Connecticut Huskies NCAA Football News

Quarterback Tyler Lorenzen led UConn to its first-ever share of the Big East championship, but even he will need to elevate his game for the Huskies to return to the postseason.

Wide receiver Terence Jeffers has enrolled at Vanderbilt after transferring from Connecticut .

The University of Connecticut football team has had a great deal of success recruiting players from Shelton High School in recent years.

All those fist-pumping, end zone-dancing hot dogs in the NFL have a new way to keep their cool: air-conditioned shoulder pads.

Cool, dry air blown underneath the shoulder pads of a football player during rest periods helps lowers core body temperature and heart rate, reducing the chances of heat-related illness and maybe even boosting ...

Tony Ierulli, the Head Football Coach at Maryville College, has been named to the NCAA Football Rules Committee.

More than 30 companies have already stepped up to sponsor a table for the July 24 Housatonic Valley Sports Organizing Committee's charity breakfast, kicking off The Nutmeg State Games.

Alyssa McLaughlin of Derry has been selected as a senior representative and Twirler Section leader of the 300-member University of Connecticut marching band for the 2008-2009 school year.

UConn received its second oral commitment in two days on Sunday when Tyler Bullock, a 6-foot-3, 225-pound defensive end from Mechanicsburg, Pa., accepted a scholarship offer. Bullock's commitment comes a day after the Huskies received word that Chris Lopes, a safety from Brockton, Mass., would join them in 2009. Both players earned offers after strong performances at the Huskies' summer camp, the lone occasion in which coaches can evaluate players on campus.

Current quarterback Zach Frazer also played at Mechanicsburg Area High School. Mike Osiecki, a linebacker from Seymour; Marcus Aiken, a receiver from St. Paul-Bristol; Leon Kinnard, a quarterback from Baltimore; and Malik Generrett, a receiver from York, Pa., have also committed for the Class of 2009.

'Everyone is entitled to a political point of view," says Prof. Avi Bell, head of the International Law Forum at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, established in January with the help of the Legacy ...

University of Connecticut quarterback Tyler Lorenzen was named on Friday as one of 26 players to consider for the 2008 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award, presented annually to the nation's top senior quarterback.

As two students were arraigned today on charges of being disorderly at their senior prom, Swansea police praised the way Dartmouth school officials handled the underage drinking incident and said parents may ...

Dartmouth High School star running back Jordan Todman and his prom date were arrested for disorderly conduct Thursday night at the Venus De Milo in Swansea, police said.

The captains of the UConn football team, along with coach Randy Edsall , will be meeting their fans and signing autographs at the restaurant from 7 to 9 p.m. The cost is $25 per person.

William Penn's Malik Generett will play for Randy Edsall on the University of Connecticut football team.

Six years ago this month, I did my first really long triathlon as a 30th birthday celebration.

The man in the cardigan himself would've been glad to welcome the Fred Rogers Memorial Scholarship winners to his neighborhood, his widow said.

Jordan Todman admits he's a little stubborn on the track. The Dartmouth senior sprinter has been told to lean when he approaches the finish line, but just can't bring himself to do it.

It's never easy to give up on a dream, but sometimes life turns out better with Plan B. Rondout Valley's Ben Waruch long hoped that football would be his athletic destination for college, even though his track ...

The Miami Dolphins signed guard Donald Thomas, the second of their three sixth-round draft choices this year, to a multi-year contract.