Category: HBCU Sports

Three more Grambling games added to ESPN docket

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Courtesy of Grambling State Athletic Communications The Grambling State University football team will play three additional games on ESPN+, the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) announced on Friday.  With the additional three games, Grambling State now will play four games on ESPN+, one on ESPNU and one on NBC/Peacock.  Grambling State will meet Bethune-Cookman (3 p.m. central time kickoff) on ESPN+ on September 24 and two of the three home games at Eddie G. Robinson Memorial Stadium will be streamed on ESPN+. GSU versus Alcorn State on October 29 and against Arkansas-Pine Bluff on November 5 will be…

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Up close with the CAU x Nike Dunk Low

Brandon King

Earlier this month, images of a Clark-Atlanta University Nike Dunk Low , which along with a FAMU and NC A&T pairs , emerged. More detailed images of the CAU dunks that reveal that the pair is actually mismatched, with the grey and black color blocking reversed on each shoe, making them much more visually interesting. Each tongue features a Panthers Athletics logo, with an embroidered “1988″, the year of the merger between then-Clark College and Atlanta University that formed Clark-Atlanta University, on the rear heel. The pictured pair does not…

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SIAC on ESPN television schedule

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Courtesy of the SIAC: The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) enters into the second year of its relationship with ESPN that will feature 22 football games this fall aired exclusively across ESPN platforms, including ESPNU, ESPN3, and ESPN+. This year’s lineup features at least one home game for each football member, the conference’s most electric rivalry matchups, the second annual Boeing Red Tails Classic, Fountain City Classic, the Morehouse-Tuskegee Classic, and the SIAC Football Championship presented by Cricket. Every week, from September 4th to November 12th, will feature a SIAC…

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Albany State’s Bonnaeu named SIAC Preseason Offensive Player of the Year

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To kick off 2022 SIAC Media Day the conference announced preseason football honors and Albany State quarterback Dionte Bonneau was tabbed Offensive Player of the Year. In 8 games last season, the redshirt spohmore out of Atlanta threw for 1076 yards, 10 touchdowns and had a QB rating of 109.66 and also ran for another 170 yards in guiding a Golden Rams offense that averaged Last season Bonneau’s game highs for passing were 278 yards against Shorter College, touchdowns with three scores against Clark-Atlanta, longest pass play of 54 yards,…

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SIAC announces 2022 Preseason Football Honors

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Courtesy of the SIAC: This year’s Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) preseason team features 29 returning players from the 2021 SIAC Football All-Conference team, led by Dionte Bonneau of Albany State University who was selected as this year’s Preseason Offensive Player of the Year alongside Andrew Farmer, Lane College, who was tabbed as the 2022 Preseason Defensive Player of the Year announced Wednesday during the league’s media day presented by Cricket Wireless in Atlanta, Ga. All nominations and votes are submitted by head coaches and sports information directors.  Preseason Offensive Player of…

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Bayou Classic and NBC Sports announce three-year media rights extension

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From NBC Sports: NBC Sports and the Bayou Classic have agreed to a three-year media rights extension through 2024, both parties announced today.  The new agreement — which kicks off this year with the 49thannual Bayou Classic as Southern and Grambling State renew their storied football rivalry on Saturday, Nov. 26 on NBC and Peacock — extends a historic partnership which began in 1991.  NBC Sports’ presentation of the Bayou Classic will continue to showcase the Battle of the Bands, the celebrated tradition between the Southern and Grambling State marching bands, during…

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Grambling soccer adds Jazmyne Lewis as Associate Head Coach

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Courtesy of Grambling State Athletic Communications Grambling State University head women’s soccer coach, Justin Wagar, announced on Wednesday the addition of Jazmyne Lewis as the Associate Head Women’s Soccer Coach.  Lewis returns to Grambling State after previously serving as an assistant coach from 2018-19 and helped guide the team to a 2018 Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) regular season championship.  “She’s a talented coach who really helps the team both on and off the field to keep things running smoothly,” Grambling State head women’s soccer coach Justin Wagar said.  “She leads good…

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SIAC announces 2021-22 All-Academic honourees

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From the SIAC: A record high, 1,474 student-athletes, was named to the 2021-22 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) Commissioner’s All-Academic Team for maintaining at least a 3.0 or better cumulative grade point average throughout the 2021-22 academic year. Student-athletes with a 3.2 or higher were considered for all-academic team honors. The number of student-athletes selected in each sport is determined by the number of positions usually involved in that sport. Fifty-one students from 13 institutions recorded a 4.0 grade point average. Benedict College and Kentucky State University led all institutions in this year’s…

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Grambling fires Volleyball Coach Chelsey Lucas

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If i could sum up the Chelsey Lucas era in four words, they would be ” Grand Opening, Grand Closing.” After being hired in February, Lucas was shown the door , as it was announced via a statement from University President Rick Gallot and VP for Intercollegiate Athletics, Dt. Travyvean Scott on Tuesday. From Grambling State Athletic Communications: “The Grambling State University Athletics Department announced on Tuesday the termination of head volleyball coach Chelsey Lucas. The announcement was made by President Rick Gallot and Dr. Trayvean Scott, Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics. …

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Alabama State footballer Awysum Harris passes away

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Courtesy of Alabama State Atheltics Montgomery, Ala.—Alabama State University Athletics is saddened to announce the passing of Sophomore Linebacker Awysum Harris, from Decatur, Alabama. “The Athletic Department mourns the loss of one of its talented student- athletes, and our deepest sympathy is extended to his family,” said Athletic Director, Dr. Jason Cable. Cable, Head Coach Eddie Robinson and President Quinton T. Ross, Jr. met with the Hornets football team Sunday evening. “Our team is really hurting right now. As a matter of fact, all of us are heartbroken by this loss,” said Robinson. “Tonight, we…

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