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CIAA releases 2017 football predicted order of finish, all-conference team

July 19, 2017

Roanoke, VA — The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) and its Football Coaches Association announced the 2017 CIAA Football Predicted Order of Finish and the Preseason All-CIAA Team on Wednesday...

NFL Draft 2017: The last time your team picked a player from an HBCU

Nick Birdsong

April 26, 2017

Features, Football

The NFL Draft gets going Thursday in Philadelphia. Supporters of historically black colleges and universities know it’s likely less than a handful of players from their beloved institutions will be taken in ...

Every NFL team’s best ever pick from an HBCU — Part 2 (NFC)

Nick Birdsong

April 25, 2017

Features, Football

The 2017 NFL Draft begins Thursday in Philadelphia. On the brink of the annual selection show, we continue our two-part series to take a look at every NFL team’s best ever draft pick from an HBCU. Part two ...

Every NFL team’s best ever pick from an HBCU — Part 1 (AFC)

Nick Birdsong

April 24, 2017

Features, Football

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The 2017 NFL Draft begins Thursday in Philadelphia. And while hundreds of young men’s lifelong dreams will be fulfilled when they hear their names called, far fewer who played at historically black colleges ...

Sweet 16: Xavier guard Malcolm Bernard had to leave FAMU to flourish

Nick Birdsong

March 21, 2017

Basketball, Features

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Two and through. That’s typically the path of historically black colleges and universities in the NCAA Tournament. The Mid-Eastern Conference and Southwestern Athletic Conference champions arrive to the Big ...

Is North Carolina A&T’s Tarik Cohen the next Darren Sproles or nah?

Nick Birdsong

March 6, 2017

Features, Football

Numbers never lie, but they seldom tell the whole story. Some would lead you to believe former North Carolina A&T running back Tarik Cohen has no chance in the NFL. At 5-foot-6, and weighing in at jus...

Second-year coach Montez Robinson is making Alcorn State relevant again

Nick Birdsong

February 28, 2017

Basketball, Features

The 7,000-seat arena in Lorman, Miss. where Alcorn State plays its home games bears the name of legendary coach the late, great Davey L. Whitney. In nearly 30 seasons at the helm, during a career that spanne...

Unsigned Kentucky high school running back wants to play at HBCU

Kendrick Marshall

February 11, 2017

Features, Football

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During a Kentucky high school playoff game, Landon Board could barely see the end zone from where he was standing. Class 5A Owensboro High School was backed up on their own 1-yard line against Greenwood High...

NFL Honors Grambling Hall of Famers at Super Bowl

Will Sutton

February 4, 2017

Features, Football

Rick Gallot got word that he was going to the Super Bowl this weekend in the fall while meeting with others, and he was elated. Now that the big weekend is here, he can’t wait to represent Grambling State Unive...

Poll: Which band won the 2017 Honda Battle of the Bands?

HBCU Sports

January 29, 2017

Bands, Features, Media, Polls

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Eight HBCU marching bands where featured Saturday night in Atlanta for the 15th annual Honda Battle of the Bands at the Georgia Dome. This year’s lineup performed in front of a reported crowd of over 55,000 ...

Jackson State vs. Grambling: Which Band Won the Halftime Show?

Poll: Which band won the 2017 Honda Battle of the Bands?

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CIAA releases 2017 football predicted order of finish, all-conference team

NFL Draft 2017: The last time your team picked a player from an HBCU

Every NFL team’s best ever pick from an HBCU — Part 2 (NFC)

Every NFL team’s best ever pick from an HBCU — Part 1 (AFC)

Sweet 16: Xavier guard Malcolm Bernard had to leave FAMU to flourish

Is North Carolina A&T’s Tarik Cohen the next Darren Sproles or nah?

Second-year coach Montez Robinson is making Alcorn State relevant again

Unsigned Kentucky high school running back wants to play at HBCU

NFL Honors Grambling Hall of Famers at Super Bowl

Poll: Which band won the 2017 Honda Battle of the Bands?