As the son of an NFL veteran of 13 seasons, Luke Tasker has been around the game of football for virtually his entire life. And in all of that time, he’s dreamed of following in the footsteps of his father and former Buffalo Bill Steve Tasker. So, wh… more »

When sophomore quarterback Jeff Mathews took the first snap of his collegiate career, he arrived under center leading a team that was already in a 20-0 hole and on its way to a season opening loss at Wagner, 41-7. Despite the blowout, Mathews impressed… more »

Teams to renew rivalries with Ivy League Non-scholarship leagues square off seven times on Saturday Although plenty of people following Patriot League football these days wish the league would award scholarships and aspire to be more like the Colo… more »

Ivy League universities, longtime incubators for the country’s top performers in fields like science, law, academics and politics, will showcase their newest class of elite talent this fall: quarterbacks. Columbia and Pennsylvania return first-team a… more »

With the doom and gloom of a 2-8 season nine months behind it, the Cornell football team emerged from its first fall practice on Tuesday with a sunnier aura -- both figuratively and literally. A red-clad army of 105 padless players and their coaches… more »

The Cornell football team started fall practice on Tuesday. After a 2-8 season last year, CU was picked to finish at the bottom of the IVY League in the 2011 preseason poll, but the Red are hoping for a big leap this fall. Leading the way in Ithaca f… more »

26 incoming freshmen expected offer immediate help After his first season at the helm, Cornell football coach Kent Austin vowed that his first recruiting class would push incumbent players for their starting jobs. Now we know who a good portion of th… more »

Brown University, Bryant University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Davidson College, Harvard University, Princeton University, University of Dayton, University of New Hampshire, University of Pennsylvania, Yale University a… more »

Remembering former Athens standout Richard Jackson [Pictured is former Athens and Cornell football player Richard Jackson.] Many residents of the Valley will be saddened to learn of the recent passing of a local sports legend, Richard C. Jackson, on… 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 »

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 »

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 »

With the NFL season set to kick off tonight and the Division I season already well under way, it seems that the Ivy League is one step behind the pack. While teams like Boise State and Alabama are already staking their claims for a National Championship… more »

The former St. Joe’s football player is named a second-team All-American. Pittsfield has raised a preseason football All-American -- Cornell safety Dempsey Quinn. Quinn, who played three sports at St. Joseph’s High School and is the son of former… more »