NFL

BALTIMORE (AP) — Ray Rice was let go by the Baltimore Ravens on Monday and suspended indefinitely by the NFL after a video was released that appears to show the running back striking his then-fiancee in February. [SEE VIDEO HERE] The grainy video, released by TMZ Sports, apparently shows Rice and Janay Palmer in an […]

Things that go on on elevators, don’t stay on elevators, as Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice and the NFL are finding out today. Surveillance video of the knockout punch Rice deal his now-wife Janay Rice is not a good look for him nor the NFL. Leave it to TMZ to come up with the actual footage […]

HBCU Sports

Alabama State hasn’t quite gotten over the hump in its quest to establish itself as one of the elite programs among HBCUs. However, that could be changing. The Hornets upset Tennessee State, the reigning Black College National Champion and one of the most storied and respected program in Black College Football, 27-21 at ASU Stadium […]

HBCU Sports, More Sports

NEW YORK (AP) — A couple of months before Serena Williams capped her dominant run to a third consecutive U.S. Open championship and 18th major singles title Sunday night, she sat down with coach Patrick Mouratoglou to decipher why the season had been such a struggle by her standards. At the time, Williams was coming […]

NBA player Russell Westbrook has officially drafted a woman with whom he can spend the rest of his life! The Oklahoma City Thunder guard has…

HBCU Sports, NFL

It’s football season. As many of us fans prepare tailgate festivities and our favorite teams finalize their strategies for the first set of games, one…

HBCU Sports, Newsletter, NFL

An anti-gay group is planning to protest the Dallas Cowboys after the team signed openly gay football star Michael Sam onto its practice squad. Jack Burkman, a conservative lobbyist, says “thousands” of right-wing Christians will protest Sunday in Arlington, Texas, where the Cowboys will play their season opener against the San Francisco 49ers. Burkman heads […]

HBCU Sports, NCAA

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — An attorney said Florida State is investigating the sexual assault case involving Jameis Winston in an effort to determine if the Seminoles quarterback violated the student code of conduct policy. Baine Kerr, one of the attorneys for the woman who said Winston sexually assaulted her, said Thursday the university interviewed his […]

HBCU Sports, NFL

Will CBS’ Under the Dome take on a whole new meaning once the NFL season begins Thursday? The Sept. 4 kickoff game between the defending Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks and Green Bay Packers will go down on NBC, but for the following seven weeks, Thursday’s games will belong exclusively to CBS, and network chief […]

HBCU Sports, NFL

RENTON, Wash. (AP) — Commissioner Roger Goodell said the NFL is closely watching San Francisco defensive lineman Ray McDonald’s case after the institution of a new policy on domestic violence. Goodell spoke Wednesday night after attending a youth event the night before Seattle and Green Bay open the season. Goodell said the league is still […]

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NEW YORK (AP) — After a bad-as-can-be start, dropping the first three games, Serena Williams quickly turned things around and stretched her U.S. Open winning streak to 19 matches to get back to the semifinals. Considered the best server in women’s tennis, the No. 1-seeded Williams was broken twice in a row at the outset […]

The sneaker bidding war between Under Armour and Nike came to an end on Sunday when Oklahoma City Thunder superstar Kevin Durant post his choice…