ORONO — University of Maine Head football coach Jack Cosgrove said he learned of the tragedy involving former player Jovan Belcher almost immediately after it happened. Police in Kansas City, Mo., say the 25-year-old Belcher shot 22-year-old Kasandra M. Perkins to death early Saturday and then drove to Arrowhead Stadium and killed himself in front […]
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NFL murder-suicide stuns UMaine community
Jovan Belcher, who is remembered in Maine as a leader, kills his girlfriend and himself in Kansas City.
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Small College Notebook: Monks off to a strong start, but focus on finish
Coach Rob Sanicola had seen enough. His basketball team’s 13-point lead was gone. St. Joseph’s lead over Bates was down to a point with more than 10 minutes left to play. No one wearing a St. Joseph’s uniform Tuesday night had ever played Bates and walked off the court a winner. Before his players let […]
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Steve Solloway: The names the Red Claws hope you learn
PORTLAND – “Champ” Oguchi stood side-by-side with the woman of his dreams last summer. Serena Williams posed with him for a photo at the Olympic Village. He asked for a date with one of the world’s great tennis players. She declined. “I had to ask,” said Oguchi, an American member of the Nigerian basketball team […]
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Small College Notebook: UNE men’s hockey has new home
Less than 24 hours after his University of New England hockey team lost its season opener by five goals on Friday night, Coach Brad Holt checked the crowd at the new Harold Alfond Forum. Nationally ranked Castleton State College had followed Skidmore College into Biddeford to play the Nor’easters. Holt noted the empty seats Saturday. […]
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Heads-up play
With a heightened awareness of concussions at all levels of the sport, youth football programs are taking steps to keep young athletes’ brains safe. Are we doing enough?
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Small College Notebook: Like dad, daughter outstanding in her field
Kassey Matoin has a tough critic standing on the Bowdoin College sideline and it’s not her coach. Tony Matoin balances a father’s pride with the unblinking eye of a former star athlete who’s been there, done that. And it doesn’t matter that his daughter plays field hockey and his best sport was football. “She doesn’t […]
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Finding a new family at St. Joe’s
Krubiel Workie has been playing at power forward in practice. The player knows his shot-making has opened eyes but says he can’t rest.
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Small College Notebook: Player’s dire illness puts rivalry closer to home
Mike Keller will ask his University of Southern Maine players at Thursday’s practice to do something that’s very different from the game they play. He’ll ask for their help in saving the life of a rival soccer player. Jon DeCasanova, 21, a senior midfielder on the Eastern Connecticut State University team, has aplastic anemia. His […]
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For Ryan Flaherty, the summer of proving he belongs
When Ed Flaherty said goodbye to his son Tuesday, he didn’t see any difference in the second of his three children. Portland native Ryan Flaherty has the same lanky build that could use more home cooking . . .