The first full weekend of Black college football’s 125th season produced some eye-opening results, none more so than Howard’s 43-40 road victory against FBS opponent Nevada-Las Vegas in Coach Mike London’s debut with the Bison. The win was the first in program history for Howard against an FBS opponent. The 43 points for the Bison […]
The 125th season of Black College Football season kicked with Florida A&M putting on a performance in the inaugural Jake Gaither Classic Saturday in Tallahassee, Fla., that would have most certainly would have made the Rattlers’ legendary Hall of Fame coach smile. Playing a home season-opener for the first time since 2011, the Rattlers dominated […]
Former NFL talent Warren Sapp thinks his years as an NFL linebacker \ caused his current memory loss, and says he will donate his brain to the Concussion Legacy Foundation upon his death because “I wanted this game to be better when I left than when I got into it.” The 44-year-old Hall of Famer made the […]
Damn, damn, damn. We were hoping that unemployed NFL QB Colin Kaepernick would get put on by the Seattle Seahawks, but it’s not gonna happen. 🙁 Yesterday (06-05-19) the Seahawks announced that they decided they didn’t want the more than likely fan backlash and decided to go with veteran journeyman Austin Davis (who?!) as their […]
The NFL is making progress in the realm of diversity, making history in 2015 when the Arizona Cardinals hired a woman as part of their coaching staff. The New York Jets followed suit last month with the announcement that Collette Smith will join the team for the summer in a coaching role. Smith, 44, is […]
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CLEVELAND (AP) — Josh Gordon won’t be back in the NFL anytime soon. A person with knowledge of the decision tells The Associated Press that the Cleveland Browns wide receiver has been denied reinstatement by the NFL. The person, speaking Thursday on condition of anonymity because the decision has not been announced publicly, says Gordon […]
17-year old My-King Johnson is making history as the first openly gay Division I football recruit. The 6-foot-4, 225-pound defensive end has signed with his home-state’s Arizona Wildcats. Johnson let Arizona’s defensive line coach, Vincent Amey, know he was gay from the start. According to Johnson, the coach responded, “We want you to be a Wildcat.” However, […]
Heisman Trophy winner Rashaan Salaam was found dead Monday night in a Boulder park less than two miles from Folsom Field, where he carved his name into the University of Colorado record books as one of the greatest players in the program’s history. The Boulder County coroner’s office was still investigating the cause of […]
Tuskegee kept its Division II playoff hopes alive with a stirring 13-10 come-from-behind victory against SIAC rival Miles Saturday at Legion Field in Birmingham, Ala. The Golden Tigers (8-1, 6-1 SIAC) never led until Branden Wilson plunged into the end zone from the two-yard line for the winning score with 1:15 remaining in the game. […]
Kentucky State has experienced nothing but frustration against Tuskegee since the Thorobreds joined the SIAC in 1997. That changed Saturday, however, as they handed the nationally ranked Golden Tigers their first loss of the season, a 10-9 Homecoming defeat. The Thorobreds (4-4, 3-0 SIAC West) emerged with the win when junior defensive lineman Rodriguez Jones […]
NEW YORK (AP) — NBC’s flagship Sunday Night Football game had its smallest audience in five years this week, evidence of the NFL’s new deflation issue. The game between Indianapolis and Houston reached 13.6 million viewers, removing the weekly broadcast from its usual spot at or very close to the top of the Nielsen company […]
