JMU hires Morehead State head coach Preston Spradlin as next men's head basketball coach

The Salem native just guided James Madison to its best men's basketball record in program history, 32-4.

Terrence Edwards Jr. scored 14 points and James Madison pulled off the first 12-5 upset of the NCAA Tournament by beating Wisconsin 72-61.

Virginia Cavaliers, JMU, and Longwood all representing the Commonwealth in NCAA Tournament

Despite forcing overtime, the Thundering Herd held on for the 95-92 win.

Emmanuel Michel rushed for a career-best 203 yards and a pair of 1-yard touchdowns

Tuesday marked a new era for James Madison football as the Dukes introduced Bob Chesney as the program’s ninth head coach.

The veteran coach of more than a decade was awarded a five-year contract.

3 key takeaways from the state’s football scene -- and a glimpse at what’s to come next week.

The Dukes to play in the Armed Forces Bowl, Monarchs heading to Charlotte for Famous Toastery Bowl.

The 11-1 Dukes will play in its first ever bowl game this season.

Football Bowl Subdivision newcomers James Madison and Jacksonville State along with five-win Minnesota are bound for bowls because of a shortage of six-win teams.

Kaedin Robinson barely broke the goal line with the football before it squirted out of his hands, scoring the winning touchdown in overtime as Appalachian State beat previously unbeaten and 18th-ranked James Madison 26-23.

The Virginia Attorney General has hired a law firm to represent James Madison University regarding the NCAA’s decision Wednesday night not to grant the Dukes a waiver from a rule that prevents the unbeaten No. 18 football team from an automatic bowl berth.

Kansas remained at No. 1 in the first Associated Press men's college basketball poll of the season.

3 key takeaways from the state’s football scene -- and a glimpse at what’s to come next week.

Terrence Edwards had 24 points and Raekwon Horton made a 3-pointer with 8.6 seconds left in overtime, sending James Madison past No. 4 Michigan State for a 79-76 victory.

Dukes quarterback Jordan McCloud accounted for all four of his teams touchdowns, 3 passing and 1 rushing.

3 key takeaways from the state’s football scene -- and a glimpse at what’s to come next week.

The Dukes are off to a 7-0 start this season, 4-0 thus far in Sun Belt Conference play.

3 key takeaways from the state’s football scene -- and a glimpse at what’s to come next week.

3 key takeaways from the state’s football scene -- and a glimpse at what’s to come next week.

Jordan McCloud hit Kaelon Black with a 10-yard tuchdown pass with 55 seconds to play, capping a fourth-quarter rally and James Madison beat Virginia 36-35, spoiling the Cavaliers’ first home game since three players were fatally shot last November.

Virginia hoped its first home football game in 10 months would prove a high point of a long, emotional journey that started in a horrific way.

As part of the latest extension, Cignetti will also have one year automatically added to his contract by achieving eight wins against FBS opponents in any season during the length of the contract.

Kyle Vantrease threw four touchdown passes, including a 22-yarder to Derwin Burgess Jr. with 1:10 remaining, and Georgia Southern beat No. 25 James Madison 45-38 to spoil the Dukes’ first appearance in the AP Top 25.

Georgia has taken back the top spot in The Associated Press college football poll from Alabama.

Dukes score 29 unanswered points for the road win over the Mountaineers.

Radford University recently named Alex Guerra as the next baseball head coach. The Highlander alum spent the last six seasons at James Madison as an assistant, and returns to the area with a clear vision of what his program will look like.

James Madison has canceled the remainder of its softball season as the school tries to cope with the suicide of one of its star players last week.

James Madison announced Wednesday that Virginia Tech Women’s Basketball head coach Kenny Brooks has been selected for the James Madison Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2022.

Southeastern Louisiana quarterback Cole Kelley, East Tennessee State running back Quay Holmes and Montana State linebacker Troy Andersen highlight The Associated Press FCS All-America team.

The Dukes went on a 22-1 run in the first half, taking a ten point lead into halftime.

With Virginia Tech parting ways with head coach Justin Fuente, speculation already has started as to who his replacement will be.

James Madison decided Saturday to pursue a move to the Sun Belt Conference despite being told by the Colonial Athletic Association that it will be barred from participating in CAA championships before its actual departure.

Kaley Mudge went 5 for 5, and Florida State beat Alabama 8-5 to advance to the Women’s College World Series final.

JMU’s Cinderella season came to a conclusion Monday evening at the hands of Oklahoma, losing 7-1.

Unseeded James Madison lost to no.1 seed Oklahoma in the first game of the Women’s College World Series semifinals on Sunday.

The Dukes defeated #5 Oklahoma State, 2-1.

One game in and JMU pulled off a stunning upset in the Women’s College World Series on Thursday afternoon.

The Dukes are heading to the Women's College World Series for the first time in program history.

No. 8 seed Missouri utilized a six-run second inning en route to a 7-1 win against James Madison to even the best-of-three Super Regionals on Saturday night at the Mizzou Softball Stadium.

The Liberty Flames are back in the NCAA Regionals and will face James Madison Friday. The ASUN Champions are no stranger to the postseason, and last found themselves in this position in 2018, when they lost to South Carolina in the Region Championship game.

The Flames are set to make the programs fourth appearance in the NCAA Division I Softball Tournament.

The Dukes outscored the Bearkats 24-0 in the second quarter. But the Bearkats returned the favor in the third quarter, outscoring the Dukes 28-3.

The Dukes tallied 468 yards of total offense in the 34-21 victory.

Now, Virginia voters are deciding whether to alter their state constitution to support redistricting reform that would take the once-every-10-year task of drawing maps out of legislators' hands, at least to an extent, and give it to a bipartisan panel. But even though the issue has become a hot-button one nationally, the Virginia referendum is the only redistricting question on the ballot in the U.S. this year, said reform advocate Brian Cannon. In Virginia, the proposal to amend the state constitution to create a bipartisan redistricting panel received support from both parties last year, at a time when Republicans controlled the state legislature but Democrats controlled the governor's mansion. Jason Miyares of Virginia Beach said the change of heart is purely an effort by Democrats to press their political advantage. She said the proposal does nothing to guarantee representation for persons of color on the redistricting commission.

HARRISONBURG, Va. – After a wild week of speculation it's official. James Madison football coach Mike Houston is leaving Harrisonburg to take the head coaching job at East Carolina. "We are grateful to Mike Houston, his family and his staff for their commitment to JMU over the last three years," AD Jeff Bourne said in a release. Houston was 37-6 in three seasons, including the 2016 FCS national title and a national runner-up in 2017. Houston replaces the fired Scottie Montgomery, who was 9-26 in three seasons.