HBCU Sports, NBA

For the second time since the project broke ground earlier this year, cost projections for the construction of a new Atlanta Falcons stadium have increased,…

HBCU Sports, NFL

Former Oakland Raiders offensive lineman D’amon Maurice “Mo” Collins, drafted by the team in the first round in 1998, died Sunday, according to the athletic director of a Charlotte, North Carolina high school where Collins coached football. He was 38. The West Charlotte athletic department said on Twitter: ”Thank you ALL so much for your […]

Basketball, HBCU Sports, NBA

OXNARD, Calif. (AP) — The joint practice between the Oakland Raiders and Dallas Cowboys went just about how the coaches scripted it Tuesday with high intensity in an emotional environment. Then things went a bit over the line when a hard hit by Dallas cornerback Morris Claiborne on Oakland tight end Mychal Rivera led to […]

National News, News

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — With his penchant for poetry, Todd Christensen never fit the Raiders’ renegade mold. But that didn’t keep him from becoming one of the team’s best all-time tight ends. A five-time Pro Bowl selection and two-time Super Bowl winner, Christensen died from complications during liver transplant surgery Wednesday. He was 57. […]