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Elizabeth City State University has tapped a member of a Super Bowl-winning team to be the Vikings’ next head football coach. Anthony Jones, a member of the 1987 championship Washington Redskins, will join the Viking...
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TSU Tigers To Face Xavier Musketeers In NCAA Tournament
Texas Southern advances for the first time in University history HOUSTON (March 15, 2018) – Texas Southern University (TSU) continues its historic drive in the NCAA Tournament after moving on Wednesday night with a...
Hampton University, MEAC Announce Separation Agreement
HAMPTON, Va. – The Pirates are free to set sail into the Big South. Monday, Hampton University announced an “amicable agreement” with its former league, the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC), on terms of separation...
Claflin University Wins First SIAC Championship Title Over Clark Atlanta
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (March 3, 2018) – “Going all the way back to August until today, they’ve been challenged. The challenges they’ve met have been unreal from start to finish, but we’re not done yet,” said Coach Ricky...
Virginia Union Wins CIAA Title For First Time In Over A Decade
The Virginia Union University men’s basketball team claimed their first CIAA title since 2006 with an 82-52 victory over Johnson C. Smith University Saturday night at the Spectrum Center. With the victory...
NCAT Mens Basketball Team Finish Undefeated With Win Over UMES
GREENSBORO (February 19, 2018) – The North Carolina A&T men’s basketball team did something the program has not done in 30 years. They finished undefeated at Corbett Sports Center. They put the final touches on a...
Shakyla Hill Becomes First-Ever Grambling State Student-Athlete Featured On SportsCenter Edition ‘The Six’
What a way to start off her new year! GSU junior star guard Shakyla Hill will cherish this year forever, after her coaches and teammates helped her earn a quadruple-double on Wednesday, a record not even made often in...
E'Vonne Gipson
NCAT Football Coach Rod Broadway Retiring After Unbeaten Season
GREENSBORO, N.C. — North Carolina A&T coach Rod Broadway is retiring after an unbeaten season, ending a 39-year coaching career. The school announced Broadway’s retirement Monday and promoted assistant...
Cleveland Browns Fire VP Sashi Brown, HBCU Alum
The Cleveland Browns fired executive vice president of football operations Sashi Brown earlier this month, reports USA Today. “Hue Jackson will remain our coach and will return for the 2018 season, but we feel it...
Tommy G. Meade Jr.
3 Reasons You’ll Be Watching March Madness in 2018
You don’t need any more reason to watch March Madness than in the hopes that an HBCU team will finally win it. While there are many black athletes who have won the competition with their colleges in the past, no HBCU...
Cheyney Football Program Calls a Quit
Cheyney University, on of the oldest HBCUs is calling it quits in football. Cheyney has decided to drop football, according to a release by its conference, the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference. See release Below...
SIAC Signs Head to Toe Nike Deal
ATLANTA, Ga. – The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC), BSN Sports and NIKE have entered into a six-year agreement which will make Nike the exclusive apparel, accessory, and equipment brand of the SIAC...
VSU, Bowie, Grambling and NCAT Athletes Finalists For The Deacon Jones Award
ATLANTA (December 1, 2017) – The Black College Football Hall of Fame (BCFHOF) announced today four Finalists for the Black College Football Player of the Year Award. The Award is presented annually to the most...
Howard’s Mike London Wins 2017 AFCA Regional Coach of the Year
WACO, Texas (December 5, 2017) – The American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) announced its 2017 Regional Coach of the Year winners and Howard University’s Football Head Coach Mike London was among the...
VSU Basketball Team Ranked 2nd in the Recent D2SIDA Atlantic Region Poll
ETTRICK, Va. (December 4, 2017) – The Virginia State University men’s basketball team has secured the 2nd spot in the D2SIDA Atlantic Men’s Basketball Poll released today. The Trojans (6-0) are off to...
NFL’s Attempt To Bribe Players With $100M Failed
The NFL’s attempt to bribe players with money, about $100 million, in exchange for the protests against the National Anthem to end was unsuccessful. A number of players rejected the offer and stood their ground. TMZ...
Seeing is Believing, HBCU Grad Tarik Cohen’s 61-Yard Punt Return
HBCU, North Carolina A&T University graduate Tarik Cohen stunned the 49ers — and probably a lot of Bears fans — with this 61-yard punt return for a touchdown Sunday at Soldier Field. Cohen caught the punt at the 40...
Back-To-Back SWAC Championships, Grambling State Beats Alcorn State
HOUSTON, Texas. – Grambling State senior quarterback Devante Kincade completed 14-of-24 passes for 223 yards with two touchdowns and rushed for 75 yards with two more scores on the ground as the Tigers rode a gigantic...
