BRUNSWICK — A lot of excitement surrounding Black Bear football is statewide. You don’t have to look too far to find some former University of Maine graduates cheering on the blue and white. With their 23-18 victory over Weber State in a Football Championship Subdivision quarterfinal last Friday, the UMaine football team will play for a chance […]

SEATTLE — Bobby Wagner leaped over the line of scrimmage, swatted Dan Bailey’s field goal attempt and sparked the Seattle Seahawks to two late touchdowns. Whether or not what Wagner did was entirely legal, he frankly didn’t care. “I’m not stressing about that. I made the play. They called what they called,” Wagner said. “There’s times in games […]

OGDEN, Utah — The University of Maine football team earned a berth in the national semifinals for the first time in program history with a tense 23-18 victory at Weber State University on Friday night. The Black Bears (10-3) came up with four second-half interceptions after building an 11-point lead early in the third quarter to […]

ORONO — All week long, the talk had been about whether the University of Maine’s nationally ranked defense could handle Jacksonville State University’s nationally ranked offense. Maybe the focus should have been on the other side of the ball. Maine put on an offensive show Saturday afternoon, thumping the Gamecocks 55-27 in the second round of […]

BANGOR — Before Thursday’s game, the University of Maine women’s basketball team honored Stacey Porrini Clingan. A key player for the Black Bears in the mid-1990s, Porrini Clingan died on March 27 following a battle with cancer. She was 42. Then, against ACC powerhouse Duke, the Black Bears honored Porrini Clingan more, by playing with the […]