Former Spaulding High School standout David Ball's professional football career received a setback Tuesday when the Canadian Football League's Winnipeg Blue Bombers released him. Winnipeg signed Ball this month as training camp began and it appeared… more »

RICHMOND, Va. (May 28, 2010) -- CAA Football has ventured into the world of blogs as the league launched caafootballblog.com earlier this week. The blog, along with CAASports.com, will both serve as usable extensions of the CAA Football brand and all o… more »

Last summer University of New Hampshire quarterback R.J. Toman was voted preseason co-offensive player of the year in the Colonial Athletic Association. Now he's fighting for his job. The starter and clear No. 1 the past two seasons, the senior co-ca… more »

Marty Scarano drives by it every day and doesn't like what he sees. "Every single time I pass that place on my way to work I am, frankly, appalled," said the University of New Hampshire's athletic director. That place is ancient Cowell Stadium and… more »

Raising more money essential for programs If the University of New Hampshire follows a recent panel recommendation, it will replace its 1930s-vintage football stadium, sell more tickets and define sports as central to its mission. It will also… 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 »

The snow, wet and as wild as CAA football, suddenly turned heavy as game time neared. It seemed to be falling right into the visitors’ hands. “See, in New Hampshire,” one UNH fan walking up to Villanova Stadium said, her accented smile blinded by the… more »

Villanova actually was out for revenge. But all week, the Wildcats had downplayed the talk about redemption against New Hampshire, the team that handed Villanova its lone football loss this season. Then second-ranked Villanova went out and humilia… more »

Andy Talley won't emphasize the revenge factor. Sure, the Villanova coach remembers the 28-24 setback to New Hampshire earlier this season. After all, the road defeat in Durham, N.H., on Oct. 10 was the only loss of the season for the Wildcats, ranke… more »

DURHAM – Tomorrow is Hump Day. The University of New Hampshire football team has a 3:30 p.m. date with Colonial Athletic Association rival Villanova in the quarterfinal round of the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision tournament. The Pennsylvan… 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 »

Barely 24 hours before he will accompany his own football team to the airport for its playoff flight to Villanova, University of New Hampshire athletics director Marty Scarano had to choke down the news of another football death on Thursday. Hofstra… more »