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The Massachusetts men’s basketball team showed flashes of what’s to come this season, as the Minutemen excelled on both sides of the ball in an 85-41 exhibition victory over Western Connecticut State at the Mullins Center on Wednesday night.Freshman...

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AMHERST — In front of their friends, family, and fans, the UMass men’s and women’s basketball teams took to the hardwood inside the Mullins Center publicly for the first time this season for ‘Mullins Madness.’Both teams participated in a three-point...

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BROOKLYN, N.Y. – The Atlantic 10 hosted its men’s basketball media day at Barclays Center on Tuesday afternoon. Coaches and players gathered to share their expectations for their teams and their thoughts from around the conference.Representing UMass...

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BROOKLYN, N.Y. – Massachusetts men’s basketball head coach Frank Martin and senior forward Matt Cross made the trip to Brooklyn for Atlantic 10 Media Day on Tuesday afternoon at Barclays Center.First seasons are always difficult to navigate for head...

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AMHERST — The UMass football team hits the road one last time before its much-needed bye awaiting them next weekend.But before that off week, the Minutemen have to get through their toughest test of the season against No. 6 Penn State (5-0) on...

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Saturday stands as the seventh time in the last four years — including the second time this season alone — that the UMass football program will be paid more than $1 million to travel to play at a Power 5 program.The Minutemen hit the road for State...

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AMHERST — Taisun Phommachanh’s football story can’t be told without him clashing head-on with hardship to earn the position he’s in right now.The UMass quarterback has had a long road to earn a starting job at the Division 1 level, but ever since...

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AMHERST — The UMass football team heads into the final leg of a three-game homestand on Saturday, as the Minutemen (1-5) host arguably their best non Power-5 opponent on the schedule in Toledo. The game kicks off at noon on ESPNU.The Rockets (4-1)...

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SOUTH DEERFIELD — Facing a second-and-11 at the Frontier 33-yard line with three seconds remaining in the game, Easthampton quarterback Colin Hogan awaited the shotgun snap already knowing where he was going with the ball on the final play of the...

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The “High School Basketball Podcast” is now two episodes in, and host Joshua Morse couldn’t be more excited with the trajectory of the show.Morse, who will enter his second season as head boys basketball coach at Frontier Regional this winter, started...

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AMHERST — The UMass football team faced more of the same struggles on Saturday evening at McGuirk Alumni Stadium, as the Minutemen found themselves in an early 14-0 hole against New Mexico. Slow starts have plagued them throughout their first five...

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AMHERST – Standing tall in the shotgun at his own 21-yard line with 1:39 left to play down by eight points was UMass true-freshman quarterback Ahmad Haston.Haston had yet to play a single snap all season long, and was being asked by his head coach,...

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AMHERST — Saturday marks the first-ever meeting between UMass and New Mexico, as the Minutemen approach the midway point of the season in terms of games played.The matchup against the Lobos is already UMass’ fifth game, and its sixth will come before...

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SOUTH DEERFIELD — For the first time since Sept. 22, 2021, the Frontier girls volleyball team lost consecutive matches. The Redhawks fell in five sets to Westfield on Monday before turning around and dropping their home opener against Longmeadow on...

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AMHERST — Once again the UMass football team found itself in the thick of things late in a game. Just as the Minutemen did two Saturdays ago against Miami (Ohio), they stormed back from down multiple possessions and put themselves in position to steal...

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BELCHERTOWN — Greenfield field hockey head coach Erin Thayer spent a lot of her team’s game against Belchertown shaking her head.The Green Wave may not have put forth their best effort on the road Tuesday afternoon, but they did just enough to squeak...

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AMHERST — Two of the top girls volleyball programs in Western Massachusetts collided for a five-set thriller on Monday evening.Frontier came out swinging to win the first set, which eventually propelled them to a 3-2 (25-15, 25-27, 25-20, 21-25,...

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AMHERST – In a game full of weather delays and lengthy, prolonged stoppages, the UMass football team dropped its home opener to Miami (Ohio) 41-28 on Saturday night at McGuirk Alumni Stadium.The first of two game suspensions came right before kickoff,...

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AMHERST – Home sweet home; it’s about time.After two long road trips to New Mexico and Alabama, the UMass football team is finally geared up for its home opener. The Minutemen welcome Miami (Ohio) Saturday at 3:30 p.m., a game that UMass head coach...

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AMHERST — UMass football head coach Don Brown may sound a little bit like a broken record when talking to his team about game-plan preparation and handling business, but being around the game of football for as long as he has, he knows just how...