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Former student James Reed saw a chance at a dream of his by attending Morgan State University. Reed just wanted to play basketball, but his skin color added more value, and hardships to his HBCU experience. Waiting for competition to resume at a regional track meet in Churubusco, Ind., last spring, the 15-year-old didn’t look much different from other teenagers [...]

Keith Pough, linebacker for Howard University, was awarded the Pat Tillman Award at the East-West Shrine Game® banquet Friday evening. The award is presented annually to the player who demonstrates courage, perseverance and talent throughout the week leading up to the game and recognizes his overall achievements and conduct. “Keith exemplifies the qualities we look for in the award winner,” [...]

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. [...]

Ms. Shannon Eastin, a referee from the HBCU’s MEAC, is making history as the first female to referee in an NFL game when she serves as line judge in the Green Bay Packers preseason game against the Chargers in San Diego. Eastin, a 17-year veteran as a football referee, has spent the last four working in the MEAC amongst Norfolk [...]

In an article published by the Washington City Paper, Howard University announced that effective immediately they will be suspending all athletic teams for what appears to be violations of NCAA rules. University spokeswoman Kerry-Ann Hamilton released this statement. It is with great regret that we have temporarily suspended intercollegiate athletic competition. This is a self-imposed action while the University conducts [...]

Bethune-Cookman sophomore Anthony Stokes earned Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Player of the Week honors in baseball, the conference announced on Monday. Teammate Rayan Gonzalez was named the Pitcher of the Week, while Juan Pizarro earned Rookie of the Week accolades for the second consecutive week. Stokes (1B/DH/P, 6-3, So., 230, Chesapeake, Va.) hit .524 with 11 hits in 21 appearances [...]

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, [...]

Welcome to the NCAA tournament, Norfolk State. Might as well stick around a while. Kyle O’Quinn had 26 points and 14 rebounds, making several key plays in the closing minutes, and the gritty No. 15 seed Spartans held on through a tense final minute to topple second-seeded Missouri 86-84 on Friday in the West Regional. Pendarvis Williams and Chris McEachin [...]

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

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 [...]

MEAC Player and Defensive Player of the Year Kyle O’Quinn scored a team-high 18 points to lead Norfolk State to a 73-70 victory over Bethune-Cookman to capture the 2012 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Tournament Title at the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The No. 2 Spartans (25-9), who earned their first-ever MEAC title, receive the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA [...]

Norfolk State senior Kyle O’Quinn was named the 2012 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year as announced by the conference on Sunday. Delaware State’s Tahj Tate was selected as Rookie of the Year. Savannah State’s head coach Horace Broadnax was named the MEAC Coach of the Year. All awards are voted on by the conference’s head men’s basketball [...]

Morgan State University won the 2012 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Cheerleading Championship Sunday evening at the Joel Coliseum in Winston Salem, North Carolina. The cheerleading championship is the opening event of the 2012 MEAC Basketball Tournament. Tournament games are scheduled for Monday, March 5-10 at the Joel Coliseum. The Lady Bears captured first place honors for the second consecutive year [...]

Bethune-Cookman head men’s basketball Coach Gravelle Craig has been reprimanded by the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) for displaying unsportsmanlike conduct to the games’ officials following the Wildcats’ contest versus Norfolk State University on Saturday, February 25. MEAC Commissioner Dennis Thomas said in a statement on Monday that “the conference expects all coaches and athletic staff to demonstrate good sportsmanship before, [...]

MEAC officials announced Tuesday that three women’s basketball players, including two from N.C. A&T, were suspended from Monday’s conference games because of an altercation during the Aggies’ game Saturday at S.C. State. The A&T players were Jaylan Bodiford and Tiffanie Adair. With the 2012 MEAC Basketball Tournament looming, one can only wonder how this will affect  North Carolina A&T’s chances [...]

North Carolina Central University and South Carolina State University will meet on the gridiron on Oct. 6 in Indianapolis, Ind., inside Lucas Oil Stadium, home of Super Bowl XLVI, for the 29th annual “Circle City Classic” football game, the event hosts Indiana Black Expo, Inc. (IBE) and Indiana Sports Corporation announced Wednesday (Feb. 22). A series of weekend events will [...]

Hampton University senior guard Jericka Jenkins was named to the 2012 Capital One Academic All-America ® Division I Women’s Basketball Third Team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Jenkins (Lancaster, Texas), a Criminology/Criminal Justice major with a 3.71 GPA, has started in 24 games for the Lady Pirates this season. This is the first time [...]

Greensboro, N.C.–Over 40 Head Coaches have surpassed the 500 Career win mark in NCAA Dvision One Womens Basketball. With two more victories, North Carolina A&T’s Patricia Cage-Bibbs will join that exclusive club. However, she will become the first Head Coach from a HBCU program to reach the milestone. The Aggies are on the road for their next two games against [...]