Athletics Articles

A second Cure Bowl trophy. A No. 17 national ranking — the first time LU ended a season in the Top 25. Flames Football’s best year is now in the…

Chip Smith (’77) was one of LU’s first student-athletes. Now he’s a heavyweight in the professional sports training world.   Former Liberty University football and baseball standout Carlton “Chip” Smith…

The Liberty Indoor Tennis Center officially opened on Feb. 23 with a dedication ceremony. The Lady Flames had the honor of playing the first-ever match inside the 48,000-square-foot building on…

Nobody’s ever going to suggest that anything about 2020 was normal. With the turmoil caused by COVID-19, we all had to adapt to life’s curveballs and uncertainties.  The Liberty Football…

The NCAA Division I men’s and women’s basketball and women’s volleyball squads settled in quickly to their new territory at the Liberty Arena last fall.   The 4,000-seat facility connects…

For the third straight season, the Liberty University men’s basketball team became the ASUN Tournament Champions, defeating North Alabama 79-75 in the championship game at UNF Arena in Jacksonville, Fla.,…

After a disappointing halt to the spring season last year, Liberty’s NCAA Division I teams ramped right back up for an even busier schedule this year, dubbing it “Super Spring”…

Al Worthington is 92 and pitched to his last batter in the major leagues a full half century ago. But he still receives several letters each week from passionate baseball…

Liberty’s baseball team returns seven starters from 2020, when the Flames started off 10-7 before having their season canceled by COVID-19. The Flames were favored in the ASUN Preseason Coaches…

The Flames Football season was scheduled to start on Sept. 19 at Western Kentucky. (This issue was on the press before the season opener; check LibertyFlames.com for game coverage.) All…

Since 1990, fans have helped turn up the heat in the Vines Center, fondly called “The Furnace,” cheering on the Flames and Lady Flames basketball teams and women’s volleyball team….

When “Tougher Together” became the slogan for Hugh Freeze’s first season at the helm, the players — and Freeze — didn’t know how much meaning the words would actually hold.

Liberty University Football is the first college football program to partner with Angel Armies, a nonprofit created by Christian artist Chris Tomlin to confront the foster care crisis in the…

Since early childhood, Kelvin Edwards (’86) learned that God can make all things possible for those who believe.

Katie (Feenstra) Mattera led Liberty to its first NCAA Sweet 16 appearance as a senior before being selected eighth in the first round of the 2005 WNBA Draft.