Stories about "Athletics"
15 for 150: Moments from Bates football’s sesquicentennial history
Thursday, September 11, 2025 8:05 am
In 1875, Bates and Tufts played the first college football game in Maine. Here's to football's sesquicentennial: 15 moments from 150 years of Bates football.
Behind the scenes with the Bates golfers turned stars for an Adobe AI video
Tuesday, August 26, 2025 8:01 am
The talent pipeline to PGA Tour stardom typically runs through powerhouse NCAA Division I schools. But when Golf Digest — the sport’s top publication — went looking for college golfers to star in a feature video sponsored by Adobe, they turned to Bates.
Bates announces inaugural Athletics Hall of Fame class
Friday, June 13, 2025 4:31 pm
Selected from more than 350 nominations, the first Hall of Fame class comprises 10 inductees and eight legacy honorees, who will be honored on Oct. 4, 2025.
Slideshow: What these Bates seniors will miss — and what they want the Class of ’29 to hear
Friday, May 23, 2025 12:15 pm
Featuring portraits by Phyllis Graber Jensen, these Bates seniors Thirteen seniors share what they’ll miss most and offer advice to the Class of 2029.
Fishin’, singin’, campin’ — 13 joyful Bobcat sportraits from the spring season
Friday, May 16, 2025 9:27 am
Open-water fishing doesn’t begin until April 1 in Maine, but that didn’t…
Defeating the field and his own doubt, Max Cory ’26 wins Bates’ first NCAA swim title
Friday, March 28, 2025 4:07 pm
Self-effacing and candid, Cory shared how he has, in the past, "tended to swim worse when the pressure's on." Not this time. His time of 42.88 seconds set a National Division III record.
Chef, the Dab, and George Washington: Top Bobcat sportraits from winter 2025
Friday, March 28, 2025 3:49 pm
Some chose props — a chef’s hat, a plant, even a makeshift rowboat — to build metaphors and tell stories about teamwork, resilience, or pure joy, with irony and humor as delightful side dishes.
Bates College Director of Athletics Jason Fein to step down on Dec. 31, 2024
Thursday, December 19, 2024 9:44 am
Jason Fein, who has served as director of athletics since 2017, has led “significant improvements to our athletics program and major achievements by our teams and their coaches,” said Bates President Garry W. Jenkins.
Our top 10 Bobcat sportraits from fall 2024
Friday, November 15, 2024 3:48 pm
"Sportraits" is a portmanteau of the words "sports" and "portrait," and as you can see in this photo story, they're as inventive as the word itself. They're funtastic. Or funthusiastic?
Campus Construction Update: Nov. 8, 2024
Thursday, November 7, 2024 7:07 am
Opening another front in Bates’ endless battle against marine clay, workers began laying a new FieldTurf playing surface at Leahey Field this week.