Kyle Grabowski
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Northampton, MA, United States
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D3 women’s basketball: Smith reaches program’s first Final Four after beating Trinity
NORTHAMPTON – The chants began with more than a minute left.“Final Four! Final Four! Final Four!” The reality hit the Smith College student section long before the basketball team allowed itself to believe. Smith forward Katelyn Pickunka spread her... → Read More
Frozen Fenway: UMass rally halted after late gamble backfires against BC
BOSTON – Potential rewards far outweighed the risk.The No. 15 UMass hockey team trailed Boston College by a goal with 1 minute, 4 seconds left and challenged a high hit against Aaron Bohlinger as he crossed the blue line. UMass coach Greg Carvel... → Read More
Amherst College names basketball court after legendary coach Dave Hixon
AMHERST – Dave Hixon would have remained a part of Amherst College whether or not it named anything after him.The longtime men’s basketball coach arrived on campus as a freshman in 1971. After graduating, he spent two years as an assistant before... → Read More
‘You’ve got to have an identity’: New men’s basketball coach Frank Martin introduces himself to UMass community
AMHERST — New UMass men’s basketball coach Frank Martin extended his introductory news conference for one final statement after moderators took the last question. He told a story about a message he received from former Las Vegas Raiders interim head... → Read More
‘You’ve got to have an identity’: New men’s basketball coach Frank Martin introduces himself to UMass community
AMHERST – New UMass men’s basketball coach Frank Martin extended his introductory news conference for one final statement after moderators took the last question. He told a story about a message he received from former Las Vegas Raiders interim head... → Read More
NCAA Tournament: Ben Meyers’ OT goal dethrones UMass hockey, ending Minutemen’s season
WORCESTER — The golden boy dethroned the kings.Minnesota captain Ben Meyers, the Big 10 Player of the Year, a Hobey Baker finalist and an Olympian, flashed in front of UMass goalie Matt Murray 8 minutes, 31 seconds into overtime in Friday’s NCAA... → Read More
Hockey East championship: Aaron Bohlinger’s OT goal gives UMass back to back titles
BOSTON – Aaron Bohlinger only scores championship-winning goals, apparently.The UMass sophomore has two career goals: his first came 7 minutes, 26 seconds into the national championship game last season and started a five-goal rout, and his second on... → Read More
Building a champion: Destiney Philoxy grew into the point guard UMass women’s basketball needed
AMHERST — The scar on Destiney Philoxy’s right hand remains, an occasional reminder just below her thumb.Very little about her resembles the freshman that punched a sliding glass door in Boyden Gymnasium out of frustration in early December 2018. The... → Read More
Magnificent 7: Amherst girls swimming claims Division 2 state title, program’s first
BOSTON – Seven pairs of hands covered seven mouths almost simultaneously in surprise. Tears flowed from Amherst Regional senior Sara Baxter’s eyes, almost indistinguishable from the Boston University Pool water droplets. The announcement sounded over... → Read More
Cummington’s Laura Sullivan the first American woman to serve as Olympic alpine ski official
Laura Sullivan’s breath rose as a mist into the beam of her headlamp.The sun crept over Whitehorn Mountain and the Slate Range at Lake Louise Ski Resort in Alberta, Canada. Temperatures hovered around minus-40 degrees Fahrenheit that early morning... → Read More
Reluctant legend Bobby Pelis, who coached Smith Academy boys basketball to two state titles, dies at 72
Bobby Pelis had no idea how many wins he finished with when he retired from coaching the Smith Academy boys basketball team after the 2006-07 season. It didn’t matter to him.“That’s the way he was, he was a humble person. He didn’t care about... → Read More
Hockey found UMass forward Cam Donaldson, and he found a home
AMHERST – Craig Badger’s key turned in the Linen Rink doors.The Gunnery School ice hockey coach thought he was opening the barn for visiting family to skate over winter break. Only they didn’t have the ice all to themselves that December morning in... → Read More
Returning to UMass football a ‘full circle’ moment for new coach Don Brown
AMHERST – Don Brown knows how to turn the UMass football program around.The Minutemen’s newest head coach, introduced at a press conference Wednesday in the Martin Jacobson Football Performance Center, first arrived in Amherst as a defensive... → Read More
NCAA denies UMass infractions appeal, affirms stripping of 2017 Atlantic women’s tennis championship
AMHERST — The NCAA Committee on Infractions has upheld its decision to strip UMass of the 2017 Atlantic 10 women’s tennis championship, women’s tennis victories and men’s basketball victories between 2014 and 2017. It initially announced the... → Read More
AD Ryan Bamford: Firing Walt Bell now ‘in the best interest of the future’ of UMass football
AMHERST — UMass athletic director Ryan Bamford has historically waited to make coaching changes until a season has ended, but he recognized the necessity of an earlier move when firing football coach Walt Bell over the weekend.“While I certainly would... → Read More
UMass football fans storm field after Minutemen drop UConn 27-13 for 1st win in 2 years
AMHERST – UMass fans couldn’t wait any longer to celebrate a football win.With 15 seconds remaining on the clock and an ironclad two-score lead, junior Quinn McCarron led the charge over the ropes surrounding the field. Brady Olson just took a knee in... → Read More
Loss didn’t dampen banner night for UMass hockey
AMHERST – The line to enter the Mullins Center began forming around 9 p.m. Friday night. There were still 21 hours until the doors opened. The defending national champion UMass hockey team didn’t drop the puck against No. 5 Minnesota State until 7:30... → Read More
UMass hoops legends honored with statues
AMHERST — Rita Leaman looked up at the newly unveiled statue of her late husband, Jack Leaman, outside the Mullins Center and brought a hand to her heart. She gazed lovingly up at the bronze replica and placed her hand on the marble base.Jack Leaman’s... → Read More
Olympics: Florence’s Gabby Thomas anchors USA to silver medal in 4x100 relay
Gabby Thomas minted her second Olympic medal with a powerful anchor leg in the women’s 4x100-meter relay Friday.The Florence native received the baton from Jenna Prandini with the United States in clear second place and cemented the silver medal... → Read More
Olympics: Florence’s Gabby Thomas earns bronze medal in stacked 200 field
Gabby Thomas willed her way through one of the most decorated Olympic 200-meter dash fields ever and earned a bronze medal.The Florence native set up in lane two flanked by Jamaica’s Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce a seven-time Olympic medalist and... → Read More