How sweet it is! Bates College men’s basketball advanced to the NCAA Division III men’s basketball Sweet 16 for the first time in school history Saturday night, beating host Stockton of Galloway, N.J., 68-59 in overtime. The Bobcats (21-6) knocked out St. Vincent on Friday. They’ll move on to face a more familiar foe, NESCAC […]
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Bates men’s basketball prepares for first NCAA appearance
LEWISTON — Every evening, the Bates College men’s basketball team gears up for practice in rustic Alumni Gym and can’t help but see the Wall of Fame at one end. Before senior guard Graham Safford of Hampden crossed the career 1,000-point threshold Jan. 6, 30 other players had their name etched on a plaque, sharing that […]
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Bowdoin field hockey clinches return trip to Final Four
BRUNSWICK — Rachel Kennedy scored with four minutes remaining in the first overtime to lift the Bowdoin College field hockey team to a 2-1 win over Skidmore and punch the Polar Bears’ second consecutive ticket to the NCAA Final Four. The defending national champion Polar Bears (18-2) advanced to their eighth Final Four in the […]
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Rowing: Bates falls short at D-III finals
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — The Bates women’s rowing team still couldn’t beat Williams at a national final, but it was mutual rival Trinity that stole the show Saturday, winning the first varsity eights grand final and the 2014 NCAA Division III Championship. Bates, ranked No. 1 in Divsion III for the first time entering the national […]
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NCAA baseball tournament: Huskies dismissed
APPLETON, Wis. — The University of Southern Maine Huskies baseball team’s magical run through the elimination bracket came up short Monday afternoon as the Emory University Eagles banged out 16 hits to take a 15-3 victory in Game 12 of the 2014 NCAA Division III Baseball Championship Tournament at Fox Cities Stadium. The loss eliminated […]
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NCAA tourney: Verrier, Chadwick lead USM to 11-5 win
APPLETON, Wis. — Seniors Forrest Chadwick and Matt Verrier drove in four runs apiece Sunday as the University of Southern Maine Huskies came from behind to defeat the Baldwin Wallace University Yellow Jackets, 11-5, in an elimination game of the NCAA Division III National Championship Tournament at Fox Cities Stadium. The win moves the Huskies […]
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Feds say Northwesthern University athletes are employees, can unionize
CHICAGO — In a stunning ruling that has the potential to revolutionize college athletics, a federal agency said Wednesday that football players at Northwestern University can create the nation’s first college athlete’s union. The decision by a regional director of the National Labor Relations Board means it agrees football players at the Big Ten school […]
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Huddle Up: NCAA’s challengers are mostly amateurs
We get a lot of e-mails to the sports department from authors or their press agents peddling sports-themed books. A disproportionate share of those books are about the NCAA. You can probably guess whether they’re for or against. The interesting thing about these books and the press releases announcing them is the provocative rhetoric. Comparing […]
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NCAA Hockey: St. Norbert showed the true power of the power play
LEWISTON — Success on the power play isn’t just about scoring goals. As St. Norbert coach Tim Coghlin pointed out shortly after his team earned its seventh national championship appearance in 11 years, power plays are as much momentum-building opportunities as scoring opportunities. It turned out the Green Knights were more grateful for the former […]