usereau will take a two-game goal-scoring streak into Friday night’s game at Boston University.
Undefeated Bangor Christian girls will be tough to stop in Class D North tourney
Bangor Christian went 18-0 during the regular season, including three victories over reigning Class C champ Penobscot Valley.
Some of northern Maine’s smallest schools could have a big basketball tournament
When the high school basketball tournament starts next week, the smallest schools in northern Maine will vie for the newly created Class S regional title.
UMaine women’s basketball has chance to avenge loss to Vermont this week
The Catamounts’ victory was just the fourth home loss in 33 games for the Black Bears vs. an America East opponent over the last three-plus seasons.
Danish guard adapting to new role as shooter for UMaine women’s basketball
Asta Blauenfeldt had been a point guard for her entire career. But that changed this season.
What Hampden boys basketball lacks in height it makes up in toughness
“We’re so small, and we have to make up for that with some toughness,” Broncos coach Russ Bartlett said after a win over Brewer.
Celtics trade Anfernee Simons to Bulls for Nikola Vucevic, 2nd round pick
The Celtics have made their first trade ahead of Thursday’s deadline.
Bobsledder from Maine surprised to be named flag bearer for US Olympic team
Frank Del Duca was chosen alongside speedskater Erin Jackson to lead Team USA at Friday’s opening ceremony in Milan.
This Maine coach prepares his basketball team by channeling Bruce Lee
Bangor Christian head coach Kevin Reed, a former player at the University of Maine, is laser-focused on preparation.
UMaine senior in running to be New England’s top American-born hockey player
Defenseman and co-captain Brandon Holt leads the Black Bears in assists and UMaine’s second-leading point-getter.
Cooper Flagg grew up watching the Celtics. Now he’s playing against them.
On Tuesday night, the Newport native and NBA rookie will square off against the team that helped inspire his relentless style of play.
Former UMaine players keep throwing punches in historic hockey fights
Jeremy Swayman isn’t the only former Black Bear to make history with a fight.
5.6 seconds in Maine that proved hockey can be an ‘evil game’
The UMaine Black Bears came up short, despite putting up one of their grittiest performances of the season.
Cooper Flagg’s 34 points not enough as Mavericks fall to Rockets
Flagg led the Mavericks with 34 points and 12 rebounds a game after setting the NBA record for points by a teenager.
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