New Market’s Luke Keister advocated for Dawson Russell to john the Shockers.
Friday, July 01, 2022
College basketball offseason news continued around the country this week with one happening out of New York perhaps catching the eye of fans in this area.
Jeff Bourne takes the unofficial James Madison University anthem “Start Wearing Purple” to heart. It’s rare to see the JMU athletic director in public not donning at least one item of clothing that color.
Thursday, June 30, 2022
Fourteen programs make up the newest version of the Sun Belt Conference with James Madison, Old Dominion, Southern Mississippi and Marshall officially joining on Friday. Here's a glance at each school:
The world of name, image and likeness has taken over the college football landscape and as James Madison enters the FBS, the Dukes are gearing up to explore how to utilize it.
Wednesday, June 29, 2022
On Friday, James Madison will leave the Colonial Athletic Association behind forever. Well, kind of.
It was a contest between the Valley Baseball League North Division’s best Tuesday.
It took a comeback effort but Clover Hill got the job done.
When former James Madison head coach Mickey Matthews was in the car recruiting for the Dukes with his son, Clayton, years ago, he got a phone call.
FREDERICKSBURG — Soon after Jake Lowery was drafted in the fourth round of the 2011 MLB Draft out of James Madison, he looked around his first minor league assignment and was interested in coaching.
Tuesday, June 28, 2022
Tuesday marked the first look for members of the local media at the squad James Madison will take into the 2022-23 season, and the immediate reaction for most upon walking into the Atlantic Union Bank Center was these Dukes look significantly bigger than a year ago.
As James Madison officially becomes a member of the Sun Belt Conference on Friday, the Dukes’ stability at head coach will make the move a little easier for Athletic Director Jeff Bourne.
Longtime James Madison hitting coach Alex Guerra will be the new head baseball coach at Radford, the school announced Tuesday morning.
Monday, June 27, 2022
After a month of team camps and live evaluation periods for high school players, a clearer picture of what James Madison is looking for on the recruiting trail is developing.
Clayton Matthews stood outside a Harrisonburg hotel waiting for the first James Madison assistant coach to arrive in town to help carry his bags inside.
When EA Sports’ newest NCAA College Football video game releases, Bridgeforth Stadium is going to look and sound realistic.
Friday, June 24, 2022
For years, The Founding Fathers just wanted a shot. This summer, the James Madison alumni team in The Basketball Tournament — a million-dollar, winner-take-all event — is cherishing its second chance.
Thursday, June 23, 2022
In March, Grant Golden helped the University of Richmond men’s basketball team take full advantage of the opportunity of a lifetime that had been taken away from the Spiders two years ago.
Wednesday, June 22, 2022
James Madison redshirt junior Travis Reifsnider has been named to the Division I Baseball All-Eastern College Athletic Conference Team, the organization announced.
The Founding Fathers are back in The Basketball Tournament, and this time it’s clear the James Madison alumni team earned some respect from last summer’s near upset of top-seeded Sideline Cancer.
Tuesday, June 21, 2022
Last week, Pac-12 commissioner George Kliavkoff became the latest prominent Power 5 conference leader to suggest breaking governance of the Football Bowl Subdivision away from the NCAA. This comes just days before James Madison officially becomes an FBS program and member of the Sun Belt Con…
Monday, June 20, 2022
After each baseball season, Evan and Casey Smith sit down and compare their stats.
Sunday, June 19, 2022
Sean O’Regan will have a complete new stable of assistants when he begins his seventh season as James Madison’s head coach as he confirmed Sunday that Samantha Prahalis-Holmes is leaving the program after two seasons on staff.
Friday, June 17, 2022
Collegiate summer baseball leagues around the country are underway and there are more than 20 James Madison players playing this summer.
Just less than a week after being on James Madison’s campus for the second time, Kyle Lenhart made up his mind.
As James Madison prepares for what it hopes will be a bounce-back season in the Dukes’ Sun Belt Conference debut, an area where JMU could be improved is the frontcourt.
Thursday, June 16, 2022
Each time conference realignment hits college sports, Virginia becomes the home of messy alliances and broken relationships. This time around, James Madison and Old Dominion have each other, and it makes sense for both schools to direct their focus on that rivalry moving forward.
Wednesday, June 15, 2022
Something of the elder statesman inside a Hilton hotel meeting room last month in Miramar Beach, Fla., the rest of the Sun Belt Conference basketball coaches often let Cliff Ellis take the lead when in discussions of how to raise the league’s status in men’s basketball.
Tuesday, June 14, 2022
When the Sun Belt Conference basketball coaches got together last month in Miramar Beach, Fla., — the first official meeting of the 14 teams that will make up the new-look Sun Belt in 2022-23 — they discussed several issues deemed critical to enhancing the SBC’s standing as a basketball leag…
Monday, June 13, 2022
Keith Gill, commissioner of the Sun Belt Conference since 2019, is first to acknowledge football drove his league’s decision to expand to 14 teams with the additions of James Madison, Old Dominion, Marshall and Southern Mississippi. The four new additions take the place of departing non-foot…
Friday, June 10, 2022
James Madison replenished its coaching staff on Friday, announcing the hire of Matt Bucklin as an assistant coach ahead of Mark Byington’s third season in charge of the Dukes.
James Madison softball standout Hannah Shifflett was named the Eastern College Athletic Conference player of the year and Lauren Bernett joined her on the All-ECAC team as well, the organization announced Thursday.
The ever-changing college sports landscape has had coaches and administrators adjusting on the fly most of the past two years. But perhaps nothing has been as tough to figure out as name, image and likeness (NIL).
Thursday, June 09, 2022
James Madison baseball coach Marlin Ikenberry and JMU have agreed to a contract extension through the 2024 season, per a statement from the athletic department.
Fans can start to get a better sense of what James Madison’s non-conference schedule will look like for the upcoming men’s basketball season.
Wednesday, June 08, 2022
Chase DeLauter rounded first, bound for second after lacing a pitch into right center field at the College of Charleston in early April when he felt a pop in his foot.
Tuesday, June 07, 2022
Bridgewater College announced the members of it 2022 Hall of Fame Class, which consists of three former student-athletes and a highly-successful coach, on Tuesday.
Monday, June 06, 2022
Coming off a disappointing final year in the Colonial Athletic Association, James Madison’s lineup in its debut season as a member of the Sun Belt Conference will look significantly different as talented returners get healthy and new talent comes in.
Thursday, June 02, 2022
Just a few weeks ago, almost everything was up in the air for Brycen Blaine. Now he’s days away from joining the James Madison men’s basketball team after announcing a commitment to the Dukes on Wednesday evening.
Wednesday, June 01, 2022
Former Eastern Mennonite outfielder Jaylon Lee, who is transferring to nearby James Madison for his final collegiate season next year, was named to the American Baseball Coaches Association/Rawling Region 6 and D3baseball.com All-Region second teams, the organizations announced.
Tuesday, May 31, 2022
Adalia Coleman came into college not knowing what to expect as a sprinter at Bridgewater College.
Bridgewater ace Reid long headlined the program’s American Baseball Coaches Association/Rawling Region 6 All-Region selections Tuesday.
Saturday, May 28, 2022
James Madison track and field junior Shelby Staib and sophomore Miranda Stanhope concluded their seasons at the NCAA East Preliminary Round at Indiana University on Thursday.
Friday, May 27, 2022
As the Sun Belt Conference prepares for a highly-anticipated football season with new members James Madison, Old Dominion, Marshall and Southern Mississippi joining the league, conference leaders are also looking ahead at big-picture issues that extend far beyond 2022.
Just over a week after entering the transfer portal, former James Madison linebacker Diamonte Tucker-Dorsey found a new home for his final season of college football.
Thursday, May 26, 2022
For months, Virginia Tech softball ace Keely Rochard admitted she was in the ear of her head coach, Pete D'Amour, with a friendly suggestion.
Jailin Walker didn’t begin his high school athletic journey playing football, rather he went out for the Varina High School basketball team instead.
James Madison’s FBS journey will begin against Middle Tennessee on Sept. 3 and now we know when it’ll kickoff.
With one scholarship available for the 2022-23 season, James Madison men's basketball has the luxury of doing anything, or nothing, with the final spot on the roster.
Wednesday, May 25, 2022
There were seven James Madison baseball players named to the Colonial Athletic Association’s all-conference and all-rookie teams.