Category: HBCU Sports

Tennessee State hits the road to take on Kennesaw State

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Courtesy of Tennessee State Athletics The Tennessee State football team will hit the road for the second straight week as they will travel to Kennesaw, Ga., to take on Kennesaw for their first of three straight non-conference games. The Owls have dropped four straight games, while the Tigers come into Saturday’s matchup off their second loss of the season.  Tennessee State (2-2, 1-1) vs. Kennesaw (1-4)Date: Sat., October 3Time: 2:00 p.m.Location: Kennesaw, Ga.Venue: Fifth Third Bank Stadium (9,800) TV: ESPN+TBA (pxp)TBA (analyst)  Radio: WNSR — 560 AM, 95.9 FM (Nashville), 107.9 FM (Smyrna)Sirius XM: Ch. 381Stream: TSU Tigers…

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“King of NIL” Rayquan Smith wants to help HBCU Athletes

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Courtesy of Charnese Small, Sports Editor,The Virginia Statesman Name, Image and Likeness (NIL), in its most basic form, refers to the procedures by which college athletes are permitted to obtain monetary rewards. Use of an athlete’s name, likeness, and image for marketing and promotional purposes is referred to as NIL. This might involve postings on social media, endorsing products, signing autographs, and more. “The King of NIL” as they call him, Mr. Rayquan Smith, graduate student from Norfolk State University now attends Virginia State University as a Mass Communications graduate student.…

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CIAA Launches brand-new conference tourney website

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Courtesy of the CIAA The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association is thrilled to announce the launch of the 2024 Food Lion CIAA Men’s and Women’s Basketball Tournament website. Our primary goal during the redesign process was to create a more valuable, user-centric and responsive resource across all platforms and devices. “We’re excited to announce the launch of the new Food Lion CIAA Tournament website. This new website is the culmination of the diligence and long hours of work from our team,” said Jacqie McWilliams Parker, CIAA Commissioner. “We are thrilled with the results and are…

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Tennessee State Volleyball unable to overcome slow start in 3-1 loss to UT Martin

Brandon King

Courtesy of Scott Wallace, Communications Coordinator for Volleyball & Softball, Tennesee State University 1 TSU 3 Winner UTM Team 1 2 3 4 F TSU 24 25 21 23 (1) UTM 26 23 25 25 (3) The Tennessee State Tiger volleyball team had slow starts to each of the four sets and was able to win one but fell to the UT Martin Skyhawks 3-1 (24-26, 25-23, 21-25, 23-25) Tuesday on the road at Skyhawk Fieldhouse. The loss Ohio Valley Conference loss dropped TSU’s record to 2-13 overall and 2-3 in OVC…

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Tennessee State’s Monroe Beard named Big South-OVC Co-Defensive Player of the Week

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Tennessee State linebacker Monroe Beard was named Big South-OVC Co-Defensive Player of the Week. Beard, a junior out of Chattaanooga, Tennessee, set the TSU single-gmae record for tackles, with 19 in the Tigers, 20-10 loss at UT Martin on Saturday. On the most recent Big South-OVC Football media call, Tennessee State head coach Eddie Eddie George was very complimentary of Beard, referring to him as “selfless”, “fiery” and some someone “who represents everything it is to be a Tennessee State Tiger.” Beard leads the conference in tackles with 49 total…

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Legendary Albany State coach Hampton Smith passes away

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Hampton Smith, the most successful coach in the history of Albany State football has passed away at the age of 89 according to a statement released by the University. “On behalf of President Marion Ross Fedrick, Albany State University is deeply saddened to share the passing of former ASU football and baseball Coach Hampton Smith. We extend our sincerest condolences to his family and friends.” For over 20 years during his time at the university, Coach Smith made a significant impact on the ASU community both on and off the…

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Willie Slater out at Clark Atlanta

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Courtesy of Clark Atlanta University Clark Atlanta University’s Head Football Coach Willie Slater was relieved of his duties effective immediately.  The decision comes after an evaluation of unresolved challenges that the CAU football team has experienced during the 2023 season. Many opportunities to make impactful changes were explored with minimal success.  This decision was not made lightly, a great deal of time was spent in thought and in discussions with people who love our university, students, faculty, alumni, leadership, and Coach Slater.    We appreciate Coach Slater for his dedication and…

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Tennessee State Volleyball to take on reg season champ UT Martin Tuesday

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Courtesy of Scott Wallace, Communications Coordinator for Volleyball & Softball , Tennessee State Athletics The Tennessee State University Tiger volleyball team and the UT Martin Skyhawks have two things in common. They both are coming off seasons that they are the defending Ohio Valley Conference championships. The Tigers were the surprised OVC postseason winners after being picked to finish last in the preseason. Martin won the regular season championship. They both have started the 2023 season on a bit of a struggle.TSU (2-12, 2-2) opened the season by losing all ten…

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Meac names Volleyballers of the Week

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Norfolk State senior Shonte Seale was named the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Player of the Week, presented by Coca-Cola. Morgan State’s Jada Williams was named Rookie of the Week, while Coppin State’s Andrea Tsvetanova was named Setter of the Week. North Carolina Central junior Loren Johnson earned Defensive Player of the Week honors, respectively. Seale (Sr., OH, Bridgetown, Barbados) averaged .362 kills, including 26-of-58 attempts, and 1.43 digs per set over seven matches last week. She recorded 14 kills in four matches, hitting .444, along with two assists, two aces, and three digs in a win over Maryland…

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“Tuskegee” Nike Terminator High coming soon

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Just as was seen with the “Spelman”, “Tennessee State” and “Alabama A&M” iterations , Tuskegee will also have its dedicated edition of the Terminator High. It sports a phantom leather upper overlaid with tough red at the at the toe, eye rows, and wrapping the heel, while also showing up as an underlay at the rear heel. On the front of the tongue, a Golden Bears logo is seen, while “Tuskegee” and “Institute” in embroidered caligraphy on each respective rear heel. On the lateral forefoot, is stamped “1881” ,the year…

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