In some people's minds, defending national champion Richmond is one of the favorites to win the 2009 title. But the reality of the Colonial Athletic Association is that the Spiders might not even survive their own division, let alone the NCAA playoffs.… more »

The University of Massachusetts Athletic Department has announced six new members will be inducted into the George "Trigger" Burke UMass Athletic Hall of Fame, making up the class of 2009. The legends will be honored on Friday, October 9, 2009 at a dinn… more »

Richmond, which returns 18 starters off last year’s NCAA National Championship team, and Villanova, which returns 16 starters from 2008, are picked to share the overall CAA Football Championship in 2009. New Hampshire, last season’s North Division winn… more »

Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Mark LeGree, the record-setting free safety from Appalachian State, heads up the latest group of players added to the watch list for the 2009 Buck Buchanan Award, presented to the top defensive player in FCS. LeGre… more »

Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Record-setting Eastern Washington quarterback Matt Nichols is one of four players added to the updated watch list for the Walter Payton Award, bestowed annually upon the top player in FCS. This marks the second str… more »

The Colonial Athletic Association will swell to 14 football schools in 2012, when Georgia State joins. Too many? Too few? Or just right? Rather than fret about growing too big too fast, maybe the league will say what the heck and just super-size i… more »

Minutemen to invade the Big House, which has drawn 100,000-plus for 215 games in a row. UMass football will play before the largest crowd ever to watch a UMass sporting event as the Minutemen have agreed to play at the University of Michigan on Sept… more »

All-time Minuteman great will be on the air starting Sept. 5 at Kansas State. UMass Hall of Famer and former NFL running back Rene Ingoglia will join the UMass Sports Network as a color analyst for the 2009 football season. Ingoglia, who starred for… more »

Minutemen to appear on Comcast SportsNet New England four times. The times for all home games and most road games for the 2009 football season have been announced. UMass will also be playing four games on Comcast SportsNet New England starting with… more »

After three decades of steady growth in the number of teams and student-athletes, colleges and universities large and small, private and public, east and west, are slashing millions of dollars from their sports budgets. Colleges have dismissed athlet… more »

The UMass football team held its annual spring football game in front of many former Minutemen greats on a beautiful Saturday afternoon at McGuirk Stadium. Head Coach Kevin Morris and the Mintutemen simulated a number of game situations, including the t… more »

Former UMass Football Head Coach and UMass Hall of Famer Dick MacPherson was one of 18 named as new inductees for the College Football Hall of Fame on Thursday. MacPherson, who coached UMass from 1971-77, was one of two coaches (John Robinson) to be hon… more »

Don't expect Michigan to open the 2010 football season and christen renovated Michigan Stadium against the University of Massachusetts, a Division I-AA opponent. Scott Draper, Michigan assistant athletic director for football, said Tuesday that while… more »

In an effort to preserve the overall integrity and competitiveness of University of Maine athletics during these difficult economic times, athletics director Blake James on Wednesday announced his decision to suspend the women’s volleyball and men’s soc… more »

HARRISONBURG - Currently, not every football team in the Colonial Athletic Association plays every other member. In 2011 - for one season only - a school might not even face everyone in its own division. Old Dominion will become the seventh team in t… more »