The Portland native who directed the Huskies to two NCAA Division III titles will finish his 39th season before calling it quits.
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Kentucky hires Mark Pope to replace John Calipari as men’s basketball coach
Pope won a national championship as a player at Kentucky in 1996 and went 110-52 as the coach at BYU.
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University of Maine at Augusta adds baseball, softball programs as expansion effort continues
Additions come months after UMA brought soccer on board as school looks to expand its athletic programs.
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Mackenzie Holmes enters WNBA Draft despite upcoming knee surgery
MacKenzie Holmes, the Gorham native, hopes to correct knee issues that have plagued her since ninth grade, and be ready for the 2025 WNBA season.
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Stanford’s Tara VanDerveer retires as college basketball’s winningest coach
A three-time champion with the Cardinal, VanDerveer went 1,216-271 in a 45-year career that included stints at Idaho, Ohio State and nearly four decades at Stanford.
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John Calipari leaves Kentucky after 15 years, saying the program ‘needs to hear another voice’
Calipari, who won the title at Kentucky in 2012, reportedly is close to finishing at deal to become the coach at Arkansas.
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UConn storms past Purdue to complete dominating run to second straight NCAA title
Purdue’s Zach Edey scores 37 points, but the Huskies shut down the rest of the Boilermakers to capture back-to-back national championships.
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Maine’s Bradly Nadeau signs with Carolina Hurricanes
The freshman led the Black Bears in scoring this past season, helping Maine reach the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 12 years.
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NCAA men: UConn on verge of repeat after turning back Alabama
The top-ranked Huskies are seriously tested for the first time in the NCAA Tournament but advance to the championship game with their fifth straight double-digit win, 86-72.
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NCAA men: Purdue rolls past North Carolina State, into national championship game
Zach Edey leads the way with 20 points and 12 rebounds, and the Boilermakers end the Wolfpack’s surprising postseason run, 63-50.