The Morning Pitch

Aaron Rogers named MVP. Eight greats named to the Hall of Fame. Not a bad news day for pro football leading up to today's Super Bowl.

Husson University guard Aaron Willis scored 22 points coming off the bench to help the Eagles take down Green Mountain State 104-99. Willis was one of six players in double digit scoring.

America East Conference leader UAlbany came to Bangor and shot 68% from the field in the second half and handed UMaine a 77-59 loss.

Dale Duff and Clem LaBree from The Morning Pitch took some time this week to make their picks in Sunday's match-up between the New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks.

UMaine and UConn have met three times in the past but tonight is the first time the Black Bears and Huskies meet in a Hockey East Conference game.

The UMaine Black Bears had four players in double digit scoring in an 87-56 pounding of the UNH Wildcats. Make it seven consecutive wins for the Bears.

Pop singer Katy Perry met the press in Phoenix Thursday afternoon to promote her halftime show for Sunday's Super Bowl.

UMaine basketball kept getting down by double digits to UNH and then kept fighting back. But in the end, the Black Bears could never catch the Wildcats and lost 63-58 at the Cross Center.

5,500 members of the media gathered in Phoenix for the annual circus - better known as Super Bowl Media Day. Check it out...

For the Boston Celtics, another road game out west, another win. This time a 99-90 victory in Utah. Make it three wins in five nights on the road.