HARRISONBURG - With all signs pointing toward a 14-team, two-division alignment for the Colonial Athletic Association in the near future, the league's coaches want the NCAA to take the unprecedented step of awarding the conference two automatic bids in… more »

The Colonial Athletic Association will kick off a 36-game TV college football slate, with 21 contests scheduled for Comcast-owned regional networks. The nation’s largest Football Championship Subdivision schedule will feature 12 games on CN8, The Com… more »

First-year football coach Mike London reports that Spiders who required offseason surgery -- and there were more than 20 -- are all likely to be ready for summer camp. That group includes two of UR's finest players, defensive end Sherman Logan (foot) an… more »

Go ahead and "mike" Mike. Mike London, of the University of Richmond, was among the few Colonial Athletic Association football coaches who approved wearing a microphone during 2008 televised games, as well as allowing pregame addresses to players to… more »

Despite scheduling issues, CAA commissioner Yeager favors ther national role. Unless something changes, Colonial Athletic Association football four years from now will be a 14-team league, the largest conference in the country above the Division II… more »

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 »

Injury exemptions give pair more time at Richmond, time to impress scouts. Tim Silver's legs in recent workouts felt heavy. "Maybe it's old age," said the University of Richmond's offensive tackle. Silver, 22, isn't old for a college football p… more »

Football program is honored for its CAA crown last fall Athletes say it all the time: "I want a ring." They speak of a championship ring. Depending on the level of competition and budgets, championship rings widely vary. Rings awarded by t… more »

As college football fans check schedules for the upcoming season, there will be head-scratching among those following programs in the Football Championship Subdivision, formerly Division I-AA. Three of the seven FCS programs in Virginia (Richmond, Li… more »

The Fifth-rounder is first of seven draft picks to sign with the NFL's Cardinals. These are the things Tim Hightower isn’t: He isn’t a high draft pick. He isn’t from a big school. He isn’t one of those running backs blessed with track speed. These… more »

Ayers' goal: best small-university sports program in the country. Edward L. Ayers, the University of Richmond's president, spoke Friday at a local Retail Merchants Association gathering. During his presentation, Ayers noted that UR uses thousands… 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 »

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For a young man who seemingly was off NFL draft boards two months ago, Tim Hightower has been to a lot of NFL cities in the past few weeks. "Let's see, Detroit, Jacksonville, St. Louis, Miami, Cincinnati, Houston, Philadelphia, Green Bay, San Diego a… more »

From a Small School, Richmond WR Arman Shields Is Attracting Big NFL Attention.... and attracting big attention from the Washington Post. Once, Bertie Shields was going to be a boxer. This was in 1975, when he was in the U.S. Army stationed in South… more »