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NBA player Demarcus Cousins visit Alcorn State’s Luther Riley Celebrity Basketball Camp

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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...

Lady Wildcats Named NCAA Statistical Champs For Doubles Per Game

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Lady Wildcats Named NCAA Statistical Champs For Doubles Per Game June 29, 2011 - After capturing the 2011 Southern Intercollegiate...

UDC Head Track Coach, Alton McKenzie, Among Elite Volunteers at the Adidas Grandprix

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New York, NY – The Adidas Grandprix (AGP) was held on Saturday, June 11, at Icahn Stadium on Randall's Island in New York...

Florida A&M University Marching 100 to Host Annual Band Camp and Parade

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Marching 100 to Host Annual Band Camp and Parade TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The Florida A&M University (FAMU) Marching “100” will host its 2011 Band Camp...

Peggy Davis of Virginia State University named Athletic Director of the Year

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VSU’s Athletic Director, Peggy Davis was named the Division II Southeast Region Under Armour SE Region Athletics Director of the Year award for 2010-11....

Bethune Cookman joins effort to meld Minorities, Racing and Education

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DAYTONA BEACH -- A new motorsports team geared toward diversity unveiled an extensive plan Wednesday to bring money to historically black, Hispanic and other...

San Diego Padres Pick Up Rashaad Ingram, 2B, St. Augustine’s College In Round 28

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Star shortstop Rashaad Ingram (Savannah, Ga.) of Saint Augustine’s College was drafted Tuesday by the San Diego Padres on the second day of the...

Southern’s Frazier Hall goes to the Angels, while Cody Hall goes to Giants

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Southern University teammates, Frazier Hall and Cody Hall (no relation), were selected on Tuesday in the Major League Baseball Draft. The duo became the...

Oakland A’s Select North Carolina A&T Outfielder Xavier Macklin

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GREENSBORO- North Carolina A&T slugger Xavier Macklin is a member of the Oakland Athletics organization. On the second day of the First-Year Major League...

Bethune-Cookman’s Peter O’Brien Taken In The 3rd Round Of The MLB Draft

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SECAUCUS, N.J. – Keeping with the legacy of Bethune-Cookman baseball’s standard of developing players for the next level, catcher Peter O’Brien joined the ranks...

NCAA Postseason Bans to Include SWAC Championships and Tournaments

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Birmingham, Ala. – The SWAC Council of Presidents and Chancellors voted Thursday to adopt a league policy to prohibit any member institution subject to...

Chandra Guice Named Director of Track and Field at Tennessee State University

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Tennessee State University Director of Athletics Teresa Phillips has announced the promotion of Tigerbelles head coach Chandra Cheeseborough-Guice to Director of Track and Field...

PVAMU Assistant Football Coach Gabe Northern Community Service Football Camp helps tackles Breast Cancer

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Gabe Northern, a LSU football star who went on to play for the Buffalo Bills and the Minnesota Vikings, walked over to the sidelines...

SWAC Football Champion Texas Southern University Tigers Release Upcoming Schedule

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TSU’s exciting football season gets underway on September 10th with a match up against the Panthers of Prairie View A &M at Delmar Stadium....

Assistant Coach of Bowie State Football Team selected for NCAA Expert Form

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  Bowie, MD – Bowie State University assistant football coach Antone' Sewell has been selected to participate in the 2011 NCAA Expert Forum to be...

Local Student-Athletes Graduate in 2011 with Honors from Bowie State

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Education Secretary Arne Duncan months ago expressed his disappointment with the low graduation rates among most student-athletes attending major universities throughout the nation. But...

Oglesby of FVSU named NCAA South Region Female Field Athlete of the Year

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NCAA Triple Jump Champion and FVSU student Antoinette Oglesby (center) stands on the winner's block with coaches O'Kelley and Wells. During the NCAA...

UDC Firebird’s 4x400m Team Continues Seasonal Improvement At Aggie Classic Last Chance Meet.

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Greensboro, NC: May 15, 2011- With an exceptional run by team members sophomoreCallister Jones (Marketing-Fort Washington, MD), junior Kaneesha Hollis (Criminal Justice- Centreville, MD), junior Latoya...