WORCESTER— It may seem a bit drastic to characterize yesterday’s game against Brown as a must-win for Holy Cross, but after three agonizing losses by a total of seven points, it almost was. Back at Fitton Field for the first time in more than a month… more »

SOUTH KINGSTOWN — Derek Cassidy threw for five touchdowns and the University of Rhode Island defeated Brown, 37-13, in the 27th annual Governor’s Cup game yesterday afternoon at Meade Stadium before a season-high 6,014 fans. Cassidy completed 25 of 3… more »

There is little doubt that the country is in dire financial straits these days, even as former Dartmouth football letter-winner and current Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson tries to sort out the mess. But who could have guessed the turbulence would filt… more »

Supreme battle gives U. first win over Crimson since 1999. When quarterback and co-captain Michael Dougherty '09 took his final knee to run out the clock, the players and fans knew that the nine-year wait was finally over. With rain pouring down on B… more »

Ivy League football should have a few more fans from the local area this season as teams open play on Saturday. It's not just Palo Alto grad Nathan Ford's league any more. Ford remains the top local athlete in the Division I non-scholarship conferenc… more »

Are you ready for some football? I know I am. It is always a long, almost painful wait before Ivy League football season starts. And while the pros and D-I college ball are acceptable substitutes for the time being, there’s nothing like cheering for… more »

NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- College football is a multibillion-dollar business. Television networks pay the Bowl Championship Series conferences millions of dollars to broadcast their games on an annual basis. Record attendance figures are being set every year… more »

When Jose Yearwood graduated from F.W. Springstead High School, little did he think he would end his college career with as many accomplishments as he has attained. Yearwood, who this past spring graduated from Brown University of the Ivy League, sta… more »

NEW HAVEN — The timing wasn’t only impeccable, it was deliciously ironic. On the 40th anniversary of the season where the Harvard and Yale football teams played the most famous tie in college football history, the long-time rivals finished in a tie a… more »

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Despite returning the largest senior class in the Ivy League, the Cornell football team was picked to finish sixth in the league's preseason media poll, which was released Tuesday morning at the annual media day festivities at Yale Go… more »

For one final time, “D-Knight” gets to hold court over on College Hill. It’s a last hurrah Derek Knight wouldn’t miss for anything, not after the Pawtucket native had his original senior season at Brown short-circuited. Knight sustained a torn ligame… more »

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. -- Jets rookie wide receiver Paul Raymond was born in Haiti. He moved to the United States when he was 14 months old and was raised by his mother in the drug-infested neighborhood of Liberty City in Miami. Somehow, he escaped the pitf… more »

Forecasters are calling for one of the hottest weekends of the summer, so I offer this touch of fall to cool you off. On Aug. 3, the University of Rhode Island football team will report for preseason training camp. The Rams will not kick off until Au… more »

When Jimmy Saros pulls off his Grosse Pointe South football helmet for the final time in the Michigan High School Football Coaches Association All-Star game July 19 in East Lansing, it’ll mark the end of one of the most prolific prep careers in the Blue… more »

It's about that time of year when the eight public faces of the Ivy League universities - no, not their basketball or football coaches, but their presidents - get together for their annual sit-down. That means that for everyone outside those doors, it's… more »