Kendrick Marshall | July 22, 2012 |
No. 5 — Texas Southern head coach Darrell Asberry
Darrell Asberry has a tough task on his hands.
Asberry was hired last December to revive a Texas Southern program that just a few short years ago unexpecte ...
Posted Monday, July 23rd 2012 at 11:06AM
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NEW ORLEANS — Xavier University of Louisiana concluded its 2012-13 women's basketball recruiting class with the signing of Danielle Tucker of Rochester, N.Y., Talor Hixon of Carson, Calif., and Emoni Harvey of Memphis, Tenn., to scholarships. The Gol ...
Posted Thursday, July 19th 2012 at 8:28PM
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NEW ORLEANS — After two semesters at Xavier University of Louisiana, Devinn Rolland has carved a unique niche in XU history.
A chemistry/pre-pharmacy major from the New Orleans suburb of Harvey, La., Rolland is the first XU freshman studen ...
Posted Wednesday, July 18th 2012 at 6:21PM
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CIAA Football: “One Century Down”
Preseason Press Conference This Thursday, July 19
Petersburg, VA… The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association will hold its annual season opening press conference and luncheon this Thursday, July ...
Posted Monday, July 16th 2012 at 4:30PM
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HARTLY, Delaware - For the fifth consecutive year Heritage Sports Radio Network (HSRN) will broadcast the premiere Historically Black College Football events to a national radio audience. In addition, HSRN plans to aggressively expand its multimedia ...
Posted Thursday, July 12th 2012 at 12:23PM
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BY ANDREAS BUTLER
FLORIDA COURIER
Throughout history, hundreds of players from historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUS) have made their mark in the NBA. That continued last month when the Orlando Magic drafted Norfolk State University ...
Posted Monday, July 9th 2012 at 1:55PM
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The Orlando Magic selected forward-center Kyle O’Quinn in the second round (49th overall) of the 2012 NBA Draft.
O’Quinn (6’10”, 240, 3/26/90) appeared in 129 career games at Norfolk State University, averaging 12.5 ppg., 8.5 rpg. and 2.2 blkpg. in 27.3 minpg. and shot .553 (610-1,104) from the f ...
Posted Friday, June 29th 2012 at 3:34PM
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Mayor Alvin Brown and U. S. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced that Jacksonville will be the host of the Navy-Marine Corps Classic men's basketball game featuring the University of Florida and Georgetown University on Friday, Nov. 9, 2012. ...
Posted Friday, June 29th 2012 at 1:09PM
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NEW ORLEANS — Xavier University of Louisiana's Matt Pieri and Javon Mead have been chosen to the Capital One Academic All-America® college division men's track and field/cross country team. Pieri was a second-team selection, and Mead made the third t ...
Posted Monday, June 18th 2012 at 5:14PM
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By Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY
Sunday will be the second consecutive Father's Day Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade will spend with sole custody of his two sons, Zaire, 10, and Zion 5.
In March, 2011, a Cook County, Ill., judge awarded Wade custody and ...
Posted Sunday, June 17th 2012 at 9:41AM
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WASHINGTON (May 29, 2012) – Those who plan to attend the 2nd annual AT&T Nation's Football Classic on September 1, 2012 are encouraged to take advantage of special rates from participating hotels and discounted ticket prices before the deals expire.
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Posted Thursday, June 7th 2012 at 2:13PM
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In a lengthy story published by Diverse: Issues In Higher Education, an HBCU official suggested the NCAA increasing academic standards would “kill” institutions ability to field competitive teams due to some student-athletes inability to literally m ...
Posted Tuesday, June 5th 2012 at 6:46PM
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(BlackMediaScoop) Jay Hopson has been named the new head football coach at Alcorn State University, making the university the first Southwestern Athletic Conference school to name a non-black as head football coach.
A statement on the university’s ...
Posted Thursday, May 31st 2012 at 11:44AM
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Legendary New York Giants linebacker Harry Carson is the latest former NFL player to come out against the consequences of a career in football. In an interview with Dr. Max Gomez of CBS News New York, the 58-year old Cars ...
Posted Sunday, May 20th 2012 at 10:33AM
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WASHINGTON, D.C., April 24, 2012– Events DC announced today that tickets for the 2nd annual AT&T Nation ...
Posted Thursday, May 10th 2012 at 9:53AM
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