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Howard Herman

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Sports columnist at the Berkshire Eagle, proud parent of two college graduates, and husband of the most patient wife I know. Tweets are mine.

Pittsfield, Mass.
Joined March 2011
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@jj_redick More people were at the Tulsa-Houston football game. Tulsa was 4-8.
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@CharlesPPierce @ddale8 If a protester hits a police officer with a can of tuna does he say 'Sorry Charlie'
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The Williams football players walk up Spring Street after beating Wesleyan 25-0.
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@ChrisForsberg_ And Gerald Green isn't walking through that door, friends.
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This is what the first UMass win of 2021 looks like.
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@BryanDFischer After...and before
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@ESPNMcGee Thanks for sharing that story. Huge belly laugh over it, and I can hear his voice saying that.
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Respect. Army football players stand with the UMass players for the alma mater.
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@DavidCornDC @JasonLaCanfora Historically, Republicans have no idea what rock music actually means. See GOP candidates using Springsteen's "Born in the USA."
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State champion Taconic Braves
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@ddale8 I never knew that having car dealerships was instrumental in whether a territory can become a state
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5 years
Pretty good Saturday. Williams and UMass both won without me in the press box. And I got inducted into the New England Basketball Hall of Fame.
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UMass is your NCAA Division I Hockey champion. How does that sound?
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UMass basketball coach Matt McCall said he has never been as disappointed after a win as he was in Friday's 85-84 win over Fairleigh Dickinson.
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Matt Cross had 15 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists in a UMass win over AIC.
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7 years
Drew DeMartino, center, signs his National Letter of Intent to play baseball at Hartford.
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Sad to hear of the passing of former UMass hoop player Mike Williams. He made the big shot in the 1994 UMass win over Temple that preceeded the Mullins Center dustup between Calipari and Chaney. Might have been the best game I ever saw in the Bill. RIP.
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It's a final. Williams 24, Amherst 19. Great game.
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Williams is your NESCAC tournament champion.
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Ciofgi grounds out. Taconic is your Division 1 state champion
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Nate Karren hits a 3. Williams upsets No. 4 Trinity 55-54. #d3hoops
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@MarkMaddenX You might not be wrong, but I think it's more Niners > Steelers.
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Now that's a Berkshire sunset.
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7 years
Braves load bases, McNeice singles home winning run . Taconic 12, Wachusett 11. Good night.
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Befofre I take a deep dive into writing, kudos to the City of Pittsfield for getting Wahconah Park ready for the state baseball championship. Huge kudos to the more than 5,000 fans who crammed their way into the park and made it one of the most electric venues I've been in.
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Will Owens strikes out. That's it. As the TV guy said, Pittsfield makes a statement. Your final score. Pittsfield American 10, Coventry RI 1. Pittsfield will now get 2 days off and will play Saturday at 1 on ESPN.
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UMass forward Matt Cross talks about play and winning in front of more than 4,000 in the Mullins Center.
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UMass coach Matt McCall meets with reporters after his final home game. McCall will not return next year.
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5 years
Pittsfield's Kevin Codey with the flag on the Facemask penalty.
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George Kittle is a beast
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3 years
@katfominykh @Marisa_Ingemi Nothing wrong with it being different. It should, however, be equal.
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3 years
My office today. Opening Day at Fenway.
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It's Wahconah Park.
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Wahcona Park, in Pittsfield, Ma, built in 1919, is one of the final remaining ballparks in the United States with a wooden grandstand. 201 Pittsfield players made it to the big leagues including Carlton Fisk, Bill Madlock, Greg Maddux, Mark Grace,Joe Girardi. Photos: Simon Cliche
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7 years
For the first time in 40 years, Taconic baseball is a champion. Braves 8, Minnechaug 1.
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2 years
So I wake up to a birthday card and a pot of coffee ☕. Time for another trip around the 🌞.
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6 years
Congratulations to coach Bill Heaphy and the Taconic boys basketball team. Western Mass. champions for the first time since 1977.
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@NancyLeeGrahn But in Port Charles, climate change is real. Just ask the Cassadines
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4 years
According to CBS Sports' Matt Norlander, who had it first, BC-California won't be played. Eagles are looking to hook up with Maine on Dec. 22. Not ready to schedule the Fighting Matt McCalls yet.
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UMass coach Don Brown talks depth chart issues after practice on Tuesday.
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Nice suit, Matt McCall.
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Made another journey around the sun. Excited for the next one, and many more.
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UMass coach Frank Martin meets with reporters after Tuesday's exhibition game with AIC.
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TJ Weeks noticed the energy in the Mullins Center during the opener.
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And Williams wins the NESCAC women's hockey championship.
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Bryce Daley (1), getting his first action for Lowell. 5 minutes into the first half.
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Bemidji coach Tom Serratore says UMass "was the best hockey team we've seen all year."
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Evan Blake makes a sliding grab in left on a sinking liner by Matt Donahue. Taconic 14, Medfield 10. Taconic is your D3 state champion.
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Cole Prowitt-Smith hits this shot with 7 tenths of a second left. Those 2 points gave Williams a 79-77 win over Oswego. #d3hoops
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3 years
My office today. Game of the decade. UConn at UMass.
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Noah Fernandes talks about UMass' first A10 win, beating Saint Louis 90-81.
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David Hixon is a Hall of Famer. I repeat @AmherstCollege alum and coach David Hixon is going into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
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8 years
@gregbeacham 'Cause I'm as free as a bird now, And this bird you can not change, oh, oh, oh, oh. And this bird you can not change.
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2 years
Today's office. The Biggest Little Game in America. Amherst at Williams.
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3 years
I have been covering baseball a long time, and I have never seen this on a scoreboard anywhere.
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7 years
Your Western Mass Division 1 baseball champion Taconic Braves.
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2 years
Let me say that the guys doing the game for @IWUBasketball are first-rate broadcasters.
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Marcus Cushnie meets with reporters after practice Tuesday.
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Taconic coach Kevin Stannard gets a post-game salute after winning his 400th career game Friday.
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Taconic's Jack Cooney with the trophy
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Yup
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Is it his birthday? Yes. Is he still covering a @UMassMBB game? Yes. Y'all be thankful for @howardherman
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UMass football coach Don Brown sums up the first day of practice.
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Shocker in Pittsfield. Pittsfield stuns No. 3 Taconic 8-5 in the D3 round of 32.
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Hey @WMassNews , how do you cut off the Billy Joel concert in the middle of Piano Man? You owe us.
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James Heskett hits a 3 with 12 seconds left, locking up Williams' 72-69 win over Amherst.
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Hey @UMassADBamford assuming this score holds up, schedule multiple parades. Amherst/Northampton, Springfield and Pittsfield. Players, coaches, the trophy, on trucks.
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Tonight's office Tanglewood for James Taylor.
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6 years
Disappointed to get an email from UMass media relations that there will be no football media opportunities for the upcoming week. This is wrong on so many levels. If you are trying to rebuild a program, you should be as open as possible.
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Today's office. Winter Classic at Fenway.
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It's official. Alessandra Arace signs her letter of intent to play soccer at D1 Providence.
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James Hemmer intercepts a pass for his New Trier (Ill.) HS teammate Carson Ochsenhirt to lock up Williams' 24-19 win over Amherst. Ephs finish a perfect 9-0, win the Little Three and NESCAC titles.
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@PittsfieldSuns shortstop Hal Hughes, with FCBL commissioner Chris Hall is the defensive player of the year
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UMass guard Sean East II talks about teammate Tre Mitchell after Mitchell went for 34 points and 12 rebounds against Rhode Island.
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UMass coach Frank Martin's opening remarks after the win over Duquesne.
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Here is Maria Gamberoni becoming Wahconah's all-time girls scoring leader.
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Did you know there was a farm on the Fenway roof?
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Tonight's office.
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9 years
@JeremyHill33 Steelers fan here. Classy thing for you to say. A tackle here or there and you win. Keep your chin up.
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Going through the play-by-play of the UMass-Boston game against Holy Cross, former @WRHSGoBlue standout Tom Burris hit a 3-pointer with 1:31 left in overtime, putting UMass ahead for keeps. It was Burris' first hoop of his college career. Congrats.
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Just checked the ESPN schedules, and the UMass National Championship win will be rebroadcast at 4 p.m. Sunday on ESPNU.
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My office Saturday afternoon.
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What a run for this team from Pittsfield. An historic run comes to an end.
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Javier Osorio will come out with 1:13 left. Taconic students chanting "Thank you Javy."
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Wishing all of you a happy Thanksgiving. It is written elsewhere that this site is a hellscape. My sports folks give me reasons to smile everyday. I am most thankful for you all.
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@MarkMaddenX You are younger than I am. I almost went to Kent State the year after those kids were killed. I lived through the Vietnam protests. Bad as it was then, I never felt like my country was in ruins. This was the first time.
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Alex White won the Steel Rail half marathon and the marathon. The Alex White on the left is from Williamstown and won the marathon. The Alex White on the right is from Dalton and won the half marathon.
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Next stop Bristol for your state Little League champs Pittsfield American.
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Congrats to Peyton Steinman and Grace Guachione. They and their Saint Anselm teammates are in their first ever NCAA D-II Elite Eight. Steinman had 19 points, Guachione 6 in a 63-61 win over LeMoyne on Monday. Steinman was 12-12 from the foul line.
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Temple commit J.P. Moorman is Greensboro MVP at the Hoophall Classic. He had 26 points.
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Kieran Coscia signs his Letter of Intent to play football at Bucknell.
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Genaway takes a knee. Wahconah is heading back to Gillette. Final Score, Wahconah 16, West Boylston 8.
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@TraiDay79 @mvp86hinesward Of true importance, didn't the NFL change a blocking rule because of @mvp86hinesward ? If the NFL changes a rule specifically because of one person, and that person was a great receiver, shouldn't that be Hall worthy?
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My office this morning. First day in full pads for UMass
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The captains for Wahconah and Cohasset pose with the Division VII trophy at Gillette Stadium.
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If you missed it, Wahconah is your Western Mass Division 3 baseball champion.
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ICYMI, Went through every G5 FB sked, to see who fits into dates where they could play UMass. Based on no inside info, but here you go. ?
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@my_good_karma @morgfair Not the first time it has been misunderstood by folks on the right. Same with his song Glory Days
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@JFeinsteinBooks Biden has now won in Michigan so many times, his name is Urban Meyer. Win Georgia often enough to change his name to Nick Saban. Won in Pennsylvania enough to change his name to Jay Wright. And Happy Army-Navy Day.
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