CAA Football will be represented in this weekend’s College Football All-Star game Saturday, Jan. 30, when Massachusetts’ Vladimir Ducasse, takes part in the Under Armour Senior Bowl. Ducasse, a 2009 All-America honoree and CAA Football All-Conference s… more »

Villanova linebacker Osayi Osunde, the 2009 CAA Football Student-Athlete of the Year, headlines a list of 106 CAA Football Academic All-Conference honorees for the 2009 season. Osunde, who maintains a 3.959 grade point average and is working towards… more »

A meeting with the commissioner addresses travel concerns for four New England schools. Tom Yeager, the Colonial Athletic Association commissioner, traveled to Boston this week to bridge the gap with the athletic directors at the universities of Main… more »

Conference revels in rising stature, but costs prompt two of its programs to fold. William & Mary will play Villanova on Friday night in the division I-AA football semifinals, with the winner becoming the sixth Colonial Athletic Association team… more »

With two CAA teams dropping football, Maine and three other schools find themselves isolated. They are fierce rivals on the football field. Off the field, the universities of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Rhode Island are about to come t… more »

Saying the news caught him by complete surprise, University of Massachusetts athletic director John McCutcheon said Thursday that Hofstra's decision to drop football was disappointing, but not a harbinger that UMass might follow suit. McCutcheon reit… more »

DURHAM — There are numbers CAA commissioner Tom Yeager has a pleasure trying to crunch, and others that present more of a challenge. Start with the tough ones. Two years from now, the CAA will welcome its 13th football-playing member, Old Dominion, w… more »

Maine finally adds to a halftime lead, taking advantage of UMass miscues for a 19-9 win. ORONO — In a game of big plays, turnovers and wild momentum shifts, the University of Maine knocked off 19th-ranked Massachusetts 19-9 on Saturday. The win wa… more »

A break-up would have sufficed. University of Richmond safety Derek Hatcher yesterday arrived as the passed ball did. Instead of the break-up, Hatcher went for the interception, and got it by prying the ball from the Massachusetts player who momentar… more »

The chance to play another year of college football, to hone his skills and polish his game were all reasons Holy Cross quarterback Dominic Randolph came back for a fifth season. One last crack at a Patriot League championship was another. “Definitel… more »

AMHERST – One is the sixth-leading rusher in University of Massachusetts football history, a go-to player who offers senior leadership. The other is a sensational sophomore, so effective as a fill-in that it’s hard to see him glued to the bench. W… more »

AMHERST – The Minutemen survived the frying pan, just in time to jump into the fire. “The message we deliver from week to week is pretty much the same about how we want to practice and prepare for a game,” said University of Massachusetts football co… more »

AMHERST – There are great victories and there are great accomplishments, and this was both. “It was a very exciting game, maybe a little too exciting with three seconds left,” University of Massachusetts football coach Kevin Morris said after Saturda… more »

Four members of the University of Massachusetts football team were arrested on drug charges in downtown Amherst just before midnight Thursday, police said. The four UMass students, identified as James Carven, of Hanover; Robert McLaughlin, of Brewst… more »

AMHERST - University of Massachusetts football coach Kevin Morris knows all about Albany coach Bob Ford, but that will not make Saturday night's home opener any easier. "What I know is that we had better be prepared, because he and his team will expo… more »