AIR FORCE RUMORS & GOSSIP

Head football coach Kevin Sumlin announced Friday that Air Force defensive coordinator Matt Wallerstedt will join his staff at Texas A&M to coach the linebackers. This appointment completes his first coaching staff at Texas A&M

Boise State has faced each of the Mountain West teams this season and unfortunately for Coach Leon Rice and the Broncos, every one resulted in a loss. Boise State, which lost to Air Force at home by 15 points, will try to do better on the road when they face the Falcons Saturday night.

There are only a few of those who can say they have skydived into a sports stadium but the Red Bull Air Force created a video a couple years showing exactly what it looks like to skydive into Petco Park. With football season now over, this video is just an excuse to talk baseball until pitchers and catchers report. H/T Big League Stew

Not only one calendar week into his reign as current welterweight champion* (interim) and Carlos Condit is giving back to the fans and people who do the most fighting out of anyone, the men and women serving in our Armed Forces. Condit, who is no stranger to being an ambassador of mixed martial arts or [...]

UFC Interim Welterweight Champion “The Natural Born Killer” Carlos Condit will visit Eglin Air Force Base in Florida March 2-3 to meet with many of the brave men and women serving the U.S. military domestically and internationally. The trip will be sponsored by Military Debt Management Agency, a non-profit charitable organization which assists military personnel in obtaining...

Air Force has fired Jeff Reynolds as men's basketball coach after five seasons. The school announced the decision Wednesday. The (Colorado Springs) Gazette first reported the firing. Assistant coach Dave Pilipovich will step in as the interim coach. Under the 55-year-old Reynolds, the Falcons are 11-10 this season with a 1-6 mark in the Mountain West Conference. The Falcons...

The Air Force Academy has called a news conference for Wednesday to discuss its men's basketball program amid reports that Jeff Reynolds is out as head coach. The (Colorado Springs) Gazette, citing a source it didn't name, said Reynolds had been fired and assistant Dave Pilipovich will be the interim coach. Air Force officials didn't immediately return calls from The...

Air Force men's basketball coach Jeff Reynolds has been relieved of his duties effective immediately as announced today by Director of Athletics Dr. Hans Mueh. Reynolds was in his fifth season at Air Force with a 63-82 overall record. Associate head coach Dave Pilipovich will serve as the team's head coach for the remainder of this season.

The Air Force Academy has called a news conference for Wednesday to discuss its men's basketball program amid reports that Jeff Reynolds is out as head coach. The (Colorado Springs) Gazette, citing a source it didn't name, said Reynolds had been fired and assistant Dave Pilipovich will be the interim coach.

The UNM men’s basketball team finished with four players in double figures and got scoring from all 11 players in defeating host Air Force 81-42 Tuesday night in Colorado Springs. Sophomore Kendall Williams and senior Drew Gordon each scored a game-high 13 points to lead the Lobos, whose 39-point victory was the biggest win by an opponent in the 42-year history of the Falcons’ Clune Arena.

A complete game against visiting Air Force produced a complete win for the UNM women’s basketball team – it’s first in Mountain West Conference play this season. The Lobo women led from the outset to defeat the Falcons 67-44 before an announced crowd of 6,594 at The Pit Tuesday night. Starting guards Jayme Jackson and Caroline Durbin each scored 13 points to lead UNM to the win.

The Air Force Falcons kept shooting - and missing - 3-point shots against No. 16 San Diego State. By the time SDSU had secured a 57-44 victory, Air Force had made only 1 of 18 from behind the arc. What made it even worse was that 12 of the long shots were uncontested. ''Their athleticism sped us up,'' coach Jeff Reynolds said. ''But we keep a chart on the...

Mike Fitzgerald scored 16 points and Taylor Broekhuis had 15 points and 10 rebounds to help Air Force to a 74-59 victory over Boise State on Saturday in the Mountain West Conference opener for both teams. Todd Fletcher scored 13 points and Taylor Stewart added 12 for the Falcons (11-4, 1-0 Mountain West), who won their fifth consecutive contest. Jeff Elorriaga scored 12 points...

Each year Army, Navy, and Air Force square off on the field in the battle of the Commander-in-Chief’s trophy. But as seasons change and the offseason begins, their rivalries move beyond the gridirons of Annapolis or Colorado Springs and take to high schools across the country. In the pursuit to reload their talent pool, the service academy recruiting battles are ongoing and hardly...

The Alabama women’s basketball team (9-4) will play its final game of 2011, as well as its last game before opening Southeastern Conference play, when it hosts the Air Force Falcons (4-8) on Friday. Tipoff is scheduled for 6 p.m. CST in Foster Auditorium.