JAMES MADISON

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.