March 10, 2007
Brian Greene scored on an inbounds alley-oop play as the buzzer sounded to give Florida A&M University a dramatic, 58-56 win over Delaware State in the finals of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference tournament championship at the RBC Center. The Number 2 seed Rattlers (21-13) r ...
Posted Monday, March 12th 2007 at 9:40AM
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Edward Waters Captures the FSC Women's Basketball Tournament Crown and Trip to NAIA DII Nationals
February 24, 2007
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Tournament MVP Ruth Waters provided the offense with 21 points in 40 minutes of action and fellow All-Tournament team member Antoinette Upshaw provi ...
Posted Monday, March 5th 2007 at 9:50AM
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Norfolk State and Hampton grab MEAC Indoor Track titles
February 17, 2007
LANDOVER, Md. – The Norfolk State University men and the Hampton University women captured the titles at the 2007 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Indoor Track and Field Championships at Prince George’s Sports & ...
Posted Monday, February 19th 2007 at 11:14AM
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Record-Holding Swimmer Makes Way Through Rough Waters
By Dontaye Carter
Black College Wire
Swimmer Mujahid El-Amin has rewritten the 100-yard butterfly record at Florida A&M University in only his second season on campus. But his success has been accompanied by tragedy and unexpected fi ...
Posted Tuesday, February 13th 2007 at 9:56AM
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In This Big Game, There Were Always Two Black Coaches
By SAMUEL G. FREEDMAN
Published: February 5, 2007
Decades before Super Bowl XLI, with its history-making confrontation between African-American coaches, similar encounters took place every year. The setting was the Orange Blossom Cla ...
Posted Monday, February 12th 2007 at 3:34PM
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Tuskegee declared 2006 SIAC Football Co-Champion
January 30, 2007
Tucker, GA – The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference has declared Tuskegee University, Co-Champion for the 2006 Football season.
The decision comes after Miles College self reported to the NCAA and the SIAC that ...
Posted Monday, February 5th 2007 at 10:07AM
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2006 SBN Sports Black College All-American Team announced
January 16, 2007
Pittsburgh, PA – American Urban Radio Networks is proud to announce the award-winning members of the 2006 SBN Sports Black College All-American (BCAA) Team, to be honored during the annual BCAA Awards Weekend Februa ...
Posted Tuesday, January 23rd 2007 at 9:59AM
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SPREAD THE WORD!! Monday Night HBCU Hoops Live on ESPN U
Beginning Monday, January 8, SWAC Basketball games will be televised live every Monday night on ESPN U in a double header with the MEAC. Below is a schedule of the games. It all starts wit ...
Posted Monday, January 8th 2007 at 10:41AM
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JSU mourns the loss of Tiger Mascot Wavy Dave
December 21, 2006
(JACKSON, Miss.) – For more than 20 years, Jackson State University’s beloved “Wavy Dave” wowed fans, thrilled children and inspired diehard spirit at football and basketball gam ...
Posted Friday, January 5th 2007 at 11:50AM
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North Carolina Central Football Declared Black College National Champions
(Pittsburgh, PA – December 21, 2006) North Carolina Central University has been declared the 2006 Sheridan Broadcasting Network Black College Football National Champions, the school’s first such ti ...
Posted Tuesday, January 2nd 2007 at 10:03AM
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The Motherland Classic: Black College Football Heads To Africa
by Roscoe Nance,
published on Dec 14, 2006
ATLANTA-- Black college football coaching legend Eddie Robinson has often said that "A man's only limitation is his imagination.''
Robinson's imagination helped carry him to 408 ...
Posted Monday, December 18th 2006 at 12:43PM
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SWAC Announces 2006 Hall of Fame Inductees
December 6, 2006
The Southwestern Athletic Conference has officially announced its 2006 Hall of Fame Inductees. The Class of 2006 includes:
• Avery Johnson – Southern University & A&M College
• Clifton Johnson – Prairie View A&M Unive ...
Posted Monday, December 11th 2006 at 10:14AM
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2006 SWAC FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
“COUNTDOWN TO JUDGEMENT DAY”
November 20, 2006
Birmingham, AL – The battle lines have been drawn and the duel is set for the 2006 edition of the Southwestern Athletic Conference Football Championship game. The Golden Lions of the University o ...
Posted Monday, December 4th 2006 at 2:50PM
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TUSKEGEE, Ala. – (November 29, 2006) – The Golden Tigers (8-3) will make their seventh appearance in the Pioneer Bowl and will face the Johnson C. Smith University Golden Bulls (7-3) at 2 p.m. (EST), on Dec. 2, at American Legion Memorial Stadium in ...
Posted Thursday, November 30th 2006 at 5:20PM
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Albany State's Pettway named finalist for Harlon Hill Trophy
November 22, 2006
FLORENCE, Ala. -- A field of 24 candidates has been trimmed to eight national finalists including Albany State's Alton Pettway in regional voting for the Harlon Hill Trophy as the NCAA Division II College Footb ...
Posted Monday, November 27th 2006 at 12:12PM
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