Fight for the 919: Tailgate to 5th Quarter from NCCU vs Shaw
Eagles and Bears square up in O’Kelly Riddick Stadium.
Alabama State Volleyball comes back on N.C. A&T
Tournament features MEAC and SWAC matchups
Texas Southern is ready for FAMU
Game is shaping up to be a perfect season opener.
Alabama State’s Tytus Howard can’t live up to his nickname
In three years Howard has outgrown everything but his nickname
Lincoln’s Sedeekie Edie Wins National Championship in the Long Jump
BRADENTON, Fla. – on Thursday (May 25). LU’s men’s and women’s teams combined to qualify five finals entries on Thursday. The only Blue Tiger competing in a final event was Diana Cauldwell, who tied for ninth in the women’s long jump with a distance of 6.17m. The other events in which LU athletes participated were preliminaries, […]
Former NFL star Natrone Means presiding over talented WSSU backfield
By Steven J. Gaither Twenty five years ago, Natrone Means was a star running back at North Carolina. He went on to have a solid NFL career, highlighted by an All-Pro season with the San Diego Chargers in 1994. After Means finished his career with a short stint with the Carolina Panthers in 2000, Means […]
Sources: Grambling lets Shawn Walker go as hoops coach
By Steven J. Gaither What do you do if you are a basketball program coming off its best season this millennium? If you are Grambling, you fire the man that guided you there. Shawn Wallker is out as Grambling’s head coach, according to his Facebook page, as his contract was not renewed. GSU officials told […]
Virginia Union living, winning on the edge
By Shalyn Moore The Virginia Union men’s basketball team has been living life on the edge in the past few weeks. It’s safe to say VUU fans have been on a series of roller coaster rides this January. Five of the Panthers’ seven wins this month have been decided by two points or less. It […]
Hampton football: Turning a corner or spinning its wheels?
Hampton finished third in the MEAC last season. Most HBCU football fans can tell you who finished first and second in the MEAC last football season (North Carolina Central and North Carolina A&T). Many would have a hard time telling you who came in third. The answer: Hampton. HiU went 5-3 in the MEAC in […]
The Freedom Classic: Let freedom ring and shots drop
By: Shalyn Moore This I-95 rivalry guarantees: Mascots will give the dance battle of their lives, cheerleaders will produce the next installment of Bring it On, alumni will arrive in packs with school apparel down to the socks, the bands will hold nothing back, and you will witness the best of the best in D2 […]
SWAC Preview: Conference play welcomed after another rough start
The non-conference basketball season is finished and its end couldn’t have come sooner for the SWAC. The ten teams in the conference went a combined 3-62 against Top 200 competition to start the year, a number that reflects how far the conference has fallen since its heyday in the 80s and 90s when teams like […]
MEAC/SWAC Challenge decided by weather
(BCU Football Photo) Bethune-Cookman hoped to extend the MEAC’s winning streak in its opening week showcase while Alcorn State hoped to end the SWAC’s five-year drought when the two teams met in Daytona, Florida on Sunday. Neither happened. After multiple weather delays caused by lightening, the game was ultimately suspended and called off. Alcorn State […]
Saints sign UAPB alum Terron Armstead to five-year deal
Three years ago, Terron Armstead moved his way up NFL Draft boards during workouts and wound up getting picked in the third round by the New Orleans Saints. On Tuesday the University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff product signed a five-year extension with the team. “I’m extremely grateful and blessed for this opportunity,” Armstead said. “I would […]
Can WSSU bounce back from CIAA Championship loss to Virginia State?
Winston-Salem State had a good season last year, going 9-2, but coming up short in the CIAA Championship Game against Virginia State. That loss, combined with failure to make the Division II playoffs for the first time since 2010 was a tough pill to swallow for a team that had won a playoff game three […]
D2 Quarterback Rankings: Stillman’s Straughan and Livingstone’s Powell lead the way
(Hudl photo) Josh Straughan, Stillman College We’ve been doing this list for three years, and Straughan has been on it every year. Now headed into his senior season, he’s at the top thanks to a big junior season. Straughan entered the 2014 season looking to build on a sophomore season that was cut short by […]