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A year ago Andrew Ford was just competing for a chance to play. Now he’s competing for the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm award, which announced its preseason watch list Wednesday.The gilded honor goes to the nation’s top senior quarterback for...

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AMHERST — A year ago, Andrew Ford was still learning his way around UMass, Mark Whipple’s offense and a few of his teammates’ names.The quarterback from Pennsylvania arrived in May 2016 after transferring from Lackawanna Community College, where he...

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EASTHAMPTON — Two batters into the game, Easthampton Post 224 was already playing catch-up. It couldn’t quite finish the job in its Western Massachusetts American Legion postseason game against Wilbraham Red.After falling behind by seven, Easthampton...

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Mario Ferraro didn’t have to wait long Saturday morning to hear his name called at the NHL Draft.The incoming UMass freshman defenseman was selected 49th overall by the San Jose Sharks, just over midway through the second round.He was picked well...

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Cale Makar’s season-long rise from relatively unknown recruit to elite prospect peaked Friday in Chicago. The Colorado Avalanche selected the UMass commit with the No. 4 pick in the NHL Draft.No UMass player had ever been taken in the first round...

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The biggest advertisement for Greg Carvel’s hockey program will be running for free this weekend.UMass hockey will likely be mentioned prominently when Cale Makar, an almost certain top-10 pick, is selected in the NHL Draft, which runs Friday and...

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UMass extended the contracts of one of its longest and one of its shortest tenured head coaches Thursday.The athletic department announced that men’s lacrosse coach Greg Cannella, who has been at UMass for 23 years, and women’s basketball coach Tory...

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In almost every other year of the UMass hockey program’s existence, defenseman Mario Ferraro would have been the big name incoming freshman, the headline recruit that everybody eagerly awaited seeing.Instead, a hefty portion of fan attention has gone...

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As the balls thwacked against the outfield seats at Philadelphia’s Citizens Bank Park and echoed through the empty ballpark Friday, Erik Ostberg just tried to appear outwardly indifferent.He’d never even been on the playing surface, let alone taken...

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The idea of becoming the head coach at UMass where he’d been a player and an assistant coach would have appealed to Matt Reynolds anytime the job opened. But Reynolds said longtime coach Mike Stone’s retirement came at the perfect point in his...

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After seven scoreless innings, the Amherst College softball team’s offense broke out in the top of the eighth before its defense held on in the bottom of the inning.The Mammoths advanced to the winners’ bracket of the Division III National...

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There was a time that needing a break from softball would have been unfathomable for Emma Mendoker.But the former Amherst Regional star and current Williams College pitching coach needed to step away last year. She gave up her remaining eligibility at...

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AMHERST — There is no hint of finality from Mike Stone. The start of Wednesday’s practice looked a lot like the thousands of others he’s run at Earl Lorden Field.The Minuteman coach hung the day’s workout plan near the third-base dugout’s two good...

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The newest member of the UMass men’s basketball program might have the distinction of being the player who traveled the furthest to play for the Minutemen.Kieran Hayward, a 6-foot-4 guard from Sydney, Australia, played one season at LSU before...

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The UMass men’s basketball team added another transfer to its ranks over the weekend, and another could be on the way.Rutgers wing Jonathan Laurent announced on Twitter on Saturday, after visiting Amherst last week, that he’ll be a Minuteman. He’ll...

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On Wednesday, UMass women’s lacrosse coach Angela McMahon said the key to beating Colorado in the first game of the NCAA Tournament was controlling possession.Even she couldn’t have dreamed how well her team would heed those instructions after...

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Marcus Camby didn’t tell anyone. Not his mother, his sisters or his daughters. Not even his wife.For the last two years, the 43-year-old former Minuteman basketball star has been quietly taking classes online to complete his UMass degree. On Friday,...

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AMHERST — When UMass lost to Colorado 11-7 on Feb. 17 in Florida, coach Angela McMahon said her team was far from fully formed.That was the second game of the season and while the Minutewomen had talented players, they had yet to entirely discover how...

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Add another UMass player to the transfer market. UMass sources confirmed a VerbalCommits.com report that Ty Flowers is the latest Minuteman heading out the door.Flowers, a 6-foot-9 wing from Waterbury, Connecticut, had an up-and-down freshman year,...

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Nehemiah Wilson pointed at Ryan Mooney as he walked off the mound. The two will forever share a unique piece of South Hadley baseball history.Two days after Mooney threw a no-hitter against Belchertown, Wilson matched the feat in the Tigers’ 11-0 win...

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Dan Muller didn’t have time to get even a step closer, so from 35 yards out off a Hofstra turnover, the UMass senior midfielder let it fly with the game tied and one second left.The long shot found its mark, eluding goalie Jack Concannon low to give...