Two Maine football players agreed to NFL free agent deals Sunday night after the draft.

Matt Mulligan: Agreed to a two-year deal with the Miami Dolphins.

Mulligan is a 6-5, 270 pound tight end from West Enfield who only started playing football in 2004 at Husson College.

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He won't arrive for two years but it sounds like Maine picked up a pretty good prospect in 16-year-old Carlos Amestoy for the 2010 season.

According to his youth coach - Mike Galati with the Toronto Red Wings - Amestoy has tremendous speed and hands, and good strength for his size. He's 5-7.

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The Maine football team will play Florida State to open the 2009 season, athletic director Blake James announced Thursday.

The game will be the Black Bears sixth straight against a Football Bowl Subdivision team.

Maine opens at Iowa in 2008.

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Maine's top three tailbacks will not dress for Saturday's spring football scrimmage.

Jhamal Fluellen, Jermaine Henderson, and Teron Allen are all recovering from offseason surgery.

That clears room for redshirt freshman Roosevelt Boone to get quite a few reps at TB.

DB Lionel Nixon Jr. is "nicked up" and won't be playing either.

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Five players who had previously committed verbally to Maine have now signed their National Letters of Intent.

They are:

Goalie Scott Darling of the Indiana Ice (USHL)
Goalie Pontus Hansson from Sweden
Forward Theo Andersson from Sweden
Forward Spencer Abbott of the Ontario Provincial Junior Hockey League
Defenseman Mark Nemec of the Junior Monarchs

Yup.

Boston College represented Hockey East in style, taking home the big title from Denver with a 4-1 win against Notre Dame.

Here's the AP game story.

Maine baseball (9-13-1) is supposed to open the America East schedule this weekend with a four game series against Albany starting Friday.

For now, the plan is to play at Mahaney Diamond.

But if the forecasted soggy weather materializes, Bangor's Mansfield Stadium is on standby to host games Saturday and Sunday.

"It's a big time facility, with major league caliber infield, drainage, grass," said Maine Coach Steve Trimper. "What takes us five days, takes them 5 hours to dry out with the shape of the field."

Husson College - which has synthetic surface - would be a longshot backup if it gets really rainy. But that team has its own games this weekend.

Monday will serve as a mandatory make-up day if any games get postponed due to playing conditions.

A scout from the Indianapolis Colts will be in Orono Tuesday morning to evaluate tight end Matt Mulligan.

Mulligan worked out at Maine's Pro Day on March 19 with scouts from the Miami Dolphins, Detroit Lions and Atlanta Falcons along with teammates Bruno Dorismond, Anthony Cotrone, and Reggie Paramoure.

Mulligan, 6-4, 270 pounds, is a long shot to get picked in the upcoming NFL draft (April 26, 27) and is more likely to be signed as a free agent.

Cue the music. The credits. And so ends the Emily Rousseau saga at the University of Maine.

Here is today's piece with Rousseau's reaction to being released from her scholarship at Maine. It includes some reaction from the State House where some legislators were apparently buzzing about her situation.

Rousseau, of Biddeford, will now be free to pursue a scholarship at another program. She has contacted Assumption College, Stonehill College and St. Anselm's already.

In case you missed our coverage here are some links to bring you up to speed.

Here is Wednesday's update.

The University of Maine released Emily Rousseau from her basketball scholarship last night before an appeal that was scheduled for 2:30 p.m. today.

Rousseau, of Biddeford, will now be free to pursue a scholarship at another program for next season. She does not have to sit out a year at a Division II program.

We're continuing to report on this story. Here is our coverage so far.

Here is today's update.