"I'm thankful and blessed and appreciate the opportunity that has been presented to me," said Stewart. The post Coppin State University Names Larry Stewart As Head Men’s Basketball Coach appeared first on 92 Q.

Vice President Kamala Harris visited with a dejected Howard University men's basketball team following their loss in the NCAA Tournament. "You made all us Bison so proud," the Howard alumna told them. The post VP Harris Gives Howard University’s Basketball Team Motivational Speech After NCAA Tournament Loss appeared first on NewsOne.

If early performances are any indication of how competitive HBCU basketball will be this season, then we should be in for a treat. The post Big Wins Earn HBCU Basketball Bigger Respect This Season appeared first on NewsOne.

The college sports landscape is changing. Athletes are now in control of their destiny more than ever, thanks to NIL deals which are now allowing for the playing field to be leveled quite a bit. Universities that couldn’t even fathom landing a top recruit can now consider themselves in the running to land potentially once-in-a-generation […]

Jackson State University grad Ameshya Williams-Holliday made history as the first WNBA draft pick from an HBCU in 20 years.

The NCAA tournament is arguably the biggest event in all of college athletics that brings a sizable payday for many participating conferences. But HBCUs have found themselves on the lower end of the financial spectrum.

When it comes to Paul Quinn College, a Dallas-based HBCU, many are saying the private university may have the best basketball court in America after images of the outstanding design recently went viral.

BOSTON (AP) — LeBron James will get a couple days to catch his breath, then make his annual June journey to Golden State or down to Houston to face a team far better than his. His eighth straight NBA Finals sets up as one of his most difficult, flanked by a largely unheralded set of […]

  Bill Russell, the NBA Hall of Famer was briefly hospitalized for what were first suggested to be heart issues. Fortunately, the 84-year-old is back home and resting. TMZ is reported that an ambulance was called to Russell’s home in the Seattle area Friday night, and the Celtics legend was rushed to a nearby hospital. The […]

After being asked “what happened” during a crucial point of Sunday’s Game 1 loss, LeBron gave a flawless play-by-play recap off the dome.

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — They chanted his name from the cheap seats: “Di-Vin-cen-zo, Di-Vin-cen-zo.” By the time Donte DiVincenzo was done doing his damage, Villanova had another title and college basketball had its newest star. The redhead kid with the nickname Big Ragu came off the bench to score 31 points Monday and lift ‘Nova […]

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Hundreds of people protesting a fatal police shooting of an unarmed black man in California’s capital city marched into City Hall, disrupted rush-hour traffic on a freeway and then joined hands to block thousands of NBA fans from entering the arena where the Sacramento Kings were playing.   Kings owner and […]