Stories about "CBB"
The 1898 Bates-Bowdoin football game that cemented a historic rivalry

Friday, November 1, 2019 11:05 am

The build-up to the 1898 Bates-Bowdoin game had disputes and divided loyalties. In the end, it was “universally admitted to be the greatest contest ever held between Maine colleges."

Video: Highlights of football’s CBB-clinching win over Bowdoin

Thursday, November 9, 2017 1:56 pm

"We came in knowing there would be some ups and downs," senior captain Frank Williams of Brookline, Mass. said. "That always happens with a rivalry game."

Video: Football seeks historic fourth straight CBB title Saturday

Thursday, November 2, 2017 10:30 pm

Players talk about the chance to make Bates football history vs. Bowdoin on Saturday. Game time is 12:30 p.m.

Video: Highlights of men’s lax huge comeback vs. Bowdoin

Friday, April 7, 2017 11:08 am

The No. 4 nationally ranked Bates men's lacrosse team found themselves down three in the fourth quarter against Bowdoin. You'll want to watch what happens next.

Video: CBB football title highlights and post-game jubilation

Friday, November 11, 2016 1:26 pm

Share the game excitement and post-game jubilation after the Bobcats' CBB-winning football victory over Bowdoin.

Students take charge as inaugural CBB Patrick Dempsey Challenge goes to Bates

Thursday, October 17, 2013 12:00 pm

Hillary Throckmorton '15 marshals community participation in the CBB Dempsey Challenge to secure a Bates victory.

Slide show: Bobcat football clinches CBB

Monday, November 5, 2012 9:59 am

Game photographs from the Bobcats’ CBB-clinching victory over Bowdoin.

Four years before the advent of artifical turf on Garcelon Field, this image of Jamie Walker ’07 of Needham, Mass., moving a pile of Colby defenders during a game in October 2006 later appeared in Sports Illustrated. (Daryn Slover for Bates College)
How Bates College football got into Sports Illustrated

Thursday, December 7, 2006 1:43 pm

It took equal parts good, bad, and ugly for a photograph from the 2006 Bates-Colby football game at Garcelon Field to make its way into Sports Illustrated.

Boston group Guster to perform

Monday, September 14, 1998 1:35 pm

Guster, a percussion and guitar trio whose second CD "Goldfly" was named Independent Album of the Year at the 1998 Boston Music Awards, will perform at Bates College Saturday, Sept. 26, at 9 p.m. in the Clifton Daggett Gray Athletic Building. Tickets are $10 and may be purchased in the student activities offices at Bates, Bowdoin and Colby colleges. At Bates, call 207-786-6468 for tickets and more information.