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By HANNAH BEVIS

As the UMass football team gets closer to its first game against New Mexico State on Aug. 26, the team is looking sharper in practice. It is still practice, after all, and it’s hard to know how the Minutemen will shape up against any of their...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Somehow, Sam Breen will play basketball next season somewhere other than UMass.The two-time reigning Atlantic 10 Player of the Year signed a professional deal with Finland’s Vimpelin Veto Koripallo, the team announced on Instagram on Monday. Breen, a...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Once Ellis Merriweather steps on the Green Bay Packers practice field, it won’t matter that he wasn’t drafted.It won’t matter that he went to junior college or UMass. Or that the team hadn’t contacted him much during the draft process.He’ll have a...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

AMHERST – The offense faced a third and one with three minutes left holding a two-point lead. A first down could all but seal the game.UMass handed the ball off to transfer running back Jalen John, and he plowed ahead for the conversion.Had it not...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

AMHERST – Steve Casula examined every aspect of the UMass football team’s offense in the offseason.The Minutemen finished last in the country scoring just 12.5 points per game and were third from the bottom gaining just 265.8 yards per contest. They...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

AMHERST – Gino Campiotti raced toward the front pylon. This year he met the football there from inside the end zone and hauled in a catch for a (spring practice) touchdown as a tight end rather than diving to score from outside like last season when...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

AMHERST – Don Brown doesn’t mind his defense winning some spring practice days and losing others compared to the offense. The pendulum indicates the strength of a program.“For good teams, the pendulum swings back. It just does,” Brown said. “If you're...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

AMHERST – Alex Miller spends most of his time in the corner of the UMass football practice facility.While the quarterbacks, receivers and backs throw routes and practice handoffs on the playing surface, the offensive line drills to the fundamentals....

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

AMHERST — Familiarity brought focus in the UMass football team’s first spring practice of 2023.The Minutemen opened the session in the indoor practice bubble Wednesday. They’ll practice 13 more times ahead of the April 29 spring game.“You know what’s...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Youth didn’t serve the UMass football team last season, so head coach Don Brown sprinkled in some experience.The Minutemen announced 13 transfers joined the program Wednesday as part of national signing day. Three are graduate transfers with one year...