Basketball, HBCU Sports

Hampton (22-8) advances to a Friday semifinal against the winner of Thursday’s game between sixth-seeded Norfolk State and third-seeded Coppin State. Darrion Pellum scored 23 points to lead Hampton to a 77-55 rout of Maryland-Eastern Shore Wednesday night in the quarterfinals of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference tournament. Hampton (22-8) advances to a Friday semifinal against […]

NBA

Shown are (from left) Billy Hunter of the NBA players union and NBA players Mo Williams and Derek Fisher, union president. (AP) NEW YORK (AP) — No KD vs. Kobe, no championship banner in Dallas. The original start date to the NBA season arrived Tuesday with progress still stalled in the negotiations to end the […]

NBA

Derek Fisher denied a rift in union leadership in a letter to NBA players Monday, telling them there have been Derek Fisher denied a rift in union leadership in a letter to NBA players Monday, telling them there have been “no side agreements, no side negotiations or anything close” with league officials. A story Saturday […]

Football, HBCU Sports

The Alabama State Hornets came into the game leading the nation in turnovers forced. But it was Alabama A&M that won. Alabama A&M flipped the script on top-ranked Alabama State in the 70th Magic City Classic Saturday in Birmingham, Alabama.   The Hornets came into the game leading the nation in turnovers forced. But it […]

HBCU Sports, MLB

  The St. Louis Cardinals celebrate after Texas Rangers’ David Murphy flies out to end Game Seven of the World Series. (AP)   ST. LOUIS (AP) — Allen Craig drifted back, reached up and made the catch, setting off a stampede from the dugout. The St. Louis Cardinals, the team that wasn’t even supposed to […]

Football, HBCU Sports

Alabama A&M coach Anthony Jones is ready for today’s game. So is his team. More than traditional bragging rights will be stake Saturday when instate SWAC rivals Alabama State and Alabama A&M clash in the 70th Magic City Classic at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama – a whole lot more. Both are in the top […]

HBCU Sports, MLB

Texas Rangers catcher Mike Napoli walks away as the St. Louis Cardinals celebrate their Game Six victory. (AP) ST. LOUIS (AP) — Now that the Cardinals have forced the World Series to a Game Seven for the first time in nine years, St. Louis manager Tony La Russa must decide whether to send ace Chris […]

Football, HBCU Sports

“The team that loses is done,” says South Carolina State coach Buddy Pough. When the season started, Saturday’s game between Florida A&M and South Carolina State had all of the makings of a showdown for the MEAC championship. Instead, the Rattlers (4-3, 2-2 MEAC) and the Bulldogs (4-3, 3-1) will be playing to just stay […]

Football, HBCU Sports

The game went exactly the way Golden Rams coach Mike White hoped it would. Albany State rebounded from its upset loss with a 25-15 home victory against Morehouse Saturday night in a showdown for first place in the SIAC East Division. The game went exactly the way Golden Rams coach Mike White hoped it would […]

Football, HBCU Sports

Morehouse coach Rich Freeman doesn’t play down the importance of Saturday’s game against Black College National Champion Albany State. Morehouse coach Rich Freeman doesn’t pull any punches when he talks about the Maroon Tigers’ SIAC showdown Saturday with Albany State, the reigning Black College National Champion, on the Golden Rams’ home field. The winner will […]

Football, HBCU Sports

The victory was a first for Freeman as a head coach or an assistant in 11 games against Tuskegee. Morehouse Coach Rich Freeman exorcised a personal demon Saturday as the Maroon Tigers rallied from a 14-point second-quarter deficit to beat Tuskegee in the 76th Tuskegee-Morehouse Classic in Columbus, Ga. The victory was the first for […]

Football, HBCU Sports

The 76th Tuskegee-Morehouse Classic kicks off Saturday. Tuskegee has won the last seven matchups. There’s an old cowboy saying that “there ain’t a horse that can’t be rode, there ain’t a cowboy that can’t be throwed.’’ Morehouse coach Rich Freeman would like to think that applies to his team Saturday when the Maroon Tigers face […]