The long, strange journey of former Hampton forward Matt Pilgrim continues, with some reports surfacing that he may be headed to Memphis. I still maintain that Pilgrim would be better served by jumping down to Division II, tearing up the CIAA, and coming out as a top ten pick who didn’t have the pressure or [...]
Just got word that Jackson State University has extended the contract of athletic director Bob Braddy. The good news, for Braddy at least, is that he has a well-paying job for at least one more year. The bad news is, Tiger faithful are likely going to make it the hardest year of his professional career. [...]
In case the new sidebar icon wasn’t a dead giveaway, I’m in the running for a few 2009 Black Weblogs Awards. If you like what you have been reading of the past two years, or two minutes if you are a first time visitor, please cast your vote for the HBCU Sports Blog in each [...]
How do you say farewell to an icon? In many ways, you don’t. The icon gets to live on through fond memories and frequent tributes to their greatness. Fortunately, black college marching bands have long paid their respect to the musical legend that was Michael Jackson. Here are a few choice selections from some of [...]
Your alma mater is a different school than what you knew it to be. The obvious signs are the new construction, new programs, and many new faces around the campus. But the culture of these institutions is far more different than what you knew. This is especially true for black college sports. The objectives and [...]
To replace Luke D’Alessio, Bowie State was going to have to look local and high for an appropriate replacement. It was going to need a coach with local ties for recruiting and marketability, someone who had not been a failure at previous stops, and someone who was familiar with the CIAA and the pressures that [...]
Dave Bing, an NBA legend and newly-elected mayor of Detroit, will be the emcee for the inaugural induction ceremony for the Grambling Legends Sports Hall of Fame. That’s right. Dave Bing. Just so you and I on are the same page, Bing is a Washington D.C. native, played college ball at Syracuse, played professionally for [...]
There are some folks out there who look at the schedule of their beloved team, see an HBCU on the calendar and think automatic win. Those people, while they are correct in their assessment of the possible outcome, are usually pompous jerks who will never see any parts of a meaningful bowl game despite their [...]
The good news keeps rolling in for the SWAC. First, the Council of Presidents makes the right choice to take the football regular season back to nine games. Today, the conference announced a new partnership with LRS Sports and DragonFly Athletics to provide video editing equipment and a file sharing service for each of the [...]
You have to give credit to the SWAC and its Council of Presidents. The situation was reaching a critical point in what members schools were willing to do to make money, and they fixed it right away. The SWAC conference will switch to a nine-game regular season format in 2010, paving the way for better [...]
