College Sports

In the case of UMass football assistant coaches Ben Albert and Valdamar Brower, returning to Amherst to work for Don Brown isn't just a job. Albert says it's more like a calling.

Frank Martin, the new men's basketball coach at UMass, is attacking recruiting with two commitments and one more possible commitment.

Defensive backs are the last line of defense for a football team. New UMass defensive backs coach Darrell Perkins says the Minutemen will be ready for the challenge in the fall.

Here's a look at how teams at the Berkshire County colleges are doing as the clock ticks toward the end of their campaigns.

The members of the UMass football team's defensive unit are taking what appears to be graduate-level courses in defense as they preprare for the fall.

UMass basketball coach Frank Martin has hired his staff, bought pizza for students in Southwest Residential Area, and has been busy on the recruiting trail. All in two weeks.

For the first time, the Williams College football team is allowed to have spring practice. The Ephs met on Farley-Lamb Field Monday for the first of 14 full, but padless and non-contact, practice sessions.

If there's one word to describe the UMass football defense, it might be aggressive. That is the word bandied about most frequently at spring practice.

After four practices, UMass football coach Don Brown says the depth chart is a work in progress. He said it might not be settled until later in the summer.

UMass coach Frank Martin gets a first commitment from the transfer portal. Forward Ta'Quan Woodley is leaving South Carolina to join his former coach in Amherst.

Former Taconic High School baseball player Austin Rachiele, who plays at MCLA, is the MASCAC player of the week.

The first day of spring football practice went well, according to UMass football coach Don Brown.

Frank Martin was introduced Tuesday morning as the 23rd men's basketball coach in University of Massachusetts history.

Ben Meyers' overtime goal gave Minnesota a 4-3 win over Massachusetts Friday night in the second game of an NCAA Division I hockey doubleheader.

It is official. Frank Martin is the new men's basketball coach at the University of Massachusetts. Martin replaces Matt McCall, who was fired at the beginning of the month.