Tennessee State forward Josh Ogundele has become the next Tiger to hop in the transfer portal, per the Portal Report. The Iowa transfer appeared in 33 games, with 20 starts, averaging 6.8 points and 4.2 rebounds in 14.7 minutes per contest. Ogundele, a London, England native, began his collegiate career at Iowa, where he spent three seasons before transferring to Middle Tennessee for his senior season.
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image via Allen Athletics Courtesy of Cade Crenshaw, SID, Allen University Allen University head football coach Cedric Pearl is excited to announce the hiring of Jerrell Allen to the Yellow Jackets’ coaching staff. Allen will serve as the defensive back coach for the football program. “Jerrell always displayed the leadership and reliability that it takes to be successful as a coach when he played for me,” said head football coach Cedric Pearl. “I’m excited about Jerrell joining my staff as one of the best up-and-coming coaches around.” Allen arrives in Columbia after…
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| Florida Memorial University’s dream season comes to an end as they fall 68-47 to Freed-Hardeman in the second round of the NAIA Women’s Basketball National Tournament at the Brewer Sports Center. The Lady Lions of Freed-Hardeman went on a furious 14-2 run to open the game, and FMU could never fully recover from the initial blow. The Lions were led by 2024-25 SUN Conference Women’s Basketball Player of the Year Kamesha Moore who finished with a team-high 12 points on 3-of-6 shooting from beyond the arc to go along with two rebounds…
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image via Courtesy of Alysse Scripter, Director of Strategic Communications, Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference The 2025 MEAC tournament champion Norfolk State University men’s basketball team drew the Southeastern Conference (SEC) tournament champion Florida (30-4) as their opponent in the NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament. The announcement came Sunday nightduring the annual Selection Show on CBS. 16-seeded Norfolk State earned the MEAC’s automatic bid to the postseason tournament and will battle top-seeded Florida in the first round on Friday, March 21, hosted by North Carolina State in Raleigh, N.C. Norfolk State (24-10, 11-3…
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This upcoming Kobe VIII Protro features a university blue engineered mesh upper with large, robustly embroidered Swooshes on the lateral side. With smaller such branding present on the medial side. A Kobe logo is perched atop the tongue, while a much larger iteration of the logo appears on the rear heel. Underneath the aforementioned upper resides a university blue midsole and white rubber outsole. The “University Blue” Nike Kobe VIII is planned to debut later this year. More information on these to come as it avails itself. Images via FKZSNKRS
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The “White/Navy” is the latest colorway in the very fruitful collaboration between Jordan Brand and Nike Skateboarding, with the Air Jordan 4 once again serving as the canvas. As was the case with the white/green color, this Air Jordan 4 offers an improved shape as these are meant to be skated in. They sport a white leather upper with a grey suede overlay at the toe. Navy shows up at the tip of the “Wings”, backing the tongue as well on the “NIKE SB” branded rear heel tab. White netting…
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In what could be one of the opening salvo in a mass exodus from the Tennessee State football program following the departure of head coach Eddie George, who became the head coach at Bowling Green, Tigers defensive lineman Cam Blaylock has entered the transfer portal. In a post on his Instagram account, Blaylock, in part, said “Thank you Tennessee State University for welcoming me with open arms and giving me lifelong brothers, unforgettable memories, and experiences I will cherish forever. To my coaches, teammates, friends, and staff – your support…
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In the Los Angeles Lakers’ February 10 matchup with the Utah Jazz, Lebron James broke a second iteration of the SVSM LeBron XXII PE, having worn another color earlier in the season. This colorway is made for his high school alma mater, Akron’s Saint Vincent-Saint Mary’s, they sport a white upper paired with green that forms the shape of the Swoosh on th lateral side, while also continuing its journey to wrap around the medial side. Green can also be seen on the Lebron signature at the rear heel, with…
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image via Nick Sutton Courtesy of Noah Schlekeway, Assistant SID, Norfolk State Athletics The Norfolk State women’s basketball team punched its third consecutive trip to the NCAA Tournament with a 68-56 win over Howard in the MEAC Championship on Saturday afternoon. Kierra Wheeler led the Spartans with 19 points, adding seven rebounds, six blocks, and four steals, while Diamond Johnson tallied 16 points, four rebounds, and two assists. Wheeler was named MEAC Most Outstanding Player while head coach Larry Vickers earned Most Outstanding Coach honors. Norfolk State started off strong, opening the championship game on…
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image via Nick Sutton It did not come easy and there were times of uncertainty but Norfolk State showed the heart of a champion, battling back from an 11-point deficit to defeat South Carolina State 66-65 to take the MEAC Tournament. South Carolina showed the way until Norfolk State tied the game at 10 on Chris Fields Jr’s layup at the 13:06 mark After ties at 15 and 17 apiece, the teams swapped the lead South Carolina Stare reclaimed the point when Wilson Dubinsky connected from downtown that put the…
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