By Nick Canelas
December 2, 2013
Filed under Football, Sports, Sports Columns
For a program in transition, the goal is to get better every year. So after a 1-11 record in its first season in the Football Bowl Subdivision, the Massachusetts football team had its sights set on bigger and better things –...
By Mark Chiarelli
November 26, 2013
Filed under Men's Basketball, Sports, Sports Columns, Winter Sports
What did you do when you woke up today?
Did you roll over and press snooze on your alarm clock? Or should I say, rolled over and unlocked your smartphone, tapping the screen a few times to keep the world from becoming real for at least a few minutes?
Or did you do as I did, immediatel...
By Nick Canelas
October 10, 2013
Filed under Hockey, Sports, Sports Columns, Winter Sports
With nine seniors, 16 upperclassmen and its three leading scorers from last season on the roster, one would think the Massachusetts hockey team is primed for success in 2013-14.
However, there's a reason why UMass failed to make...
By Cameron McDonough
September 24, 2013
Filed under Football, Sports, Sports Columns
FOXBORO -- There are two ways to look at the Massachusetts football team’s 24-7 loss to Vanderbilt on Saturday; either glass half empty or full.
The glass half empty pessimist will mention that the Minutemen are 0-4 this...
By Nick Canelas
September 17, 2013
Filed under Football, Sports, Sports Columns
A.J. Doyle's first start at quarterback for the Massachusetts football team this season didn't get off to the best of starts.
His second pass of the game was intercepted by Kansas State's Kip Daily and returned 38 yards for a ...
By Nick Canelas
September 5, 2013
Filed under Football, Sports, Sports Columns
When the Massachusetts football team's 2013 schedule was released, one game in particular stood out to me as more important than any other.
No, it wasn't the Minutemen's matchup with defending Big 12 champion Kansas State on...
By Stephen Sellner
March 7, 2013
Filed under Basketball, Men's Basketball, Sports, Sports Columns
It’s been a recurring topic of discussion for the Massachusetts men’s basketball team – trying to lobby fans, students and Amherst residents to come out and support the Minutemen as they mount their final push for one of the final selections in the NCAA Tournament.
And with i...
By Nick Canelas
December 13, 2012
Filed under Hockey, Sports, Sports Columns, Winter Sports
The Massachusetts hockey team couldn’t have chosen a better time to be playing its worst hockey of the season.
Don’t get me wrong, losing three straight games by a combined score of 15-8 is never a good thing, and in no way should the Minutemen be satisfied with the results. But q...
By Stephen Sellner
November 27, 2012
Filed under Football, Sports, Sports Columns
For 13 long, painful weeks, I was fortunate, or unfortunate, to have front row seats to watch the Massachusetts football team during its inaugural season as a member of the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS).
And during t...
By Stephen Sellner
October 4, 2012
Filed under Football, Sports, Sports Columns
I honestly never thought this day would come; the day that I would confidently say that the Massachusetts football team will not only win a game this year, but more than one.
Now before I get bombarded with boos and comm...
By Stephen Hewitt
September 24, 2012
Filed under Sports, Sports Columns
After the Massachusetts football team lost its first three games of this season decisively, there were some that wanted to rip the team’s move to the Football Bowl Subdivision – one some believed was more about dollars than sense – even more.
Not only was this team l...
By Stephen Hewitt
September 16, 2012
Filed under Football, Sports, Sports Columns
ANN ARBOR, Mich. – It’s hard to spin things in a positive direction for any team that loses by over seven touchdowns in a football game.
It doesn’t matter if you’re the new kid on the block or the seasoned veteran; a 50...
