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Talladega, Alabama—Talladega College is preparing to host its Annual Leadership and All Sports Banquet. The banquet is an opportunity to inspire the leaders and athletes on the campus while preparing them for a global stage and exposing them to others who have already tread that path. This year, the featured speaker is Yolanda Moore. Ms. Moore is a founding member [...]

Wayne Brent – a championship winning coach – was introduced Monday as the new head men’s basketball coach for Jackson State University. After welcoming Brent to JSU, Director of Athletics Dr. Vivian L. Fuller presented him with a jacket and shirt bearing the university’s logo. Brent thanked God, his family and the university administration before laying out his plans for JSU. [...]

The HBCU Tip-Off Championship will be more than just a basketball tournament, according to founder Kevin Clayton. The tournament, which will be played at Philips Arena Nov. 9-11, will be an event that he hopes will enrich the lives of the players and community. Clayton detailed his vision during a press conference on Tuesday at the Arena to announce the [...]

Earvin “Magic” Johnson, Hall of Fame basketball player turned multi-million dollar entrepreneur, will be at Howard University Hospital from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Feb. 7 to talk about his transformation from basketball to business and how the stigma of being HIV-positive affects him and others. Johnson, a member of the NBA Hall of Fame, a three-time NBA MVP, winner [...]

Player and Development Director for the Phoenix Suns, Lindsey Hunter, was recently named Interim Head Coach after the Sun’s parted ways with Head Coach Alvin Gentry. A native of Jackson, Mississippi, Hunter attended Jackson State University from 1990 to 1993. He played at Alcorn State University from 1988 to 1989 where he earned the achievement of Southwestern Athletic Conference Freshman [...]

The Lady Pirates took turns at the free-throw line in the last minute of play against Morgan State on Saturday at Hampton University’s Convocation Center. Beating Morgan State 66-60, HU (13-5, 4-0 MEAC) will maintain its No. 1 spot in the conference. The Lady Pirates had a slow start and allowed Morgan State to lead 25-23 at halftime. Morgan State [...]

The Bowie State University Bulldogs used a huge second-half run to claim a 84-80 victory in a Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) contest against Charlotte, North Carolina’s Johnson C. Smith University (JCSU) on Jan 5 in Bowie, Md. The victory improves Bowie State to 5-6 overall and 1-1 in the conference. JCSU’s Golden Bulls move to 7-5 overall and 0-2 [...]

Coaching basketball is Flint native Deonta McChester’s passion in life. McChester, 28, is now one step closer to fulfilling his lifelong dream of leading his own program in the college basketball ranks. The former head coach of the Flint Monarchs semi-pro team will now work as an assistant for the women’s basketball program at Claflin University this season. McChester will [...]

It will be a full decade next year since the South Carolina State men’s basketball team last appeared in the NCAA tournament. The rest of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference apparently believes this dry spell will continue. Coming off the worst season in school history, the Bulldogs were picked to finish last by the conference’s head coaches and sports information directors. [...]

The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference released the 2012-13 preseason rankings and honors early Tuesday afternoon and the Delaware State University women’s basketball team is predicted to finish 11th in the league while redshirt sophomore Tierra Hawkins (Clinton, Md.) was selected to the MEAC Preseason All-First Team. The Hornets received a total of 160 points in the preseason poll, as voted on [...]

Kesi Hess is the Vice-President of Fellowship of Christian Athletes and is involved in My Sister’s Keeper Inc. She also pays On Tennessee State University’s basketball team as a senior. She has been known as an electrifying scorer that is a deadly three point shooter. She is from Columbus, OH and majors in accounting. When I interviewed her, she talked [...]

And the award goes to….. It was announced last Wednesday that the Norfolk State men’s basketball team’s NCAA Tournament upset of Missouri was one of four nominees in the “Best Upset” category for the 2012 ESPY Awards. The 2012 ESPYS ( Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly) will be handed out on Wednesday, July 11 at the Nokia Theatre in downtown [...]

Whether you spent your Friday through Sunday evenings trying to stay cool from the heat wave that blanketed much of the United States or enjoyed an ice cold glass of lemonade watching the sunset on the beach, the last weekend of sports were too great to opt out on. In case you missed it, here is a quick update of [...]

MONTGOMERY, AL - Alabama State University men’s basketball coach Lewis Jackson has announced the addition of six players to the 2012-13 Hornet basketball team headlined by local standout Tony Armstrong from Carver High School, and in-state star Billy Ingram from Sumter Central. Armstrong averaged 14 points and 12 rebounds for the 6A State Champion Wolverines.  The 6′-5″, 185 pound forward showed his versatility with [...]

Norfolk State’s Kyle O’Quinn led his team to a major upset over Mizzou Friday night. Here are five things to know about the breakout star. The game was one of the biggest upsets in the history of the NCAA tournament, and Norfolk State University — the 2012 Mid-Eastern Atlantic Conference champions — won its first March Madness appearance in style, [...]

North Carolina A&T has fired men’s basketball coach Jerry Eaves. Eaves went 99-180 during his nine years at the school.The school confirmed the firing on Tuesday, according to WXII 12′s Kenny Beck. Eaves’ last game was a 51-50 loss to Howard at last week’s MEAC tournament in Winston-Salem.N.C. A&T hasn’t announced a replacement for Eaves. Read more at WXII

The ladies of the Basketball Wives cast bring yet another week of drama… all in good taste, of course. Jennifer has a new place in New York City and Suzie stops by to see, bringing the housewarming gift of gossip! The topic of their conversation is Kenya and her failed attempts at trying to shoot her first video. Instead of [...]

Last season, the NCAA women’s tournament selection committee surprised Hampton coach David Six, giving the Lady Pirates a 13th seed, the highest ever earned by a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference team and a spot higher than the 14thseed Six expected. On Monday, the committee surprised Six again — but not in a good way. HU, which bettered last year’s 25-7 mark [...]