The Old Dominion University football team wrapped up its spring practice session on Saturday with the Blue-White scrimmage at Powhatan Field in Norfolk. The offense used a 6-yard touchdown run by Desmond Williams on the final play of the game to escape… more »

NORFOLK - Bobby Wilder stood surrounded by chaos. He had sand on his woven brown loafers, a hard hat in place of the cap usually atop his head and a huge smile on his face. Old Dominion's football coach gazed out at heaps of gravel and clusters of he… more »

Old Dominion athletic officials have the hottest ticket in town and they know it. With nearly 12,500 season tickets already ordered, about 4,000 seats set aside for students, another 1,000 going to the visiting team and 1,000 more reserved by the sch… more »

Turning commitments into payments for Charlotte 49ers football seat licenses is off to a sluggish start while school officials are reconsidering the scope of the football initiative. The difficult economy led chancellor Philip Dubois to present a sca… more »

Monmouth University’s football team started spring practice on March 31, the first step in the road to competing for the 2009 Northeast Conference title. “Spring practice is designed to develop the players on your squad,” said head coach Kevin Callah… more »

The Daily Press finishes its look at a few spring questions facing local and state football programs. Today, Old Dominion: 1Can the Monarchs post a winning record in their first season of FCS football? ODU opens the season Sept. 5 against Chowan,… more »

The Old Dominion University football team held its first scrimmage of the spring on Saturday and while it appeared to be a stalemate between the offensive and defensive units, a lasting impression was left by walk-on quarterback Dan Pitts. Pitts, a f… more »

It's a drama that has played out on the West Long Branch campus before. A receiver with good size, great hands and a proven record of production tries to overcome the many obstacles that lie between the playing fields of the Northeast Conference and… more »

Carlos Guglielmi, a nose guard who transferred to Old Dominion in January, has been ruled ineligible to play football for the Monarchs. The 6-foot, 295-pound Guglielmi learned that his participation with a semi-pro team in Canada counted against his… more »

Tigers expect new workout facility to strengthen players Savannah State's football team will conduct the first of its 15 spring practices at 4 p.m. today, but preparations for the Sept. 5 season opener began last winter inside a new weight room. T… more »

SMITHFIELD, RI - The Bryant University football team will return to the practice field for the first time since last fall this Wednesday afternoon when the Bulldogs begin spring football practice. Wednesday's practice, set to begin at 4 pm, will be the… more »

A search for the official “voice” of the Monarchs has begun, as ODU Sports Properties and the Old Dominion University athletic department announced today that they are accepting applications for the positions of radio play by play announcer, color analy… more »

SMITHFIELD, R.I. - Bryant University senior defensive end Don Smith (Attleboro, MA) and junior linebacker Andre Whyte (Bennington, VT) worked out for a scout with the Arizona Cardinals Wednesday morning. The pair went through several speed and agilit… more »

Old Dominion has 69 players in camp for spring football workouts. Four, however, will receive more scrutiny than the others. Quarterbacks Thomas DeMarco, Bobby Cooper, Tommy Reamon Jr., and Dan Pitts find themselves in a battle for playing time an… more »

Fourteen schools. Two divisions. One conference. That's the direction the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference has set for itself in announcing last week that the league has lifted a moratorium on expansion. The MEAC, which includes Norfolk State and H… more »