By: R. Thomas Umstead
Aspire will team with Urban Sports & Entertainment Group to televise 11 live and encore Historically Black College & University (HBCU) college football games beginning this Saturday.
The Magic Johnson-founded network ...
Posted Thursday, September 4th 2014 at 4:52PM
(more)
Courtesy SWAC.org
Thu, August 14, 2014
The Alabama State University Mighty Marching Hornets Band has been selected to star in a reality television show, "Bama State Style," on the popular A&E Network. ASU Mighty Marching Hornets Director James ...
Posted Friday, August 15th 2014 at 9:09AM
(more)
Kendrick Marshall
The Tennessee State Tigers were voted the No. 1 team in the 2014 BOXTOROW preseason poll.
TSU, who is ranked in the top 25 in several FCS preseason polls, received nine of 20 first-place votes.
“I think it’s always great fo ...
Posted Thursday, August 14th 2014 at 2:42PM
(more)
Compete for the Spirit Cup
Win $10,000 For Your Favorite College
How to compete:
Step 1 - Earn points towards your college by posting college-themed photos to Instagram and Twitter with #collegecolors and your college’s official hashtag between August 1st and August 28th. Find your ha ...
Posted Tuesday, August 12th 2014 at 12:54PM
(more)
Written By: Associated Press
NORFOLK, Va. - Norfolk State University linebacker Lynden Trail was named Thursday to the BOXTOROW preseason HBCU All-America team, the organization announced Thursday.
The 28-play preseason BOXTOROW team includes p ...
Posted Friday, August 8th 2014 at 1:44PM
(more)
Rookies from the Southwestern Athletic Conference will make their preseason debuts with NFL teams this weekend.
Defensive back Qua Cox got things started when the Indianapolis Colts faced the New York Jets Thursday while receiver Lee Doss of the W ...
Posted Friday, August 8th 2014 at 1:42PM
(more)
Courtesy Alcorn State Sports Information
Fri, August 08, 2014
LORMAN, Miss. - It didn't take Alcorn President Alfred Rankins Jr. long to award Braves head football coach Jay Hopson for his exceptional leadership of the University's football pro ...
Posted Friday, August 8th 2014 at 1:34PM
(more)
Tyler (KETK) — Texas College hired a new football coach Thursday.
Rodney Blackshear will take over the Steers.
He was a two-time all-conference wide reciever for Texas Tech in the last '80s and early '90s.
"I was fortunate to play for coach ...
Posted Friday, August 8th 2014 at 9:21AM
(more)
A native of Houston, TX, Blackshear spent his high school years at Houston’s Reagan High School. Following high school, Blackshear played collegiately at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, TX from 1987-1991 where he led the team in receiving during th ...
Posted Friday, August 8th 2014 at 9:16AM
(more)
Jessie Atkins, Albany State
Atkins is the lone SIAC returnee from last season's list. The junior caught 47 passes and eight touchdowns in just eight games, helping Albany State take home the 2013 SIAC Championship.
Akeem Jordan, Lincoln
...
Posted Wednesday, August 6th 2014 at 2:10PM
(more)
When: August 23, 2014
Who's Playing: Georgia Prep Sports Academy vs. Arkansas Baptist College
Where: War Memorial Stadium
Little Rock, Arkansas
Time: 6:00pm
Attitude is Everything!! ...
Posted Wednesday, August 6th 2014 at 12:48PM
(more)
Courtesy SWAC.org
(SportsNetwork.com) - A team that wins a conference championship generally has something the competition is lacking.
In the year of the quarterback in the Southwestern Athletic Conference, that isn't such a good thing for reig ...
Posted Wednesday, August 6th 2014 at 12:22PM
(more)
The heat was certainly prevalent on Tuesday for the second day of fall practice for the Tennessee State football team.
“I thought that our guys came out excited,” Head Coach Rod Reed said. “We did some great things as a team, we got after it and a ...
Posted Wednesday, August 6th 2014 at 11:26AM
(more)
Author: Kendrick Marshall
Three HBCU products — Michael Strahan (Texas Southern), Claude Humphrey (Tennessee State) and Aeneas Williams (Southern) — were officially enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Saturday night.
Their paths to the ...
Posted Monday, August 4th 2014 at 1:17PM
(more)
Coach Bo Browder on Wednesday announced that four have signed women's basketball scholarships with Xavier University of Louisiana. Newcomers signed to scholarships for the 2014-15 academic year were:
• Eliqua Brooks, a 5-foot-8 guard/forward f ...
Posted Thursday, July 31st 2014 at 9:42AM
(more)
