FAIRFIELD — The young quarterback rolled out of the pocket and was on the move, looking downfield for someone, anyone in a Sacred Heart University jersey to break free from a defender and bail him out of this predicament. Dale Fink spotted his man an… more »

The Sacred Heart football team is the midst of preseason training camp as they gear up to kick-off the 2008 season in just two short weeks playing host to Assumption College under the lights. The Pioneers reported to SHU's campus just over a week ago to… more »

FAIRFIELD — The lights are up at Campus Field, but the question is will the Sacred Heart football team see the light this season? According to the coaches in the Northeast Conference, that remains to be seen after they voted the Pioneers seventh in t… more »

NEW BRITAIN - As the Northeast Conference's first football preseason Media Day went on Tuesday, there was one thing everyone could agree on. Every coach touted his own players, and each team's case for why it will have a good season was presented. Much… more »

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Movin' on up was the dominant theme yesterday when the Northeast Conference coaches spoke during a preseason teleconference. Whether asked or not, all the coaches made reference to the league's impending automatic bid to the Fo… more »

Duquesne's relentless dominance of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Football League earned it 10 titles in 14 years. But when the league's membership dwindled to four it folded, and the Dukes joined the Northeast Conference as an associate member.… more »

Beginning in 2009, the Northeast Conference will be adding more football scholarships to the 30 currently allocated to each of its programs. NEC Commissioner Brenda Weare said NEC presidents agreed at a June 11 meeting to add two per year over the ne… more »

According to Monmouth University football coach Kevin Callahan, NCAA approval of playoff expansion for the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) has been a long time coming. It was approved Thursday. "This playoff expansion and access to the… more »

NEC football champion receives bid in 2010. The University at Albany football team will have an easier path to the NCAA playoffs. Starting in 2010, the Northeast Conference champion will receive an automatic bid to the Football Championship Subd… more »

NCAA proposal would give NEC league champ "conditional" playoff bid. The University at Albany football team won the Northeast Conference championship last season but got shut out of the NCAA playoffs. The Great Danes are hoping a proposed change o… more »

Monmouth University's football team may soon have a path to the national playoffs. Under a proposal to be voted on Thursday by the NCAA Board of Directors, the Northeast Conference champion, which includes Monmouth University, will have a "conditiona… more »

Top NJ players commit to FCS schools. Arruda to Lehigh Senior Bryce Arruda, a standout 6-1, 220-pound linebacker from Haddonfield, has committed to Lehigh. An all-Colonial Conference selection, Arruda also visited Bucknell. He canceled visits to… more »

Rich Rossi, a 2006 Times-Tribune All-Region tight end, has accepted a grant-in-aid package from Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Conn., and is on campus. “I have an opportunity here,” Rossi said. “They run the spread offense, so I’m really excit… more »

Congratulations to the 2007 Fall NEC Conference Academic Honor Roll, which comprised 83 student-athletes playing football. Name School Yr Sport Major GPA Dan Archer Albany Jr Football Business Administration 3.21 Frank Blasinsky Albany So Footb… more »