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By NAOMI SCULLY-BRISTOL

On most weekday nights, the ticking of a metronome rings out across the University of Massachusetts Amherst athletic fields, followed by the music of the “Power and Class of New England,” the UMass Amherst Minutemen Marching Band. The students in the...

By CAROLYN BROWN

Thousands of University of Massachusetts Amherst students have learned from percussion instructor Thom Hannum, whose 40-year career at the college included a tenure as the assistant director, then associate director, of the Minuteman Marching Band...

By SAMUEL GELINAS

AMHERST — “Don’t breathe. Be invisible. We don’t want trouble.”As a woman who grew up under illegal occupation in Palestine, these words became mantras for Fatima Elabed out of necessity. Her daughter, however, Michigan congresswoman and...

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — Perhaps the passionate followers of the UMass football team weren’t necessarily surprised when news hit last week that Director of Athletics Ryan Bamford had fired former Minutemen head coach Don Brown after a 6-28 record with the team; it...

Hanging on for dear life with a one-goal lead in the second round of the NCAA Division I men’s soccer tournament, UMass turned to senior goalie Alex Geczy to make clutch save after clutch save against Penn, the sixth-ranked team in the country.Each...

By RYAN AMES

AMHERST – The No. 20 UMass hockey team dropped its third and final game against Vermont this season, falling  3-2 on Sunday afternoon at Mullins Center.Nick VanTassell put the Minutemen ahead halfway through the first period, 1-0, but the Catamounts...

By GARRETT COTE

It certainly was a weekend to forget at Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Conn. for the UMass men’s basketball team.The Minutemen suffered two losses at the Basketball Hall of Fame Tip-Off Tournament – the latter a 92-59 blowout at the hands of Florida State...

By GARRETT COTE

ATHENS, Ga. — Nobody would have blamed the UMass football team if it rolled into Sanford Stadium and played an uninspired brand of football against No. 8 Georgia given its tumultuous week – headlined by the firing of head coach Don Brown.But the...

By RYAN AMES

AMHERST – Cole O'Hara's four points powered the No. 20 UMass hockey team to a 5-3 win over Harvard on Friday night at the Mullins Center.O'Hara had two goals and two assists – the junior forward's first career four-point night – in the Minutemen's...

By RYAN AMES

The UMass field hockey team’s magical postseason run came to an end on Friday.The Minutewomen suffered a 1-0 loss to No. 2 Northwestern in the national semifinal of the 2024 NCAA Final Four in Ann Arbor, Michigan.The Wildcats punched in the game’s...

By JEFF LAJOIE

It’s certainly been one of the more chaotic weeks in UMass football history.Less than a week removed from the firing of former head coach Don Brown, the Minutemen will somehow try and turn the page to play against one of the top programs in the...

By RYAN AMES

The redemption arc rolls on for the UMass field hockey team as the Minutewomen advanced to the NCAA Division I Final Four after beating UConn and Harvard during regional play last weekend – two teams they lost to during the regular season. Now, UMass...

By RYAN AMES

AMHERST – The UMass men’s soccer team took care of business during its NCAA tournament first-round game against Evansville on Thursday.The Minutemen notched a 2-1 victory on a rain-soaked Rudd Field.Alec Hughes and Andrew Ortiz netted goals for UMass...

By RYAN AMES

The No. 20 UMass hockey team will look to build upon its definitive win against Providence last weekend when it hosts Harvard and Vermont this Friday and Sunday at the Mullins Center.The Minutemen downed the 10th-ranked Friars, 5-1, after failing to...

By Ryan Ames

Cole O’Hara is on pace for a career year with the UMass hockey team.The junior forward is first on the Minutemen in points (16 in 12 games played), which is already two points away from his career-best of 18 last season. The 6-foot, 183-pounder has...

By RYAN AMES

AMHERST – The UMass women's basketball team's two-game winning streak was snapped after a 75-70 loss to Holy Cross on Wednesday night at the Mullins Center.The Minutewomen led 52-46 after three quarters of play, but the Crusaders' ability to sink...

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — In the wake of UMass Director of Athletics Ryan Bamford’s firing of former head football coach Don Brown on Monday, interim head coach Shane Montgomery gave the Minutemen players the day off from practice to give them time to digest the...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A brush fire that consumed more than 1½ acres of woods on the Orchard Hill section of the University of Massachusetts campus Monday evening, and approached equipment associated with a cellphone tower, appeared to be fully extinguished...

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — In Monday’s press release issued by UMass athletics regarding the firing of Minutemen head football coach Don Brown, Director of Athletics Ryan Bamford offered some praise for the program’s now former head coach.“Upon [Brown’s] return in...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — In preparation for a change in presidential administrations at the federal level, international students, faculty and staff on University of Massachusetts immigration sponsorships, who may be traveling abroad during winter break, are being...