Utah State starting quarterback Chuckie Keeton is the only African-American starting quarterback at a major college program in the state of Utah. (Photo: Ryan Talbot/USU Athletic Media Relations) A normal true freshman quarterback doesn’t go to Auburn and burn the defending national champions for two touchdowns. A normal true freshman quarterback would usually […]
“My back isn’t against the wall, The State Fair Classic, featuring Grambling State against Prairie View A&M, has become one of the biggest games on the Black College Football schedule, annually attracting upwards of 50,000 fans to the venerable Cotton Bowl Stadium in Dallas. Grambling is a traditional power, having won 14 SWAC championships and […]
We haven’t been successful at all against them,” Alabama A&M coach Anthony Jones says. “But we’re not going to think about what happened in the past. Alabama A&M returns to its house of horrors Saturday when the Bulldogs play Grambling State Saturday at Robinson Memorial Stadium. The Bulldogs have never won at Grambling. Additionally, they […]
Alabama State represented the East Division in the 2010 SWAC Championship Game. Tradition-rich Grambling State, which has won 21 SWAC championships, has almost as many conference titles as Alabama State has years in the league with 29. And over the years, the G-Men have dominated the Hornets, winning the last four meetings and holding a […]
The South Carolina State Bulldogs face off against the Bethune-Cookman Wildcats this weekend. It’s Week Two of the 2011 football season, and most coaches are still trying to sort out what type of squad they have. However, Bethune-Cookman coach Brian Jenkins and Buddy Pough of South Carolina State, two of the three teams that shared […]
“I said all along, the most important thing is to ground Air Canada, Cousins Doug Williams, the Grambling State coach, and Melvin Williams, coach of Alcorn State, both said their teams’ matchup in the Port City Classic in Shreveport, Louisiana wasn’t about them. It was Grambling vs. Alcorn, not Doug Williams vs. Melvin Spears. In […]
Grambling State football coach Doug Williams (center) is ready to play against his cousin’s team. (AP) It will be a family reunion weekend in Shreveport, Louisiana, when Alcorn State and Grambling State open the 2011 football season in the Port City Classic Saturday night. Alcorn Coach Melvin Spears and Grambling Coach Doug Williams are first […]
Look for longtime HBCU supporter Bill Cosby in the stands at the Nation’s Football Classic on Sept. 10. They’re at it again. The Howard University Bison and the Maroon Tigers of Morehouse College, the storied football rivals that have met 33 times since 1923, are resuming their gridiron face-offs after a 14-year hiatus. Alums of […]
In this May photo, Luther Campbell speaks during a forum with other Miami-Dade mayoral candidates. (AP) Legendary hypeman and longtime graphic hip-hop lyricist Luther Campbell is judiciously seeking to distance himself from his latest alleged act of salaciousness. Convicted swindler and $930 million Ponzi scheme mastermind Nevin Shapiro charges that he took the reigns directly […]
In these undated images released by LSU, football players Jordan Jefferson and Josh Johns are shown. Police have issued arrest warrants charging Jefferson and Johns, with second-degree battery for a bar fight that injured four people last week. Baton Rouge police Sgt. Don Stone said in a statement Friday, Aug. 26, 2011 that investigators have […]
In this April 1, 2011 file photo, Heisman Trophy winner Cam Newton, top, stands behind his father Cecil following a ceremony recognizing the former Auburn University quarterback at the Georgia Legislature in Atlanta. An NCAA panel recommends broadening the definition of agents to close the loophole that allowed Heisman Trophy winner Cam Newton to keep […]
