The Department of Athletics must live up to a high standard of competitiveness to assert itself as a powerful player in the Ivy League. But with an average salary for head coaches more than $18,000 below the Ivy League average, Brown may be losing its c… more »

29-Man Group Includes 23 Student-Athletes From Pennsylvania and New Jersey Bucknell head football coach Joe Susan has announced that 29 student-athletes will join the Bison program this fall. The recruiting class features 23 players from Pennsylvania… more »

Football has become a Thanksgiving Day tradition. What league was the first to schedule a game on the holiday? The Intercollegiate Football Association was formed in 1872. Two years later, and continuing for the next decade, the association held its… more »

The Ivy League is moving to address an increase in head injuries and concussions in contact sports, including football. In response to concerns about a recent increase in head injuries across sports — including major professional sports leagues, like… more »

Universities with exceptional academic reputations can also be a force in the world of sports What do Condoleezza Rice, John Elway, Sandra Day O’Connor, and Jim Plunkett all share in common? All four showed up for Stanford’s Orange Bowl to support th… more »

The Garrett family will gather in a circle Friday evening at the Southlake home of John and Honor Garrett. The 30 or so family and friends will hold hands as John says grace before their Thanksgiving meal. They will give thanks for the many blessings… more »

Red leaves Schoellkopf on wrong side of 44-3 rout at hands of Raiders. For the second game in a row, Cornell (1-4) was physically outmatched on both sides of the ball, as Colgate defeated the Red, 44-3, on Saturday afternoon. Throughout the game, the… more »

Lehigh driven by 21-point quarter. On a blustery but resplendent autumn afternoon, the Harvard football team was, quite simply, blown away. Northwest winds of 25 miles per hour that reached gusts of 38 and wreaked havoc on field position. By Lehig… more »

HC's defense stuffs the Bears. Holy Cross senior wide receiver Bill Edger caught two touchdown passes, but he wasn't taking any credit for yesterday's 17-13 victory over Brown University at Fitton Field. “Our defense was tremendous,” Edger sa… more »

Bucknell also struggling to turn things around After it dropped its first two games, coach Kent Austin said his Cornell football team needs to look in a mirror before it worries about what it sees on the opposing sidelines. But on Saturday, that m… more »

Columbia can learn a lot from Texas. Over the past week or two, a lot has been said about Columbia’s football team. More than one of our columnists has written about the Lions and each time they’ve caught my eye. Some writers have introduced our read… more »

Harvard came into Brown Stadium anticipating the first-ever night game in the 85-year history of the facility. The Crimson weren’t expecting to be eclipsed. That’s precisely what happened to an emotionless team that should have remained on the bus.… more »

“And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his lif… more »

Sept. 26, 1925 Brown Field opens. Brown beats Rhode Island, 33-0. Field is dedicated at the Yale game before a crowd of 27,000. Nov. 25, 1926 The Iron Men team ties Colgate, 10-10, and finishes an undefeated season. Nov. 24, 1932 After wi… more »

The football team announced the bad news it was expecting on Monday, confirming that senior co-captain and inside linebacker Steve Cody would be out for the season with a broken leg. Cody racked up 12 tackles against Lehigh on Saturday in Bethlehem,… more »