Sharnelia Johnnson, a senior forward for the Langston University women’s basketball team just added an individual accolade totally unrelated to her work on the hardwood.
She’s just been crowned the 2010 Miss Black Langston University.
Johnson said she will spend her year of service implementing her platform “Academics Building Character” by working with elementary, middle, and high [...]
Mar 3 2010 | Posted in
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A grand jury will decide if five former Savannah State University football players will be indicted on charges of aggravated assault stemming from a Feb 5. campus incident.
Chatham County Recorder’s Court Judge Tammy Stokes ruled the defendants “acted in concert in a violent way” when they attacked Carl Gee and Karl Arila.
Gee suffered a compressed [...]
Mar 3 2010 | Posted in
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Courtesy of RollingOut.com, SIAC commissioner Greg Moore talks about the 2010 SIAC Basketball Tournament. Or at least, he was supposed to be talking about the tournament, and wound up talking about the history of the conference, and its place in college sports culture.
Were this a pitch to sponsors, I could understand. But unless RollingOut.com is [...]
Mar 2 2010 | Posted in
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The SIAC has released its seedings for the 2010 SIAC Basketball Tournament beginning tomorrow on the Morehouse College campus. Here are the opening round matchups.
Women
9 a.m. – #8 Stillman vs. #9 Paine (season series tied 1-1): The Lady Tigers have won 2 straight heading into tournament play led by Alicia Young, who leads the [...]
Mar 1 2010 | Posted in
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Alabama State University swept the men’s and women’s SWAC Indoor Track and Field Championships yesterday, with the Lady Hornets capturing their second-consecutive title and sixth in the last ten years.
Shexnieavia Bryant of Alabama State was the Women’s Outstanding Field Performer. She scored 20 points with a pair of first-place finishes in the shot put (12.96m/42-06.25ft [...]
Mar 1 2010 | Posted in
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St. Augustine’s College and Fayetteville State University captured the 2010 CIAA Basketball Tournament men’s and women’s championships last Saturday, and will each move on to compete in the NCAA Division II national tournament.
The top seed in the men’s bracket, St. Augustine’s faced a stiff challenge from seventh-seeded Elizabeth City State University en route to a 63-59 [...]
Mar 1 2010 | Posted in
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The CIAA Basketball Tournament is popular for many reasons – history, tradition, and parties are just some of the outward characteristics that make it among the most attended athletic events in all of college sports.
But one thing that folks who don’t even come for the games can appreciate is the surprising and fantastic finishes that [...]
Feb 27 2010 | Posted in
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The Xavier University Gold Nuggets women’s basketball team is the second team in GCAC history to finish conference play undefeated, and head into the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Basketball Tournament with the top seed and a chance to earn a top-seeding in the NAIA national tournament.
The Gold Nuggets (25-5 overall, 18-0 GCAC), winners of the [...]
Feb 27 2010 | Posted in
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Sharon Brummell, head coach of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore women’s bowling team, has been named to the NCAA National Women’s Bowling Committee.
In those roles Brummell will be tasked with ensuring representation from conference and independents from their region, participate in selection of teams for the championship, select host sites for championships, make rules [...]
Feb 25 2010 | Posted in
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The top seeds in the CIAA Basketball Tournament men’s bracket come out to play today, and the HBCU Digest has you covered with previews and polls.
1:00 pm #2-Bowie State vs. #7Elizabeth City State
Simply put, Bowie State has the interior presence in Duke Crews and Travis Hyman to compete for a CIAA title. Elizabeth City State, [...]
Feb 25 2010 | Posted in
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