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By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — For the first time since 2018, the UMass football team will be hosting the first game on its schedule.Six years ago the Minutemen defeated FCS opponent Duquesne 63-15 to open their campaign. Over a half decade later, they’re looking to make...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

By now, you’ve read all about how the UMass football team is shaping up heading into the 2024 season. What about their future opponents? The Minutemen’s last season as an FBS Independent before moving to the MAC won’t be a walk in the park. The first...

By EMILEE KLEIN

AMHERST — Compared to her small high school in Southampton, New York, UMass’s large rural campus is a major change for freshman Bebe Willemse, yet once she arrived on campus this week, she couldn’t stop smiling.“I’m excited for really meeting a lot of...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

AMHERST — EA Sports’ long-anticipated college football video game, “College Football 25” finally released in July, and UMass football players wasted little time getting in on the action. The popular game was shelved in 2013 because of disputes over...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A storefront for the University of Massachusetts that will serve as both a place to welcome students and families and stage microevents such as lectures, readings and workshops, will be coming to Amherst center during the new academic...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

AMHERST — After weeks of spring football, summer workouts and preseason camp, the UMass football team starts its season with a home opener against Eastern Michigan on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. It’s the first time the Minutemen are opening their season at...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

AMHERST — It’s year No. 47 for Don Brown as a football coach, but as the head man for UMass came down the hallway for his season-opening press conference at the Martin Jacobson Football Performance Center, he sounded like a kid ready for their first...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — After a spring semester that came to a close with the arrests of 134 students, faculty and community members at a pro-Palestinian encampment, and nearly 500 faculty members and librarians subsequently taking a no-confidence in Chancellor...

To say it was a chippy game at Rudd Field in Amherst on Sunday would be an understatement. The UMass women's soccer team held its home opener on Sunday against Rutgers, with 29 total fouls called between the two teams. The physical play came to a head...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

AMHERST — As UMass continually reshapes its roster in year No. 3 of the Don Brown era, players and coaches both say that the Minutemen will be faster this year than last year.“I’m going to tell you what we do better right now than at any time I can...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

AMHERST — Last season, the UMass football team struggled with injuries at defensive back, something head coach Don Brown said hurt the team.In the offseason, the Minutemen used the transfer portal to recruit a host of defensive backs with lots of...

By PAIGE HANSON

During his sophomore year of college in November 2021, Charley Blacker wanted to start an organization that was unique and new to the University of Massachusetts Amherst community: a group dedicated to promoting local musicians through playlists,...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

Last year, the UMass football team had 10 players catch a total of 212 passes. Anthony Simpson is the only one of those 10 still on the Minutemen roster.He was last year’s leading receiver – his 57 receptions and 792 yards nearly doubled No. 2...

The next time we tune in to hear the drums of NBC’s Summer Olympics coverage, the torch will be lit in California for the first Summer Olympics in the United States in 34 years. And from the perspective of those studying the business of sports, the...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

AMHERST — In Damian Mincey’s 16 years of coaching college football, he said he’s never had a player come into camp as late as UMass’ newest addition, running back Brandon Campbell.Campbell, a graduate transfer from the University of Houston, was still...

The University of Massachusetts announced this week that four athletes have been selected to be inducted as the Class of 2024 in its George “Trigger” Burke Hall of Fame. Jeff Deren (men’s soccer, 1999-2002), Dennis Fenton (football, wrestling...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

AMHERST — As performance-driven data has gained more and more use in sports over the past decade, Trackman has become a hot name.It’s most popular in baseball, where its ball-tracking data is primarily used by pitchers. Red Sox hurler Tanner Houck...

By EMILEE KLEIN

With the announcement last week that the Free Application for Federal Student Aid for the 2025-2026 year will open to all students on Dec. 1 — two months later than the usual rollout date — Hampshire College has begun to prepare for another financial...

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — In today’s era of college football, there are holes to fill every offseason considering the overwhelming number of transfers. UMass football head coach Don Brown has welcomed the transfer portal with open arms, and he almost didn’t have a...

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — The start of the fall season officially marks the beginning of UMass’ athletic programs’ farewell campaign through the Atlantic 10, as the Minutemen and Minutewomen are set to join the Mid-American Conference (MAC) following the conclusion...