Looking to take the program to the next level, Tennessee State University has named Eddie George as head football coach. TSU director of athletics Dr. Mikki Allen made the announcement today as George was introduced to the Tiger family.
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Posted Monday, May 17th 2021 at 4:00PM
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PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas- Alabama State-edged Prairie View A&M on the final day of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) Outdoor Track and Field Championships, winning the title in the last event of the day to claim their 11th consecutive outdoor ti ...
Posted Wednesday, May 12th 2021 at 12:34AM
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The trend of former NFL superstars coaching at HBCUs lives on. This time, former Baltimore Ravens superstar Jacoby Jones is joining Morgan State as the newest tight ends coach. Jones will serve under former NFL running back and Michigan star Tyrone W ...
Posted Tuesday, May 11th 2021 at 2:10PM
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After wrapping up his first season as the head coach for Jackson State, football legend Deion Sanders is looking for more ways to support the next generation of HBCU athletes.
Sander took to social media last week to announce that he will be holdi ...
Posted Monday, May 10th 2021 at 2:16PM
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NFL Superstar and Jackson State Head Football Coach Deion Sanders is voicing his frustration following the 2021 NFL Draft. According to Total Pro Sports, this year marked the ninth time since 2000 that there have been no players drafted from HBCUs.
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Posted Monday, May 10th 2021 at 1:40PM
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Tevanae Tate hit two home runs and TSU received near-flawless pitching in two games as they clinched its 11th consecutive SWAC West Title on Senior Day and first for head coach Raven Rodriguez with dominant 9-0, 10-0 wins over Southern on Friday afte ...
Posted Monday, May 10th 2021 at 12:22PM
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JACKSON, Miss. – Perfection.
Jackson State defeated Mississippi Valley State 12-1 and finished SWAC play with a perfect 24-0 record. Based on record books from 1980, it's the best conference finish since 1990, when the Tigers went 22-1 in confere ...
Posted Monday, May 10th 2021 at 12:15PM
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By:Will Cheney, Augusta Chronicle
Augusta National Golf Club announced in November it would be funding a women's golf program at Paine College and endowing two student-athletes with scholarships in honor of Lee Elder, the first African-American to ...
Posted Friday, May 7th 2021 at 5:25PM
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According to a report from the Nashville Post, Tennessee State officials are “looking into starting an NCAA Division I ice hockey program.”
From the Nashville Post:
The school will reportedly announce soon announce plans to conduct a feasibili ...
Posted Friday, May 7th 2021 at 3:55PM
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Alabama A&M women's outdoor track & field heads to Prairie View, Texas in search of titles as they compete in the 2021 Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) Championships from May 6-8.
The Bulldogs will send 15 individuals to compete in as many ...
Posted Friday, May 7th 2021 at 3:17PM
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Master P's son Hercy Miller could be the first-ever million-dollar college athlete... all while being at an HBCU!
Master P recently told TMZ Sports that he has been working on negotiating a $2.5 million contract for his son who committed to play b ...
Posted Monday, April 26th 2021 at 2:56PM
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According to HBCU Sports, Dawson Odums, who spent the last nine seasons at Southern, is expected to be named the next head at Norfolk State. After finishing with a winning season and dominating Grambling at the Bayou Classic last weekend, the news co ...
Posted Thursday, April 22nd 2021 at 5:01PM
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala.- On Sunday, the SWAC released its hosting scenarios for the upcoming Cricket Wireless SWAC Football Championship presented by Pepsi Zero.
If Arkansas-Pine Bluff wins its final regular-season game versus Texas Southern, and Alabama ...
Posted Tuesday, April 20th 2021 at 5:41PM
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After being postponed last year due to COVID restrictions, the Battle of the Bayou is finally here! Southern University and Grambling University will finally face off on the football field this weekend to show who really runs the bayou but in a diffe ...
Posted Thursday, April 15th 2021 at 2:33PM
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