College Sports

Peter Cinella may be watching women’s college basketball from a different spot on the bench, but the Seton Hall Director of Player Development says that hasn’t dampened his enthusiasm for the season that is coming.

It is game week in Amherst, and it is the start of the home stretch for the University of Massachusetts football team.

This may not be the best way to celebrate a 50th anniversary, but it is apparently the only way.

Ten years ago this week, the Williams College football team beat its archrival Amherst 31-16. It was a good day for the Ephs — for many reasons.

There is a schedule out there for the Saint Anselm women’s basketball team, but it has not officially been released. That is all right for Peyton Steinman and Grace Guachione, as long as they get to play this year.

The Atlantic 10 Conference unveiled its schedules on Wednesday morning. The University of Massachusetts will play its first league home game on Wednesday, Dec. 30, against the George Mason Patriots of former Williams College coach Dave Paulsen.

It is often said by football coaches that a team makes its biggest improvement going from the first game to the second game.

It really doesn’t matter who is on the other side of the field, Marshall football coach Doc Holliday said that being on the field is all that really matters.

Tuesday was Election Day. The NCAA had decided that it would be a day off for college athletes in all three divisions.

The University of Massachusetts men’s basketball team is heading for what is being called “Bubbleville.”

Berkshire County basketball fans who want to see Lenox’s Bailey Patella and Pittsfield’s Bryce Daley play for their respective college teams will have chances to do so without making a long trek. Those chances, however, will be somewhat limited.

Chad Shade has accepted every challenge head on. That’s why the Pittsfield High School and Springfield College graduate is heading to the “Little Apple.”

Jake Hescock’s numbers on the stat sheet might not jump off the page. The senior tight end at Central Florida has a job that goes beyond the numbers.

There wasn’t a lot to be happy with after the University of Massachusetts’ 41-0 loss to Georgia Southern in the Minutemen’s 2020 opener. Head coach Walt Bell said after that game that one thing he was most disappointed about was the inability of his team to run the football.

University of Massachusetts men’s basketball coach Matt McCall finds himself in pretty rarefied air this week. McCall, now in his fourth season in Amherst, is listed by The Athletic as one of college basketball’s 40 under 40.

When Matt Karpowicz graduated from Williams College in June, he did not have a job lined up.

When the members of the University of Massachusetts football program walked off the field in Statesboro, Ga., Saturday night, they did not know if they would get a chance to play another game. That answer came Monday, and while it won't be for another 19 days, it will be happening.

In the aftermath of what could be one of several games — or one of one — University of Massachusetts football coach Walt Bell will have a lot to look at and evaluate. That’s kind of what this “free” football season could end up doing for the Minutemen.

Kickoff returns, at least in the National Football League, are on the verge of becoming extinct, what with kickers regularly booming the ball into — or out of the end zone.

The University of Massachusetts will be appealing a ruling by the NCAA that could erase 59 wins from men’s basketball and an Atlantic 10 Conference women’s tennis title.

Ultimately, football games are judged by the stat sheet and the scoreboard. Judging by both, it was a rough opening day for the University of Massachusetts.

Less than a month ago, the members of the University of Massachusetts football program had little to look forward to in the fall. Not having a schedule will do that.

If you are a sports fan, Berkshire County may be as good a place as any to live in the next several years. That’s because, no matter which way you turn, you will be able to attend NCAA Division I tournament events.

To say that the 2020 college football season has been unlike any other could be a massive understatement. Just ask Georgia Southern football coach Chad Lunsford.

There are three names at the quarterback position on the University of Massachusetts football depth chart. As of midweek, head coach Walt Bell isn’t ready to publicly commit to one.

Duncan Robinson and the Miami Heat beat the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 5 of the NBA Finals Friday night. That forced last night’s Game 6.

The University of Massachusetts will, in fact, play football this fall.

The New England Small College Athletic Conference has voted unanimously to cancel NESCAC conference competition for the winter season, while Williams College moved to pull the plug on winter sports in their entirety.

Andrew Brito made his Divison I-FBS debut in “garbage” time of the University of Massachusetts’ season-opening 2019 loss at Rutgers.

PITTSFIELD — Just over a year ago, Williams College graduates Sam Goldenring and Will Kannegieser were in a playoff at the U.S. Amateur Four-Ball qualifier at the Springfield Country Club.