As Savannah State University gears up for a visit from officials from the Mid- Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC), this writer sat down with Dr. Earl Yarbrough (SSU president), Dr. Claud Flythe (SSU vice president of administration) and Bart Bellairs (S… more »

June 12, 2009) Ted Alexander, the play-by-play voice of the ODU men's basketball team the past two seasons, will call the action for the ODU football broadcasts this fall and will continue in the same capacity for men's basketball games, as announced to… more »

Chapel Hill, N.C. — A North Carolina Central University football player suspected in a May 8 purse snatching has surrendered, the Chapel Hill Police Department said Thursday. Littbarski S. Blackwood, 19, was being held on $6,000 bond in the Orange Co… more »

A tough economy and some disappointment in the number of prospective buyers who have followed through with a commitment to buy football seat licenses is not slowing the Charlotte 49ers' efforts to start a football program in time for the 2013 season.… more »

UNC Charlotte's already scaled-back plan to launch a football program is increasingly looking like it will be delayed. The school's board of trustees will decide during the fall whether to proceed with a plan to begin play in 2013, or to push the pro… more »

With season tickets sales for football apparently through the roof, Old Dominion is exploring the idea of temporarily expanding Foreman Field for the upcoming season. Architect Don Loudermilk, who helped with the design of the Arthur Ashe Stadium at… more »

Fifth-year senior David Sinisi returns as captain Monmouth head coach Kevin Callahan has announced that David Sinisi, Kevin Sterling, David Kennedy, Shawn Wright and Kenny Amsel have been named as team captains for the 2009 season. “Leadership wil… more »

People say a lot of things before the draft, and sorting fact from fiction is virtually impossible. Miami Dolphins tight ends coach George DeLeone spent a day working with Monmouth University tight end John Nalbone, and told Hawks coach Kevin Callaha… more »

Monmouth’s annual Blue/White Spring Football Game was held on Saturday, with the offensive blue squad edging the white defense by four points in front of nearly 1,000 at Kessler Field. “We had a productive spring season,” said Monmouth head coach Kev… more »

Along Hampton Boulevard, the Tron Martinez Saga will forever be known for the manner in which ODU coach Bobby Wilder handled it: swiftly and decisively. No need to let the matter stew, it would have just worsened. Had Wilder let this play out in t… more »

The University of Richmond finished No. 1 in the Football Championship Subdivision last season but No. 56 among 118 FCS schools in average home attendance, according to the NCAA. The Spiders averaged 7,337 at UR Stadium in five regular-season games and… more »

MU looking to replace six starters on the offensive squad While spring football practice is an important time to develop every position on the field, Monmouth’s coaching staff will be paying special attention to an offensive unit that must replace si… more »

HARRISONBURG - Currently, not every football team in the Colonial Athletic Association plays every other member. In 2011 - for one season only - a school might not even face everyone in its own division. Old Dominion will become the seventh team in t… more »

HAMPTON — Hampton University will enter the 2009-10 school year with new leadership in its three most visible sports, unusual flux in what is traditionally one of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference's most stable and successful athletic programs. HU… more »

The University of Delaware tight end traveled to Florida recently to train for his aspiring NFL career. When he arrived at the private facility, he didn't know what to expect, where he'd fit or how he measured against some of the country's elite coll… more »