In keeping with their statement earlier this week, Shaw University officially announced its plans to move Bears football home games to Raleigh. Games will be played at nearby Millbrook High School, and ticket prices for adult admission will see a $10 decrease, all in an effort to build stronger community support around the program. As [...]
MEAC basketball heads remember former Hampton Pirate Devin Green well. He was a standout guard for some of the prime years of HU basketball in the early 2000′s, and was one of the few undrafted black college ballers to stick with an NBA roster. His journey over the last four years has been a rough [...]
I originally thought about titling this post “How Fried Chicken Can Save Black College Sports,” but then thought better of being stereotypically flagrant in the name of improving HBCUs. Instead, I’ll lead off with this video of black college football legend Walter Payton touting KFC for a good cause. Now, it’s not so much the [...]
Kentucky State University has fired head football coach Fred Farrier, a dismissal that was confirmed by the coach in a telephone interview with the State Journal’s Jonathan Hines. Given Farrier’s 3-8 record over the last two years, the average black college football fan likely wouldn’t take issue with the firing. But according to Farrier, he [...]
An official group charged with raising funds for Alabama A&M athletics recently presented a check to the department for $40,000, to go towards operation costs and the funding of athletic scholarships. The Bulldog Club shows that economic hard times usually require harder work to accomplish great things. After all, you can’t complain if you have [...]
For an outlook on the 2009 football season for the SWAC conference, we go to the venerable Deriso Report, who provides what you need to know about every team.
In an exclusive to the HBCU Sports Blog, Shaw University has released a statement on the rumors of budget cuts to the Bears’ athletic program in the face of institution-wide financial hardship. The following statement was issued by Shaw athletic director Marcus Clarke. These are financially challenging times for us all, and Shaw University Athletics is [...]
The SIAC recently had its football kickoff luncheon, and for our viewing pleasure, here is video footage from the event.
Former Elizabeth City State standout and CIAA basketball legend Anthony Hilliard has signed with RBC Veviers-Pepinster of the European Ethias League, the club announced today. Hilliard, the two-time CIAA Player of the Year, led the Vikings to consecutive 20-win seasons in his final two years at ECSU, averaging 17.1 points and 9.3 rebounds per game [...]
Yes, it is unfair that every other member of the SWAC football conference has to bow down to the will of its pioneering institutions. It’s bogus that teams that play just as hard and carry just as much of the burden of advancing the conference brand are held hostage by the Bayou Classic and the [...]
