Kathy Brearley stares at the yard from her dining room table, cradling in her hands a team of inch-high, helmeted, wooden figurines that her son once made. "People ask, 'Well, didn't you know Owen was depressed?'" she says. "I wanted to shake them. He w… more »

As UMass Football Ascends, Question Marks Linger UMass Athletic Director Jon McCutcheon says there are risks in most all scenarios involving football at the university, but far more potential rewards with joining the MAC. UMass administrators say… more »

He says he didn’t do it for the money. That point may be moot, anyway, since Grambling — the Louisiana-based HBCU that fired Melvin Spears as head football coach after the 2006 season — says it’s going to appeal a dramatic half-million dollar judgment h… more »