HARRISONBURG - To accommodate four more schools in the Division I-AA football playoffs, the NCAA has mandated a major scheduling change starting in 2010: 11 games in 11 weeks, with no byes. The Colonial Athletic Association's boss is less than thrill… more »

Larry Leckonby was named athletic director of The Citadel last week, something that would make his father very proud, even though he wasn't much for moving around. "The first time I called my father and told him I was moving from Boston University to… more »

There's a Whipple returning to the University of Massachusetts football program. Spencer Whipple, the quarterback son of former UMass coach Mark Whipple, is transferring from the University of Pittsburgh after one season. The 6-foot-2, 215-pound q… more »

MISSOULA - University of Montana athletic director Jim O'Day has been appointed as a member of the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision Committee. His four-year membership on the committee begins September 1, 2008, and continues through Sep… more »

Despite interceptions, fumbles, penalties and other miscues, the Massachusetts football team gave its fans at least a temporary feeling of wide-eyed optimism on the upcoming season. On Saturday, the Maroon and White suited up and gave its fans a chan… more »

When Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie was taken as the 16th pick of the NFL draft on Saturday, it was a fitting culmination of a journey that began on what might have looked like a bumpy, unpaved road to nowhere. Rodgers-Cromartie wasn't on the college ra… more »

Alex Laine was finally living his dream. He was starting at quarterback his senior year at Souhegan High School and running the wide-open, no-huddle spread offense. It seemed like the perfect offense for Laine's skills as both a passer and a runner.… more »

AMHERST - When camp opens in August for the University of Massachusetts football team, opponents are going to know the Minutemen possess arguably the top quarterback in the Colonial Athletic Association. However, they're not going to know much about… more »

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ODU, Georgia State will lead to nation's only 14-team league, says CAA commissioner Tom Yeager in this interview with the Richmond Times-Dispatch. The Colonial Athletic Association tried for years to put together a football league. Finally, a yea… more »

A University of Massachusetts football player is now facing charges of open and gross lewdness following an incident reported near Smith College last Tuesday. Northampton police arrested Belchertown resident and UMass junior sociology major Spencer S… more »

Don Brown and Ryan McCarthy are linked by Hartford High School. McCarthy was a quarterback there before going on to play the position at Cortland State. University of Massachusetts head coach Don Brown got his first teaching/coaching job at Hartford… more »

If you like football and you like night games, you are going to love McGuirk Alumni Stadium in the fall. The University of Massachusetts hopes to have permanent lights installed at the football stadium by Aug. 1, Chancellor Thomas M. Cole Jr. announ… more »

Three seniors sign on for college futures - including UMass signee Tyrone McBride. THE PARENTS, grandparents, aunts and uncles couldn't hide their emotions. They didn't even remotely try to camouflage the smiles that lit up the spacious cafeteria at… more »

Mass. recruits chools URI, Holy Cross, and UMass. There were a few good signs at Brockton High School Wednesday. Three of them to be exact. “This is exactly what being a student-athlete is all about,” Brockton High Principal Susan Szachowicz sa… more »