UMaine women’s soccer game canceled

The Black Bears’ opponent, Fairleigh Dickinson University, has shut down its Teaneck, N.J., campus in advance of Hurricane Irene.

Smith named starting QB

Warren Smith beats out Chris Treister for the job for the second consecutive season.

This road race just two cool

The Duo Duel 10K offers an unusual format and a chance to benefit a good cause.

UMaine scrimmage has purpose

The Black Bears use game-like conditions to get a better handle on players with the opener rapidly approaching.

UMaine Football: One will take the helm

Another preseason, another battle between Chris Treister and Warren Smith to be starting quarterback.

Portland majoring in the minors

Two years ago, Portland was on the lower end of the nation’s top 100 minor league sports markets. Now, boosted by the addition of a basketball team and the tenure of two longtime franchises, the city has been named the No. 5 market nationwide.

The Sports Business Journal attributes Portland’s jump in the rankings to the fact that it has one of the highest attendance-to-population ratios of any multiple-team market.

UMaine Football: Part of a vanishing breed

Raibonne Charles of Windham had to sell himself to a UMaine football program that has fewer and fewer Maine players.

Mainers hit ice for pair of German hockey teams

Saco’s John Laliberte and Lisbon’s Greg Moore are already in training camps for a German league.

Fenway may host UMaine hockey

The University of Maine men’s hockey team may step onto the ice in one of baseball’s most revered stadiums this winter.

Multiple sources have confirmed Jan. 7 as the date for a Hockey East doubleheader at Fenway Park involving the Black Bears and three other teams.

UMaine football: First day is upbeat, but there are issues

The Black Bears will have to shore up a defense that ranked sixth in the CAA in a 4-7 season last fall.