LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Kansas star freshman Josh Jackson has been charged with misdemeanor criminal damage after allegedly vandalizing a woman’s car outside a Lawrence bar. A press release from the district attorney’s office says police responded to a report Dec. 9. The case against Jackson was filed in Douglas County District Court on Friday. […]
EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — Northwestern women’s basketball player Jordan Hankins has been found dead in her room at the university. The university said in a statement that the 19-year-old Hankins’ body was found Monday afternoon. The statement from spokesman Carsten Parmenter said there is no indication of foul play or “any danger or threat to […]
Even though Clemson defeated Ohio State in the Fiesta Bowl, 31-0, most of the conversation surrounds Defensive Lineman Christian Wilkins, after he inappropriately grabbed OSU’s Christian Samuels. Watch below. Wilkins has since apologized, telling ESPN, “I was being silly, and I apologize for that,” Wilkins said to Hale. “It’s stuff you do when you’re competing, and […]
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops said Wednesday that Joe Mixon would be off the team if he had punched a woman now instead of 2 1/2 years ago, when he suspended the star running back for a year in a move that has drawn sharp criticism. Mixon was suspended after punching Oklahoma […]
Grambling State is back on top of the Black College Football heap following a hard-fought 10-9 victory over North Carolina Central in the Celebration Bowl Saturday at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. The win was the 11th in a row for Grambling and gives the G-Men their 14th Black College Football National Championship and the […]
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — One by one, the entire Minnesota football roster walked out of the locker room and onto the practice facility turf to face a waiting media gathering. Wearing their maroon game jerseys with gold numbers, they lined up behind 10 of their teammates who were suspended earlier this week after an internal university […]
Every December the Air Force Reserve Celebration Bowl brings together the two best HBCU football programs in the country. The G-Men from Grambling State University (10-1) and the Eagles of North Carolina Central University (9-2) are currently in Atlanta, Georgia to compete against each other in the annual bowl game that highlights and celebrates the talent, legacy and […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Lamar Jackson was trying to remember the last time he cried. He was pretty sure it involved losing a little league football game. On Saturday night, Louisville’s spectacular sophomore quarterback found out winning can get a guy choked up, too. Jackson became the first Louisville player to win the Heisman Trophy, […]
Grambling State enjoyed a drama-free run to Saturday’s SWAC Championship game rematch with Alcorn State. The G-Men, ranked No. 1 among HBCUs and No. 14 in the FCS, didn’t need any last-second or late-game heroics during the regular season. They outscored opponents by nearly 27 points a game en route to a 9-0 conference record […]
The 43rd Bayou Classic was billed as a matchup of heavyweights with the SWAC Division title at stake. In the black and gold corner was Grambling State, the defending division champion with a perfect 8-0 conference record and a 17-game regular season SWAC winning streak. In the blue and gold corner was the challenger, Southern […]
Tuskegee’s fourth consecutive Division II playoff appearance figured to be a brief one. The Golden Tigers got into the 28-team field as the No. 7 seed in Super Region 2 and had to go on the road against second-seeded Newberry, one of the hottest teams in the field after reeling off 10 straight wins. The […]
11/14/16- Missed any of this weekend’s NFL games? Comedian Chris Paul covers the latest to the tune of a popular A Tribe Called Quest tune. Listen!
