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Virginia Union wins eighth straight with 45-20 win over Lincoln

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Courtesy of Virginia Union Sports: 45  VUU 20 LIN Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F VUU 3 14 7 21 45 LIN 0 0 13 7 20 Virginia Union University’s Jada Byersrushed for 187 yards and four touchdowns to lead VUU to a 45-20 win over Lincoln University of Pennsylvania on Saturday, October 22, in Lincoln University, Pa. Byers now has 1,560 rushing yards, exactly 100 short of tying the school-record of 1,660 yards set by Andre Braxton in 2000. The win also sets up a showdown with Chowan University on…

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SWAC unveils ESPN Men’s Basketball Schedule

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Courtesy of the Southwestern Athletic Conference SWAC Announces Men’s and Women’s Basketball HBCU GO Schedules BIRMINGHAM, Ala.- The Southwestern Athletic Conference has announced its upcoming HBCU GO broadcast schedule for the 2022-23 Men’s and Women’s Basketball seasons. The slate of games which will be broadcast in doubleheader format (Women’s/Men’s) are highlighted by several highly anticipated conference match-ups throughout the course of the season. Each league member institution is slated to make appearances on the HBCU GO linear and digital platform. SWAC Men’s and Women’s Basketball games carried on HBCU GO will be…

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SWAC unveils ESPN Men’s Basketball Schedule

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Courtesy of the Southwestern Athletic Conference: BIRMINGHAM, Ala.- The Southwestern Athletic Conference has announced its upcoming ESPN television schedule for the 2022-23 Men’s Basketball season. Alcorn State and Prairie View A&M will tip-off the league’s ESPN lineup on Monday, January 16th (ESPNU). Jackson State will travel to face Southern on Monday, January 30th (ESPNU). Bethune-Cookman will square off against Texas Southern on Monday, February 6th (ESPNU), while Southern and Grambling State will face each other at the NBA HBCU Classic on February 18th (ESPN2). Florida A&M and Alabama A&M will close out the regular season portion of nationally televised…

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Four staff additions announced for N.C. Central Women’s hoops

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Courtesy of North Carolina Central Athletics DURHAM, N.C. – Sixth-year head coach Trisha Stafford-Odom has announced the addition of four members to the North Carolina Central University women’s basketball coaching and support staff for the 2022-23 season. The new Eagles are assistant coach N’Dea Bryant, assistant director of operations Ashlyn Lockard, director of player development Melvin Scott and special assistant to the head coach George Williams. NCCU women’s basketball also returns second-year associate head coach Fred Applin, second-year assistant coach Terrence Baxter and sixth-year director of operations Clarissa Adams. NCCU Women’s Basketball New Coaching & Support Staff… NCCU assistant coach N’Dea Bryant moves into the collegiate coaching…

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“Sunshine” Adidas Crazy 1 returning 22 October

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To many of us of a certain age this silhouette will always be known as “THE KOBE”, its original name, but due to legal and contractural reasons, they are officially called the Crazy 1. Worn in the 2001 NBA All-Star Game by the late, great Kobe Bryant, The ”Sunshine” is one of the more popular colorways of this sneaker. It sports a team yellow molded upper with black showing up on the inner , top half of the tongue, lower portion of the front bumper and rear spolier. Underneath resides…

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Tennessee State Lady Tigers picked 5th in OVC Preseason Poll, Gia Adams named to All-OVC Preseason team

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Courtesy of Tennessee State Athletics BRENTWOOD, Tenn. – The 2022-2023 Ohio Valley Conference women’s basketball preseason coaches poll was announced by the league on Tuesday morning, and third-year head coach Ty Evans‘s team was slotted fifth in the 10-team ranking. Sophomore guard Gia Adams was named to the All-OVC Preseason team. The Lady Tigers received 95 total points and one first-place vote in the preseason ranking that was voted on by the league’s head coaches and sports information directors. Adams returns to the TSU lineup after playing in and starting in 31 games last…

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October 17 , 2022 MEAC Football Players of the Week

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Courtesy of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference North Carolina Central junior quarterback Davius Richard was named the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Football Offensive Player of the Week, presented by Coca-Cola, the conference announced today. Howard University junior defensive back Kenny Gallop, Jr. was named Defensive Player of the Week, while Morgan State’s Keith Jenkins, Jr. was named both Rookie of the Week and Specialist of the Week, and North Carolina Central sophomore Torricelli Simpkins III earned Offensive Lineman of the Week honors. Richard (QB, 6-3, 215, Jr., Belle Glade, Fla.)  Richard accounted for a career-best six touchdowns in…

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17 October 2022 SIAC Footballers of the Week

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Courtesy of the SIAC Taurean Taylor (Tuskegee) was named Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC)Football Offensive Player of the Week, while Loobert Denelus (Benedict) earned Defensive Player of the Week, released by the league office on Monday. Arnes Huskic (Tuskegee) was also tabbed Special Teams Player of the Week alongside Dialo Mosley (Fort Valley State) who earned Newcomer of the Week. OFFENSIVE – Taurean Taylor, Tuskegee | Running Back  |  Senior  |  Scottdale, Ga. Taylor had another strong day on the ground for the Golden Tigers, rushing for a new career-high 232 yards against Central State, including a 93-yard score in the win. The senior also caught a…

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South Carolina State blanks Virginia Lynchburg 36-0

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Courtesy of South Carolina State Athletics 0 VUL 36  BULLDOGS Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F VUL 0 0 0 0 0 BULLDOGS 21 0 8 7 ORANGEBURG, SC—Redshirt sophomore wide receiver Rakim Whitehad a career-day catching four (4) catches for 110-yards and two (2) touchdowns to lead South Carolina State to an 36-0 shutout victory over visiting Virginia Lynchburg Saturday (Oct.15th) inside Oliver. C. Dawson Stadium|Willie Jeffries Field. Graduate quarterback Corey Fields, Jr. finished throwing 17-of-36 for 263-yards and three touchdowns, while redshirt senior Shaquan Davis had a solid day with seven (7)…

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North Carolina Central smacks up Morgan State, 59-20

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20 MSU 59 NCCU Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F MSU 7 6 0 7 20 NCCU 14 28 7 10 59 After smacked around by Campbell 48-13 on Saturday, questions arose around the North Carolina Central Eagle football team, such as “Are they as good as they as many prognosticated?’ and “How would Central come out against a-better-than-we thought Morgan State team?” In the first half the Eagles answered both those questions emphatically, particularly in the first half as they came out of the locker room razor sharp, scoring on…

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