MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Tubby Smith has been fired as Memphis men’s basketball coach after two seasons amid dropping attendance and donations to the athletic department. Smith told reporters he was no longer coach as he left a meeting Wednesday with Memphis President M. David Rudd and athletic director Tom Bowen. Memphis issued a statement […]
On Tuesday, basketball extraordinaire LeBron James had some choice words for the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The NCAA is currently under FBI investigation for corruption. Athletes from more than 20 Division I men’s basketball programs are allegedly breaking NCAA rules due to illegal recruiting, and many of the sport’s top players and coaches could face punishment. […]
ATLANTA (AP) — Alabama’s latest group of hotshot recruits delivered on college football’s biggest stage. And the Crimson Tide needed every big play from them. Quarterback Tua Tagovailoa capped a second-half comeback with a 41-yard touchdown pass in overtime to fellow freshman DeVonta Smith in Monday night’s 26-23 win over Georgia to give the Tide […]
LaVar Ball has pulled his son LiAngelo off the UCLA basketball team to get ready for the NBA. There’s just one problem – he's not projected to be in the NBA Draft.
It was a familiar scene in SWAC football Saturday at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans as Grambling State defeated arch-rival Southern 30-21 in the 44th Bayou Classic. The victory, the G-Men’s 10th straight this season – and 25th straight versus conference opponents — was the third in a row against the Jaguars and it […]
North Carolina A&T, No.1 in the Black College polls and No. 9 in the FCS rankings, wrapped up the first unbeaten season in school history and its first outright MEAC championship since 2003 with a 24-10 C home victory against arch-rival North Carolina Central. “Being 11-0 is special,” said North Carolina A&T coach Rod Broadway. […]
UCLA freshman basketball player LiAngelo Ball was recently nabbed with two teammates for stealing from the Louis Vuitton store in Hangzhou.
NEW YORK (AP) — Geno Auriemma has had a lot of great players at UConn, many of whom have been preseason All-Americans. Never, though, has he had three from his team honored by The Associated Press in the preseason until Tuesday. The Huskies trio of Gabby Williams, Katie Lou Samuelson and Napheesa Collier headline the […]
Virginia State looked defeat squarely in the eye Saturday in its regular season finale against arch-rival Virginia before eking out a 40-39 home win to claim the CIAA Northern Division championship. Sitting atop the division standings and sporting a perfect 8-0 record and a No. 16 in Division II and No. 3 in their region, […]
Defending MEAC champion North Carolina Central’s 18-game conference winning streak and run of 11 consecutive home victories came to a screeching halt Saturday as Norfolk State held on for a 28-21 road win. The loss was the first for the Eagles (5-2, 2-1 MEAC), No. 3 in Black College polls and No. 25 in the […]
Virginia State started fast and ended strong en route to a 47-35 Homecoming victory in the Trojans’ showdown with Bowie State for first place in the CIAA North Division race. Both teams were unbeaten entering the game and sported 3-0 conference records. Virginia State (6-0, 4-0 CIAA) scored on three of its first four possessions […]
Grambling State took the mystery out of its SWAC West Division showdown with Prairie View A&M in the 94th State Fair Classic at the Cotton Bowl with a second-quarter offensive explosion, reeling off 21 unanswered points en route to a 34-21 victory. The G-Men (5-1, 2-0 SWAC) were tabbed to repeat as SWAC champions in […]
