Now with the anticipation of national signing day over, the excitement turns to spring training and the start of the 2013 football season. But for some coaches the hot days of spring and summer drills won’t be the only heat they will have to worry about. Heading into the 2013 season there are 5 SWAC [...]
With already crunched athletic budgets and subpar facilities the female athlete’s appreciation level is light years behind that of their male counterparts. The venues of women’s basketball, softball, and volleyball are looked upon as non-revenue sports in most HBCU athletic circles. Tennis, soccer, and golf, often characterized as not being sports at all, is further [...]
After a slow start to the season, with a few key injuries in the mix, this Tiger program had head coach Tevester Anderson and the Jackson State faithful singing the Blue Bengal blues. Now with four straight victories and a dominant win over arch rival Alcorn State, guard Jeff Stubbs believes the Tigers have found [...]
By MARK F. GRAY mgray@hsrn.com When done right coaching is a ministry. That was the philosophy that Joe Taylor lived by as one of the most decorated coaches in the history of Black College Football. Beyond the wins, championships, and records, that will be his enduring legacy. Taylor announced that after 40 years he would [...]
The impressible young men of the Savannah State football team, like thousands of college athletes across the country, learned the very harshly after being thumped by Oklahoma State and Florida State 139-0 the first two weeks of the regular how unforgiving the business aspect of intercollegiate athletics can be. SSU athletes also learned they, like [...]
A little more than a year ago, I was contacted by innovative entrepreneur, Kenn Rashad, who wanted me be part of a website project to blog about historically black college sports. At the time, I was not writing full-time, and was tremendously apprehensive in regards to whatever this new-found role was going to be. You [...]
For the first time ever, Kentucky State and Albany State will square off in the Chicago Football Classic. The annual event, in its 15th year, will be played at Soldier Field Sept. 29. The scheduled kickoff time has not been disclosed. Last year, Hampton defeated Alabama A&M 21-20 in a thriller on the shores of [...]
When the NCAA stripped former Penn State football head coach Joe Paterno of 111 wins dating back to 1998 for his role in actively covering up various child sex abuse crimes committed by former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky resulting in Eddie Robinson ascending to the top of the Division I leader board, the social media [...]
