Top 10 HBCUs To Develop Professional Athletes
Historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have not only prided themselves in developing some of the brightest and most skilled students in the classrooms. They have also...
28 Black Hall of Fame Athletes
When one contributes greatly to their field, goes above and beyond the norm, not only affecting their peers, but history as we know it, they deserve, and...
Grambling Women Make History With Ole Miss Upset
Grambling Women Make History With Ole Miss Upset | OXFORD, Miss. (SWAC) – John’ea Thompson scored with 11 seconds left as four Lady Tigers notched double-figures in...
Top 10 Greatest HBCU Basketball Players Of All-Time
10. Avery Johnson, Southern University
"As a high school senior in 1983, Johnson led New Orleans' St. Augustine High School to a 35–0 record and the Class 4A Louisiana State...
HBCU Hoops D1 Power Rankings
1. North Carolina Central (9-5, 1-1): The Eagles remain atop the Power Rankings, but their lost to Florida A&M definitely diminished the margin between them and the...
First HBCU Coach To Win NCAA Tournament Game Dies
Davey Whitney, the man who coached Alcorn State to NCAA Tournament history, died Sunday at the age of 85.
Whitney led Alcorn State to a win against South...
NCCU’s LeVelle Moton Added to USA Basketball Coaching Staff
After coming off of yet another 20-win season (three consecutive), North Carolina Central's head men’s basketball coach LeVelle Moton was added to coach for the 2015 USA Basketball Men's U19...
HBCU Basketball Preview: Grambling State University
College basketball season is approaching for Grambling State University and the Tigers are ranked eighth in the Preseason Southwestern Athletic Conference Basketball Poll.
The Tigers, whose basketball program...
Lincoln University of Pennsylvania wins Fresh Coast Classic finals over Bowie State
Four Historically Black Universities; Bowie State, Cheyney, Fisk University and Lincoln University competed for the 2011 Fresh Coast Classic Championship Title this year. Pictured above are members...
UMES Accepts Postseason Bid to CIT
WBOC 16
PRINCESS ANNE, Md. – The University of Maryland Eastern Shore men's basketball team will participate in the 2015 CollegeInsider.com Tournament, earning the first postseason berth for the...
Saint Paul’s College Shuts Down The Athletic Department
The Saint Paul’s College board of trustees has voted to discontinue the school’s entire athletics program, the college announced Monday. The decision, which takes effect July 1, is intended to help alleviate Saint Paul’s ongoing financial struggles.
New York Knicks Sign Former Norfolk State Spartan Kyle O’Quinn
New York Post
Kyle O’Quinn has been a Knicks fan all his life and has seen a lot of bad teams growing up in South Jamaica, Queens. Now...
Xavier University Moves Up to No. 20
The Xavier University (Louisiana) Men's Basketball Team are moving up in the NAIA Division I Top 25 rankings. The Gold Rush (14-6 overall, 3-1 Gulf Coast Athletic Conference) have...
Talladega College Men’s Basketball Ranked #1 in the NAIA
(Mike Gross/ Talladega) It’s been a long road but the student athletes of the Men’s Basketball Team at Talladega College now understand hard work and perseverance pays...
NBA player Demarcus Cousins visit Alcorn State’s Luther Riley Celebrity Basketball Camp
Over 100 campers participated in the first annual Luther Riley Celebrity Basketball Camp held at Alcorn State University on June 26-30, 2011. The all-star studded event provided...
HBCU Athletics and Academics Go Hand in Hand
Many times in collegiate sports the student part of the student-athlete is forgotten. Xavier of Louisiana seeks to buck that trend. Almost 100 student athletes were able...
XULA Women’s Basketball Beats Tougaloo
The Xavier University of Louisiana (XULA) Gold Nuggets beat out the Tougaloo Bulldogs 69-58 in a "slew of season and career highs" on Monday.
The Gold Nugget now...
Hampton University Athletics Awarded $675,000 NCAA Academic Success Grant
HAMPTON, Va. – The NCAA has awarded the Hampton University Department of Athletics $675,000, over a three-year period, to continue the tradition of excellence on-and-off the field...
