Tough. Relentless. Fierce.

That’s how wildlife experts describe the honey badger, a stout mammal known for its imposing strength and fearlessness.

It’s also how some of the people who know Ace Flagg best describe him on the court.

Flagg, a freshman on the University of Maine men’s basketball team, earned the nickname “Honey Badger” even before he started playing AAU ball alongside his twin brother, Cooper Flagg.

Andy Bedard, the Flaggs’ longtime AAU coach growing up, said Ace Flagg arrived to his youth team already having that nickname courtesy of his family.

“He kind of showed up on my doorstep with Cooper, with the kind of nickname,” Bedard explained about Ace Flagg. “And he wasn’t necessarily a very good basketball player at all when I first met him. As a matter of fact, when he fi

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