Young shoots to break record
By Matthew McGovern, assistant sports editor

They keep in touch over the holidays, but James Madison women’s basketball coach Kenny Brooks and his former assistant Krista Kilburn-Steveskey are on different sides now. Kilburn-Steveskey now coaches Hofstra, which lost four starters to graduation in 2007, like JMU. But Kilburn-Steveskey knows that the one JMU holdover from last season, senior forward Tamera Young, provides “breathing room” for a team that she feels will come together in the absence of freshman point guard Dawn Evans. More...

Yeah…I said it
By Tim Chapman, sports editor

At almost every JMU home basketball game, one chant has resonated over the last four seasons. “We Want Chami, We Want Chami.” Although senior center Gabriel Chami’s minutes have steadily declined over his career, he has still managed to charm a wide spectrum of JMU fans. More...

Web exclusive: Dukes feelin' the Blues
By Tim Chapman, sports editor

After dropping a fifth game out of the last six, JMU coach Dean Keener was at his wits end. The emotions boiled over for the fourth-year coach after his team committed two costly fouls in the last two seconds, leading to a 66-65 Delaware win in front of 3,408 at the Convocation Center. “I’ve been in [coaching] 20 years,” Keener said. “It’s the worst [expletive] loss I’ve ever had.” More...

Web exclusive: Young makes short work of record, from long range
By Matthew McGovern, assistant sports editor

Not only did she enter the James Madison record books, but Tamera Young did it in style as JMU beat Hofstra 80-64 on Thursday night. More...