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Alabama A&M’s Donovan Eaglin named to the BOXTOROW Preseason All-America Team

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title image via Alabama A&M Football Courtesy of Alabama A&M Athletics Alabama A&M University redshirt sophomore running back Donovan Eaglin was selected on Wednesday to the 2024 college football Preseason All-America team, presented by BOXTOROW. Eaglin, who earned Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) First Team Preseason honors, finished with 845 total yards and seven touchdowns. On the ground, Eaglin, who was second on the team in scoring with 42 points, carried the ball 142 times for 765 yards, averaging 5.4 yards per touch and 76.5 yards per game. The Houston, Texas native registered a career-high…

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Dave Yamane named head baseball coach at Xavier University of Louisiana

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title image via XULA Baseball Courtesy XULA Athletics Xavier University of Louisiana announced Wednesday the hiring of Dave Yamaneas baseball head coach. He will begin his duties Thursday (Aug. 1, 2024).         Yamane has 22 years of college experience as a coach and director of operations, including associate head coach at two-year Los Angeles Harbor College in Wilmington, Calif., the past three seasons. Yamane has NCAA Division I experience: three years (2016-19) as assistant coach at Siena College and five years (2010-15) as director of operations at Long Beach State.        …

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FAMU’s Patrick Crarey II adds Fred Lymas to coaching staff

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title image via Florida A&M Basketball Courtesy of FAMU Athletics Florida A&M men’s basketball adds another assistant coach with the addition of Fred Lymas. “I’m excited to add Fred to the coaching staff, he has been with me longer than any other assistant coach in my career, and much of our success is due to him,” said Head Coach Patrick Crarey. “I started my career with him when we were both in our 20s at Washington Adventist. We did some great things together, and we reunited at St. Thomas. Fred brings…

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Four FAMU footballers named BOXTOROW Preseason All-Americans

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title image via Florida A&M Athletics Courtesy of FAMU Athletics Florida A&M football has four named BOXTOROW Preseason All-American as Kendall Bohler, Deco Wilson, Ashton Grable, and Cameron Gillis earn recognition. Kendall Bohler | Defensive BackBohler is the top defensive returner from the nation’s best defense in 2023 after finishing the season with 39 tackles, 14 pass breakups, and an interception in the Celebration Bowl. Bohler also made the All-SWAC First Team, BOXTOROW All-American, Aeneas Williams Award Finalist, Bruce Feldman Freak List member, and was on the 2023 Reese’s Senior Bowl Watch List. Bohler Preseason Honors• BOXTOROW Preseason All-American• Stats Perform…

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Howard’s Jarett Hunter named to Walter Payton Award preseaon watch list

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Title image via Yusuf Abdullah Courtesy of Derek W. Bryant, Assistant Athletic Director for Media Relations & Sports Information Stats Perform revealed its 35-player preseason watch list for the prestigious Walter Payton Award where Howard University graduate running back Jarett Hunter (Mineral, Va.) was among the recipients selected. The announcement came Tuesday morning. The Walter Payton Award is presented annually to the national offensive player of the year in Division I FCS college football. Last week (July 30), Hunter was named Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Preseason Offensive Player of the Year after recording nearly…

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Grambling’s Myles Crawley was named to the Walter Payton Award watch list

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Courtesy of Curtis Ford, Grambling Athletics Grambling State quarterback Myles Crawley has been named to the preseason watch list for the 2024 Stats Perform Walter Payton Award. Crawley, who was picked as the preseason SWAC Offensive Player of the Year, had a remarkable 2023 season at GSU. The Redshirt-Senior from Lithonia, Ga. threw from 2,303 yards and 16 touchdowns while completing 60.1% of his passes (197-of-328). He was the first Grambling State quarterback to throw for at least 2,000 yards in a season since Devante Kincaid in 2017 and the first GSU QB to…

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Howard named HBCU Sports Program of the Year

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Courtesy of Derek W. Bryant, Assistant Athletic Director for Media Relations & Sports Information, Howard University Saturday (July 27), HBCU Sports celebrated and honored the achievements and people in Black College with its inaugural Sports Awards show where Howard University won five accolades. The program streamed live on YouTube through the HBCU Sports Channel, hosted by its well-rounded crew of Kenn Rashad, Kendrick Marshall, Chris Stevens and Jarrett Hoffman. Howard Department of Athletics highlighted the afternoon, taking home Athletic Program of the Year. In May, HU won the 2023-24 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Mary McLeod Bethune…

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Paris Olympics Day 2 KD and LeBron powers US past Serbia, Carlik Jones leads South Sudan to historic win

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Courtesy of nba.com The 2024 Olympic Games are officially underway in Paris, France. Group C — featuring the United States, Serbia, Puerto Rico and South Sudan — tipped off Day 2 action on July 28. Look back at the best moments from the second day of Group Play. South Sudan 90, Puerto Rico 79 • Box Score• Watch Replay (Peacock)

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Tennessee State Basketball unveils conference portion of 2024-25 schedule

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Courtesy of Tennessee State Athletics The Ohio Valley Conference released its 2024-25 men’s and women’s basketball conference schedules on Tuesday morning. For the second straight year, the league membership includes 11 teams: Eastern Illinois, Lindenwood, Little Rock, Morehead State, Southeast Missouri, SIUE, Southern Indiana, Tennessee State, Tennessee Tech, UT Martin, and Western Illinois. This year, the conference schedule switches to a true round-robin slate of 20 games, up from 18 games last season. The OVC previously had a 20-game league schedule from 2005-06 through 2007-08 and again in 2020-21. The…

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Day 1 2024 Paris Olympic Bball Updates

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The 2024 Olympic Games are officially underway in Paris, France. Group A (Australia, Spain, Greece, Canada)  and Group B (Germany, Brazil, France, Japan) — tip off the action on Saturday, July 27. Follow along for live game update from the first day of Group Play. France vs. Brazil • Box Score• TV: CNBC, Peacock (LIVE) Group B: Germany 97, Japan 77 • Box score The Olympic career of Victor Wembanyama has officially begun.The 7-foot-4 French phenom won the tipoff against Brazil’s Bruno Caboclo on Saturday, marking his Olympic debut.  Brazil got off to a hot start, building a 23-15 lead…

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