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UMass football: Why are Minutemen using Trackman technology for kicking and punting?
08-19-2024 5:12 PM

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

AMHERST — As performance-driven data has gained more and more use in sports over the past decade, Trackman has become a hot name.It’s most popular in baseball, where its ball-tracking data is primarily used by pitchers. Red Sox hurler Tanner Houck...


UMass football: Minutemen's defensive line should be smaller but quicker in 2024
08-16-2024 4:21 PM

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — In today’s era of college football, there are holes to fill every offseason considering the overwhelming number of transfers. UMass football head coach Don Brown has welcomed the transfer portal with open arms, and he almost didn’t have a...


Union raps UMass while university pulls back from felony protest charges
08-14-2024 2:32 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A University of Massachusetts Amherst union representing 1,500 employees is calling out the administration for “authoritarian” actions and cracking down on free speech after learning that two student leaders of the Students for Justice in...


UMass athletics: What to expect from fall sports season 2024
08-13-2024 5:54 PM

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — The start of the fall season officially marks the beginning of UMass’ athletic programs’ farewell campaign through the Atlantic 10, as the Minutemen and Minutewomen are set to join the Mid-American Conference (MAC) following the conclusion...


UMass football: Minutemen continue to embrace head coach Don Brown's “Thunderstruck” tradition
08-12-2024 6:01 PM

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — It doesn’t feel like UMass football practice has truly started until ACDC’s “Thunderstruck” begins blasting through McGuirk Alumni Stadium’s speakers. And it definitely doesn’t feel like a Don Brown practice without the classic hit,...


UMass football: Experienced offensive line expected to be a strength for Minutemen
08-09-2024 5:07 PM

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — Most of the UMass football transfer offensive linemen made their way to Amherst in the winter, right around the end of January according to Minutemen associate head coach/offensive line coach Alex Miller.Now less than seven full months...


‘UMass is like my second home now’: Healthy again, 2nd-year QB Taisun Phommachanh feeling comfortable with Minutemen
08-08-2024 6:49 PM

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

AMHERST – Last year must have felt like a whirlwind for UMass quarterback Taisun Phommachanh.On his third school in three seasons but in his first starting job, Phommachanh injured his knee against Auburn just six quarters into the campaign on Sept....


UMass football: Offensive coordinator Shane Montgomery settling in to new role with Minutemen
08-07-2024 7:41 PM

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — Wednesday marked the fifth practice of the summer for the UMass football team, and also stood as practice No. 5 for new offensive coordinator Shane Montgomery – who stepped in to fill Steve Casula’s role after Casula took a tight...


UMass football: “I think there’s just a lot more leadership in the locker room”: Minutemen defensive coordinator Keith Dudzinski talks growth in Year 3 of the Don Brown era
08-06-2024 3:29 PM

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

AMHERST — Don Brown and his coaching staff are heading into their third season in Amherst, and defensive coordinator Keith Dudzinski said on Monday that the Minutemen have experienced a culture change since he came to Amherst in the winter of 2021.“If...


UMass football: Minutemen defense will be tested with 3 SEC opponents on the schedule
08-05-2024 5:09 PM

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — The UMass football team traveled to Auburn and Penn State in 2023, losing both by a combined score of 122-14, and in 2024, the Minutemen’s schedule features three more big-time opponents in Missouri, Mississippi State and Georgia. Those...


UMass football: Minutemen open fall camp, four weeks until opener against Eastern Michigan
08-02-2024 4:33 PM

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

AMHERST — The UMass football team held its first camp practice ahead of the 2024 season on Friday on a 90-degree day at McGuirk Stadium.The Minutemen open their season with a 3:30 p.m. kickoff on Saturday, Aug. 31 at home against future MAC opponent...


Something for everyone: UMass Fine Arts Center announces robust 2024-2025 season lineup
08-02-2024 2:11 PM

By PAIGE HANSON

Earlier this week, the University of Massachusetts Amherst Fine Arts Center announced its lineup of performances for its 2024-2025 season, which includes quite a few notable offerings, including “a one-time Grateful Dead keyboardist, two of the...


UMass basketball: Frank Martin offers summer update on 2024-25 Minutemen
07-23-2024 4:54 PM

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — When UMass men’s basketball head coach Frank Martin was first hired in March of 2022, very rarely would he hear the noises of bouncing basketballs, squeaking sneakers and loud chatter from his office – which overlooks the practice court...


Franklin County, North Quabbin students named to UMass Amherst’s spring dean’s list
07-23-2024 9:52 AM

AMHERST — The following students from Franklin County and the North Quabbin region were named to the dean’s list at the University of Massachusetts Amherst for the spring semester.To qualify, an undergraduate student must receive a 3.5 grade point...


UMass lands $6.4M EPA grant to help steel industry shrink carbon footprint
07-21-2024 1:01 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — More than 37% of annual global greenhouse gas emissions are produced by the billions of tons of concrete, asphalt, steel, glass and other construction materials used in buildings and other infrastructure projects, according to U.S....


The Real Score: May the best marketers take the golds
07-18-2024 2:53 PM

With the Summer Olympics in Paris upon us, expect the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to start complaining about ambush marketing. Ambush what, you ask? Ambush marketing – it’s a term unique to the business world of sport. History has it that...


UMass football: How do the Minutemen rate in the highly-anticipated EA Sports College Football 25?
07-16-2024 3:45 PM

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

Want to step into Don Brown’s shoes and try to rebuild the UMass football program? A new college football video game gives you that chance.EA Sports College Football 25 released to the public Monday afternoon, the highly anticipated revival of the...


Sunderland contractor fined over asbestos abatement violations at UMass
07-15-2024 10:23 AM

AMHERST — A Sunderland contractor is facing a state fine of almost $30,000 for violations that occurred during asbestos abatement work at the University of Massachusetts, authorities announced Friday.The state Department of Environmental Protection...


Greenfield native and former UMass basketball player Ross Burns training prospects ahead of Wednesday’s NBA Draft
06-26-2024 10:16 AM

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

The 2024 NBA Draft is on Wednesday and Thursday, and though no UMass men’s basketball players are likely to be selected, a former Minuteman has his fingerprints all over the pre-draft process.Ross Burns, a Greenfield native who walked on at UMass and...


UMass basketball: Minutemen tour Hadley’s Mapleline Farm as part of community service, outreach
06-24-2024 8:41 PM

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

HADLEY – Jessica Dizek pulled out a four-pint bottle of milk and posed a question to the barn: any takers?The UMass men’s basketball team was on a tour of Mapleline Farm, where Dizek is a co-owner, and they had reached the barn full of Mapleline’s new...

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