Stories about "Athletics"
Anna Cote ’25 of Auburn, Maine, and Emily Gianunzio ’22 of Darien, Conn., pose on and by the Bates Bobcat.They are field hockey teammates this year; last year, Gianunzio, on a one-year leave from Bates because of the pandemic, coached Cote when the latter was a senior at St. Dom’s.
Video: From coach to teammate, a Bates field hockey story

Wednesday, December 15, 2021 2:02 pm

How Emily Gianunzio went from being Anna Cote's high school field hockey coach to her Bobcat teammate.

Video: Behind the scenes of the Bates men’s basketball sportrait session

Wednesday, December 8, 2021 12:15 pm

"Basketball season is officially back!" That's how captain Stephon Baxter '23 sums up return of the team's annual sportrait session and the entire hoops season.

Video: For this Bates quarterback, a big victory five years in the making

Thursday, November 11, 2021 10:50 am

Had the last couple of years been any kind of normal, Brendan Costa would not have been the Bates quarterback this year. But then came the pandemic.

Nathan Pulsifer, Bates Class of 1899, ‘ornament of the great profession of baseball’

Thursday, October 28, 2021 3:43 pm

Nate Pulsifer, Class of 1899, was one of the great two-sport athletes in Bates history — and inspired a character in a Jack Kerouac novel.

Say What? Bates quotes from here and there: Oct. 14, 2021

Thursday, October 14, 2021 10:07 am

Here's the latest roundup of what Bates folks are saying about this and that, including why the Bates football coach felt like the King of England.

Recalling 1893, when men were feeling threatened

Thursday, October 7, 2021 11:34 am

In 1893, for the first time at Bates, "young ladies of the freshman class outnumber the young men."

Video: Behind the scenes of a Bates ‘sportrait’ photo session

Thursday, September 16, 2021 12:32 pm

The modern sportrait, a portmanteau of the words “sport portrait,” shares a…

‘Love persevering’: 9/11, Peter Goodrich ’89, and a legacy of hope

Thursday, September 9, 2021 11:51 am

When Peter Goodrich ’89 died on Sept. 11, 2001, grief enshrouded his family and his Bates friends. Twenty years later, love has persevered, providing a path forward to honor his legacy at Bates.

Video: Teamwork, technique, and chicken wings from the mic’d up Bates football captain

Thursday, September 2, 2021 11:55 pm

When the Bobcat football returned to the field for its first practice, on Aug. 26, we mic'd up captain Quinn Woods '22.

Video: ‘Thankful’ Bobcat athletes kick off first practices of 2021

Friday, August 27, 2021 12:57 pm

Perhaps the feelings of fall varsity athletes can be summed up by…

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