NCCU’s Smith Captures Attention at NFL Scouting Combine
Former North Carolina Central University defensive back Ryan Smith captured a lot of attention at the 2016 NFL Scouting Combine.
In front of NFL team...
Top 10 HBCU Athletic Departments Generating Revenue
|By Louis Bolling| College athletics has evolved into a massive revenue generator for higher education institutions, commonwealths, and the private sector. In anticipation of...
Florida A&M Wins 2016 Cheerleading Championship
NORFOLK, Va.—Florida A&M won the 2016 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Cheerleading Championship on Sunday night at Echols Hall on the campus of Norfolk State...
Benedict Women’s Basketball Team Wins SIAC Tournament Title
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Benedict claimed the 2016 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) Women’s Basketball Tournament title after defeating Kentucky State 74-52 in the championship...
Stillman College Tigers Win SIAC Basketball Championship
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Top-seeded Stillman defeated No. 4 LeMoyne-Owen 90-76 to seize the 2016 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) Men’s Basketball Tournament title, Saturday...
Adrian Jones Named Head Football Coach at Shaw University
Shaw University has hired Adrian Jones as its new head football coach, Director of Athletics Dr. Alfonza Carter announced Thursday . Jones becomes the...
Fort Valley State Alum Marquette King Signs Long Term Deal with Oakland Raiders
Marquette King has emerged as one of the top punters in the NFL. Now he's getting paid like it.
The Oakland Raiders announced Monday that...
Virginia Union Lady Panthers Win CIAA Championship
Charlotte, N.C. (Feb. 27, 2016) – Virginia Union used a late 10-2 fourth quarter rally to down Shaw 70-66 to win their second title in...
Virginia State Beats Livingstone for Championship Title
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Guard-forward Javon Moore scored 30 points and guard Kevin Williams added 24 points as Virginia State took charge in the second...
Miss Winston-Salem State University Crowned Today as Food Lion’s Miss CIAA 2016
Miss Winston-Salem State University Crowned Today as Food Lion's Miss CIAA 2016 GROCER ALSO AWARDS 1,000 IN THE NAME OF MISS FAYETTEVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY...
CIAA: When Black College Basketball Stars take over Charlotte
After two days of preliminary rounds of basketball action– and some modest partying and networking– the 71st Annual CIAA Basketball Tournament begins in earnest...
With The First Pick…
Every little boy who picks up a football and dashes around his friends in the back yard has the dream of one day doing...
Doug Williams, First Black Super Bowl QB And Black College Football Hall of Famer,...
In 1987, Washington Redskins quarterback Doug Williams made history when he became the first black quarterback to play in a Super Bowl, and win...
Howard University’s Daniel Leads Nation In Scoring, But He Wants To Raise School’s Basketball...
Howard’s star guard James “J-Byrd” Daniel III recently had nothing but good things to say about his black college experience so far at the Mecca....
XULA Women Basketball Falls to No. 24 in National Coaches Poll
Xavier University of Louisiana fell from 20th to 24th Tuesday in the NAIA Division I Women's Basketball Coaches' Top 25 Poll.
The Gold Nuggets, 14-8...
Gold Rush Streak of Top 25 Appearances Ends at 55
Xavier University of Louisiana's best-in-the-nation streak of 55 consecutive appearances in the NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Coaches' Top 25 Poll ended Tuesday. The...
Alabama A&M Athletics Receives Postseason Ban, One Year of Probation
Alabama A&M is banned from postseason competition and received one year of probation after the NCAA determined its Academic Performance Rate (APR) numbers were “insufficient.”
The...
Virginia State’s Football Coach Thweatt headed to JMU
Byron Thweatt is no longer head coach of the Virginia State football team.
Thweatt resigned his position with the Division II Trojans on Tuesday to...
