Petersburg — Well before they arrived, the rumble of engines approaching University Avenue at Virginia State University was nearly tangible.
Moments later, the Marching Trojan Explosion, the Woo Woos and two NASCAR vehicles competed against each other outside Foster Hall to kick off the Dive ...
Posted Tuesday, September 16th 2008 at 3:03PM
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Stephen Stallworth
Nov. 30, 1977-Sept. 3, 2008
NEW ORLEANS : Stephen Lamar Stallworth, a member of the Xavier University of Louisiana men's basketball team in 1999-2000 and 2000-01, died Wednesday (Sept. 3) in a trucking accident in Conway, Ark. He was 30. ...
Posted Tuesday, September 9th 2008 at 10:23AM
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Cheerleaders at Virginia State University usually save their Woo Woo welcome for football or basketball, but yesterday's pep rally was for a different sport -- auto racing.
No, the school hasn't decided to sponsor a car. NASCAR used the pep rally ...
Posted Monday, September 8th 2008 at 10:57AM
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The Lincoln University Lions Men's Football Team Restored the Roar back on campus after defeating George Mason University in it's first football game in 48 years. There was an abundance of fans, both students and alumni, on hand to witness this historical event. The Lions started off the game b ...
Posted Tuesday, September 2nd 2008 at 12:12AM
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At a press conference on Thursday, Claflin University Athletics Director Dr. Tim Autry announced that the University had received notification from the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) that Claflin had achieved active member status in NCAA Division II, effective Sept. 1, 2008. On ...
Posted Monday, September 1st 2008 at 5:18AM
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Flanked by notable business, community and political leaders, Black Educational
Events CEO John T. Fleming officially announced today at the famed Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
that the Farmers Insurance Group Angel City Classic will be held Saturday September 27, 2008 at
2:00p.m. (PDT). To ...
Posted Monday, August 11th 2008 at 9:16AM
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JACKSON, Miss. - W.C. Gorden was one of the most successful coaches in NCAA Division I-AA history with a 119-48-5 career record over 15 years as Jackson State's Head Football Coach. Gorden's Tigers won an unprecedented 28 straight SWAC games from 1985-1989.
During his 24-year coaching affil ...
Posted Monday, August 4th 2008 at 5:22AM
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LABOR DAY WEEKEND
SATURDAY AUGUST 30TH, 2008
SIRRINE STADIUM
GREENVILLE,SC
LIVINGSTONE VS CONCORDIA
CALVIN RICHARSON, ADINA HOWARD & PASTOR TROY PERFORMING ...
Posted Monday, July 14th 2008 at 10:20PM
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CIAA Hall of Fame basketball official Archie Lee Harris has passed. He departed this life on July 2 at the age of 83.
Harris began his athletic career as a multi-sport performer in football, basketball, baseball and tennis. Upon graduation from Armstrong High School in Richmond, VA, he serve ...
Posted Monday, July 7th 2008 at 1:32AM
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On June 20, The Virginia State University cheerleaders, the Woo Woos, go international as Parish Haynes and head cheerleading coach Paulette Walker-Johnson (right) travelled to Jamaica for a week-long cheerleading camp.
The camp, arranged by the Rudy Johnson Foundation, will allow Haynes an ...
Posted Friday, June 27th 2008 at 10:29AM
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Kentucky State University provided stellar service to their community en route to winning the second annual Student Athlete Advisory Committee (S.A.A.C.) Citizenship Award. Student Athletes from around the SIAC, through their S.A.A.C. programs, competed all year to acquire points to win the awa ...
Posted Monday, June 23rd 2008 at 3:16AM
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The JCSU family is saddened to learn of the passing of Claude Saunders. Saunders graduated from JCSU in 1955 and was the first All-CIAA basketball player at JCSU.
Saunders was a retired CIAA official and was inducted into the CIAA Officials Hall of Fame in 2000. He still worked as a neutral ...
Posted Monday, June 16th 2008 at 5:26AM
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The Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) Lady Hawks defeated Arkansas State 4-2 to earn the NCAA Women's Bowling Championship title, Saturday evening at Thunder Alley in Omaha, Nebraska.
UMES made NCAA bowling history Saturday night as it captured its first NCAA Women’s Bowling title since the s ...
Posted Monday, June 9th 2008 at 3:10AM
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From The Black Fives Blog:
I was in New York City yesterday to view an advance screening of a new ESPN documentary film tentatively titled “Black Magic,” which looks at the injustices that spawned the Civil Rights Movement, as told through the liv ...
Posted Wednesday, March 5th 2008 at 11:59AM
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From The Black Fives Blog:
How did one kid change basketball history? Here’s how.
James “Big Jim” Dorsey, a tall 15-year-old African American janitor from the North Side section of Pittsburgh, single-handedly influenced black basketball in the ...
Posted Wednesday, March 5th 2008 at 11:56AM
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