University of Akron

Dylan Evans had the patience of an all-Colonial League running back. In some ways, he had to. Pen Argyl's offensive line was big. Really big. So after taking a direct snap or a handoff, Evans waited until his protectors created a crease — or a...

Pen Argyl’s Dylan Evans had visions of playing football next fall at Pitt, West Virginia or Rutgers. Playing at the Division I level was his dream. But Pitt’s coaching staff changed twice, West Virginia had a coaching turnover and Rutgers........

Jim Tressel named vice president at Akron...

Former Florida State All-American Terrell Buckley made Matt Jones’ night on Friday. After Hagerty finished its spring game against Sanford Seminole, Buckley, now an assistant coach at the University of Akron, pulled the sophomore cornerback/wide...

Shaka Smart and VCU have agreed in principle to a deal to keep the coach at the school. Athletic director Ed McLaughlin says the details are still being finalized, but the majority of changes involve "program enhancements for the student-athletes and...

The 10th annual Esther Goldhaber Jacovitz Poetry Reading is scheduled to take place March 20 at the Whalley Memorial Chapel on the Pitt-Johnstown campus. This year’s featured speaker is George Bilgere, an award-winning poet whose work is...

As a former Towson University soccer player, I've been extremely troubled by the news that Towson University Athletic Director Mike Waddell wants to cut the men's soccer and baseball teams (Sports cuts prompt a Towson U. tug of war," Nov. 6). As a...

Shaka Smart says he will stay at Virginia Commonwealth. Illinois had offered its coaching job to Smart, according to multiple reports. In a statement released by VCU on Wednesday, the 34-year-old Smart said: "I'm looking forward to building on the...