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Kenn Rashad

Kenn Rashad

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I have been asked by the SWAC office to solicit your responses on sports related events/stories that have occurred in your school's history that would make good feature stories for the new ESPNU sports channel. Your responses could be about a particular student athlete who had to overcome personal challenges to eventually do special things for the community, or something that has occurred in your schools' history that eventually created a school tradition. The SWAC office sees this as a "golden opportunity" for all SWAC schools to get positive PR on the national level.

Thank you all in advance for your participation
 
There are so many things that could be covered by all the SWAC schools on those unnoticed contributions that they have provided to world sports arena. Somethings off the top of my head:

The 1978-79 Men's Basketball team at Alcorn that went undefeated but was overlooked by the NCAA tournament. Coach Davey (The Wiz) Whitney helped lead Alcorn to several SWAC championships and many visits to the NCAA tournaments. I just reread the story that several papers, journals, and magazines published.

The 1994 game that featured Alcorn vs Southern. The year Steve McNair broke Ty Detmers yardage record.

Shirley Walker "First Lady of the SWAC" has won ten SWAC titles, six conference tournament championships and she has been honored with the Coach-of-the-Year award eight times. During the 1996-97 season, the Lady Braves held the nation’s longest home court win streak, which ended at 31 consecutive wins.

There would need to be a lot of coverage for all the SWAC schools and their accomplishments.
 

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what about the 27-4 SU men's hoops team that didn't make NCAA tournament...the climate of college hoops has changed and that team now would've made it in if they didn't win the SWAC tourney

--I think Coach Cador would be a good feature
--can't go wrong with a Jaguar Nation feature during football season...
--track down Marcus Jacoby and let him and other members of the Jags when he was the starter talk about that time
 
Journalist said:
what about the 27-4 SU men's hoops team that didn't make NCAA tournament...the climate of college hoops has changed and that team now would've made it in if they didn't win the SWAC tourney

--I think Coach Cador would be a good feature
--can't go wrong with a Jaguar Nation feature during football season...
--track down Marcus Jacoby and let him and other members of the Jags when he was the starter talk about that time
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Yeah they could also tie in the fact that Coach Marino Casem helped structure two SWAC schools athletic departments.
 
Journalist said:
what about the 27-4 SU men's hoops team that didn't make NCAA tournament...the climate of college hoops has changed and that team now would've made it in if they didn't win the SWAC tourney

--I think Coach Cador would be a good feature
--can't go wrong with a Jaguar Nation feature during football season...
--track down Marcus Jacoby and let him and other members of the Jags when he was the starter talk about that time
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The year that Southern U. men's hoops team went 27-4 they actually made the top 25 for a couple of weeks.That team feature Carlos Sample, Darryl Battle, The late Bobby Phills, Robert Youngblood, can't remember the others.
A story about how well the Jaguar Nation travels to away games.
also SU baseball team has had 24 players drafted over the last 3 seasons more than any other college during that time frame.Also Southern's baseball traditon and many draft picks including hall of famer Lou Brock.
Jaguars in Professional Baseball

Anderson, Melvin Philadelphia Phillies '99
Baker, Henry
Boston Red Sox '71

Beal, Calvin
Chicago Cubs '77

Bevins, William
St. Louis Cardinals '86

Blackburn, Franco
Florida Marlins '00

Blackwell, Milton
Boston Red Sox '66

Boyd, Leroy
Texas Rangers '72

Brock, Dale
St. Louis Cardinals '75

Brock, Louis "Lou" Clark
St. Louis Cardinals '64

Brown, Jake
San Francisco Giants '69

Cador, Roger
Atlanta Braves '73

Calvin, Derrick
Colorado Rockies '93

Chandler, Marcus
Kansas City Royals '00

Chapman, Chris
Los Angeles Dodgers '80

Collins, Jimmy
Atlanta Braves '72

Cornelious, Brian
Detroit Tigers '89

Davenport, Odell
San Francisco Giants '88

Day, Dewon Toronto Blue Jays '03
Davison, Grady
Cleveland Indians '91

Dukes, Willie
Boston Red Sox '89

Duncan, Hiram "Trae"
Tampa Bay Devil Rays '02

Edgar, Dwaine
New York Yankees '94

Fishers, Pete
California Angels '72

Gainous, Arthur
Chicago Cubs '69

Gaither, Horace
Chicago White Sox '88

Garret, James
Chicago White Sox '87

George, Andre
San Francisco Giants '89

Goodwin, Danny
Chicago White Sox '71 / California Angels '78

Graves, Bryan
Anaheim Angels '95

Gray, Antoin Chicago White Sox '03
Gray, Charles
Los Angeles Dodgers

Green, Lee Otis
Cleveland Indians

Griffin, McVea
Chicago Cubs

Hairston, John Jr.
Chicago White Sox '89

Hairston, John Sr.
Chicago Cubs '65

Hale, Demarlo
Boston Red Sox '82

Harrison, Torik
Florida Marlins '01

Hill, Terrance
Boston Red Sox '98

Hubbard, Trenidad "Trent"
San Diego '86

Isom, Stanton
Chicago White Sox

Johns, Clarence
St. Louis Cardinals '94

Johnson, Bobby
Los Angeles Dodgers '72

Lawrence, Edwin "Chip"
Baltimore Orioles '96

LeCour, Leon
San Francisco Giants '69

Lee, Harvey Jr.
Yankees '84 / Chicago Cubs '95

Levy, Harry
St. Louis Cardinals '60

Lewis, Fred
San Francisco Giants '02

Manuel, Marcellous
Chicago White Sox '98

Mason, Quincy
Chicago Cubs

Mouton, Lyle Sr.
Pittsburg Pirates '67

Paddy, Marco
Atlanta Braves '88

Payton, Raymond
Chicago White Sox '87

Pittman, Joe
Houston Astros '75

Potier, Miles
St. Louis Cardinals '73

Primus, Sherman Carl
Florida Marlins '02

Puebla, Fernando Tampa Bay Devil Rays '03
Quintal, Craig
Detroit Tigers '96

Richard, Lee
Chicago White Sox '71

Shelling, Keith
Texas Rangers '77

Smith, Greg
Los Angeles Dodgers '79

Smith, Jullian
Boston Red Sox

Smith, Ron
Chicago Cubs '93

Smith, Roosevelt
Chicago White Sox '90

Stargell, Tim
Seattle Mariners '88

Story, Jonathan
Chicago White Sox '90

Thomas, Eric
Milwaukee Brewers '02

Thompson, Alva
Atlanta Braves '98

Townsend, Marcus Cincinnati Reds '03
Trammel, Otis
Chicago Cubs '78

Ursin, Damian Cincinnati Reds '03
Vital, Kevin Houston Astros '03
Washington, Tyrone
Texas Rangers '89

Weeks, Rickie Milwaukee Brewers, '03
Williams, Reggie
Los Angeles Dodgers '77

Winzer, Kenny
Seattle Mariners '91

Woods, Michael Jr.
Detroit Tigers '00

Woods, Michael, Sr. San Francisco Giants '78



Professional Baseball Scouts/Umpires (Former SU Players/Coaches)

Beal, Damian Umpire, Double A Baseball
Brathwaite, Arnold Scout, Anaheim Angels
Cochran, Jerome Scout, Detroit Tigers
Flowers, Jerry Scout, Cincinatti Reds
Johns, Clarence Scout, Los Angeles Dodgers
Lawrence, Edwin "Chip" Scout, Philadelphia Phillies
Paddy, Marco Assistant Player Personnel - Atlanta Braves
Pittman, Joe Scout, Houston Astros
Story, Jonathan Scout, Cleveland Indians
Thomas, Don Scout, Atlanta Braves
 
S.U.

1)"Ace" Mumford College Hall of Famer who is the second most winnining inactive coach in BCF coaching history and his quarter of a century dominance on the bluff.
2) S.U. tallying the second most wins in BCF history
3) Pete Richardson return to dominance march that started in 1993
4) The 1993 & 1994 Matchups with Alcorn State & Air McNair
5) Southern U. winner of the very 1st SCG
6) Mentioning of S.U. football legends Mel Blount, Tombstone Jackson......ect.
7) The Human Juke Box accolades
8) S.U. Legends in other sports: Howser Award Winner Weeks, Gold Medalist Milburn & Davenport, Chi's second leading scorer Bob Love, The Little General Johnson ect.
9) The story of how Lou Brock was given a chance at S.U. and snatched his scholarship.
10) The Legendary S.U. tailgating.

Of course you can throw in the tight and legendary series with Grambling State in the mix.
 
Some of these stories are good, but some of you need to pull up a little bit. The goal is to attract ESPN viewers, not give them arthritic contractions swtiching channels on the remote.

Perhaps, the Icon should lead this charge (as a catalyst). Now here is a story. In 1942 (Coach Rob's second season), the G-MEN were unbeaten and unscored upon as this signified a premonition of indelible feats. This accomplishment will live forever.

Other interesting tidbits:
  • Four faces in Canton, OH -- a feat accomplished with limited resources compared to the 10 other programs in the entire NCAA (spans three divisions -- hundreds of programs) that have more HOFs.
  • Building Grambling into a household name (Nicholson/Robinson) -- nationally syndicated show, Howard Cosell documentary, Steinbrenner relationship (brought World Champion Yanks to Grambling twice for an exhibition), first collegiate program to play outside the United States, etc. etc.......
  • The Package Deal (inseparable World Famed Tiger Band and the G-MEN)
  • Tommy Agee from Grambling to living the Miracle at Shea
  • Effect and guidance of Coach Rob on his players (i.e. Wille Davis from HOF to Board of Directors at Dow, Shack Harris -- from pioneer Qb to VP, etc.).
 
James "Shack" Harris (a G-Man): Not only did he overcome obstacles to be one of the first black QBs in the NFL, but he is currently listed among the "50 Most Powerful Blacks in Sports" according to (the March 2005/latest edition) Black Enterprise magazine. :tup:
 
Kenn

there is a GREAT and TOUCHING story that NEEDS to be told

it concerns a team that i have heard about since i have been here in Houston

evidently, Texas Southern had an entire athletic team die in some sort of accident back in the early seventies

contact CLeB and Company to find out more but it is the kind of intriguing story line that producers gravitate towards

here are some possible angles to pitch to them:


*a promising group of Black college student-athletes just as major athletic programs across the south are finally integrating (the last of a fading breed so to speak) on their way to make less a name for their individual selves as much as for their university are killed en route...

*how did the college community as a whole and the athletic department specifically respond and adjust??

*what is the legacy of these fallen Tigers - especially as it relates to the Third Coast Nation today?


as i come up with more information/angles, i'll let you know but PM CLeB ET AL!!
 
hassan said:
Evidently, Texas Southern had an entire athletic team die in some sort of accident back in the early seventies
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I can actually get some TSU employees for ESPN to interview that was apart of the athletic department.

We all know Michael Strahan is a huge guest commentator on Fox Sports (Best Damn Sports Show Period) but I believe he would be a great interview for ESPN. He can discuss how he went from damn near being kicked off the team to being the NFL's record holder for QB sacks.

Homer Jones (Texas Southen grad) was the inventor of "spiking" the football after scoring a touchdown.

Our 1977 NAIA National Championship basketball team had the starting 5 fly to the NAIA tournament in Kansas City while the remainder of the team stayed back and played for the SWAC title.

Our 1995 basketball team that came within one point of beating the defending national champions (Arkansas Razorbacks). We missed three crutial free throws in the last minute of the game. I'm still mad at that. :redhot:

Our 2004 baseball team that defeated the defending national champions (Rice University) in the opening round of the baseball playoffs.

Jim Hines (Texas Southern alum) being the first human to break under 10 seconds in the 100 meter dash.

Man... I can go on forever.
 
ThrowForSix said:
They could do a story on Southern's California QB :shades: :shh: :swink:
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I thought shameless plugging was GSUpe's forte :D :D

how about when those kids from the PV track team died in that van crash on the interstate about six to eight years ago...

I forgot about Aeneas Williams, the flag football legend on the yard and how his high school team had him and Ashley Ambrose on the corners and Maurice Hurst as one of the safeties...

what about women's basketball: is her name Latorsha Hollis or something from Grambling or something? All I know she's like in Division I's top 10 all-time scoring.
 
Good job TSPNers. Sad to report that out of all of your schools WE (Jackson State) were the only ones to respond when ESPNU requested this info. There are so many good story ideas out there in our schools.... So if you don't get exposure...don't blame ESPNU....trust me they got the word out a LONG time ago.

Good feedback.
 
ESPN just aired a Black History moment of Paul "Tank" Younger during a Sportcenter commerical. These are the series of commercials Taye Diggs narrates.
 
Kenn,

Tell them lazy bastards in the SWAC office to do their own research. That sorry ass office wont even update the website. We have to go toe ESPN to find out the SWAC basketball standings. How pathetic is that?
 

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How about showing The Black College Classic Game of the Week. They could show Steve "Air" McNair, Jerry Rice, and others during their college days. Those were some classic games. Steve "Air" McNair vs Southern were great games I would love to see again and also Jerry "World" Rice when he was at Mississippi Valley. They could talk about the Sunday Game between Mississippi Valley and Alcorn St. featuring Jerry Rice and Issac Holt.
 
SUjagTILLiDIE said:
The year that Southern U. men's hoops team went 27-4 they actually made the top 25 for a couple of weeks.That team feature Carlos Sample, Darryl Battle, The late Bobby Phills, Robert Youngblood, can't remember the others.
A story about how well the Jaguar Nation travels to away games.
also SU baseball team has had 24 players drafted over the last 3 seasons more than any other college during that time frame.Also Southern's baseball traditon and many draft picks including hall of famer Lou Brock.
Jaguars in Professional Baseball

Anderson, Melvin Philadelphia Phillies '99
Baker, Henry
Boston Red Sox '71

Beal, Calvin
Chicago Cubs '77

Bevins, William
St. Louis Cardinals '86

Blackburn, Franco
Florida Marlins '00

Blackwell, Milton
Boston Red Sox '66

Boyd, Leroy
Texas Rangers '72

Brock, Dale
St. Louis Cardinals '75

Brock, Louis "Lou" Clark
St. Louis Cardinals '64

Brown, Jake
San Francisco Giants '69

Cador, Roger
Atlanta Braves '73

Calvin, Derrick
Colorado Rockies '93

Chandler, Marcus
Kansas City Royals '00

Chapman, Chris
Los Angeles Dodgers '80

Collins, Jimmy
Atlanta Braves '72

Cornelious, Brian
Detroit Tigers '89

Davenport, Odell
San Francisco Giants '88

Day, Dewon Toronto Blue Jays '03
Davison, Grady
Cleveland Indians '91

Dukes, Willie
Boston Red Sox '89

Duncan, Hiram "Trae"
Tampa Bay Devil Rays '02

Edgar, Dwaine
New York Yankees '94

Fishers, Pete
California Angels '72

Gainous, Arthur
Chicago Cubs '69

Gaither, Horace
Chicago White Sox '88

Garret, James
Chicago White Sox '87

George, Andre
San Francisco Giants '89

Goodwin, Danny
Chicago White Sox '71 / California Angels '78

Graves, Bryan
Anaheim Angels '95

Gray, Antoin Chicago White Sox '03
Gray, Charles
Los Angeles Dodgers

Green, Lee Otis
Cleveland Indians

Griffin, McVea
Chicago Cubs

Hairston, John Jr.
Chicago White Sox '89

Hairston, John Sr.
Chicago Cubs '65

Hale, Demarlo
Boston Red Sox '82

Harrison, Torik
Florida Marlins '01

Hill, Terrance
Boston Red Sox '98

Hubbard, Trenidad "Trent"
San Diego '86

Isom, Stanton
Chicago White Sox

Johns, Clarence
St. Louis Cardinals '94

Johnson, Bobby
Los Angeles Dodgers '72

Lawrence, Edwin "Chip"
Baltimore Orioles '96

LeCour, Leon
San Francisco Giants '69

Lee, Harvey Jr.
Yankees '84 / Chicago Cubs '95

Levy, Harry
St. Louis Cardinals '60

Lewis, Fred
San Francisco Giants '02

Manuel, Marcellous
Chicago White Sox '98

Mason, Quincy
Chicago Cubs

Mouton, Lyle Sr.
Pittsburg Pirates '67

Paddy, Marco
Atlanta Braves '88

Payton, Raymond
Chicago White Sox '87

Pittman, Joe
Houston Astros '75

Potier, Miles
St. Louis Cardinals '73

Primus, Sherman Carl
Florida Marlins '02

Puebla, Fernando Tampa Bay Devil Rays '03
Quintal, Craig
Detroit Tigers '96

Richard, Lee
Chicago White Sox '71

Shelling, Keith
Texas Rangers '77

Smith, Greg
Los Angeles Dodgers '79

Smith, Jullian
Boston Red Sox

Smith, Ron
Chicago Cubs '93

Smith, Roosevelt
Chicago White Sox '90

Stargell, Tim
Seattle Mariners '88

Story, Jonathan
Chicago White Sox '90

Thomas, Eric
Milwaukee Brewers '02

Thompson, Alva
Atlanta Braves '98

Townsend, Marcus Cincinnati Reds '03
Trammel, Otis
Chicago Cubs '78

Ursin, Damian Cincinnati Reds '03
Vital, Kevin Houston Astros '03
Washington, Tyrone
Texas Rangers '89

Weeks, Rickie Milwaukee Brewers, '03
Williams, Reggie
Los Angeles Dodgers '77

Winzer, Kenny
Seattle Mariners '91

Woods, Michael Jr.
Detroit Tigers '00

Woods, Michael, Sr. San Francisco Giants '78



Professional Baseball Scouts/Umpires (Former SU Players/Coaches)

Beal, Damian Umpire, Double A Baseball
Brathwaite, Arnold Scout, Anaheim Angels
Cochran, Jerome Scout, Detroit Tigers
Flowers, Jerry Scout, Cincinatti Reds
Johns, Clarence Scout, Los Angeles Dodgers
Lawrence, Edwin "Chip" Scout, Philadelphia Phillies
Paddy, Marco Assistant Player Personnel - Atlanta Braves
Pittman, Joe Scout, Houston Astros
Story, Jonathan Scout, Cleveland Indians
Thomas, Don Scout, Atlanta Braves
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Remember, Danny Goodwin was the first player drafted in the first round coming out of high school and the first player picked in the first round after graduating from Southern University. No other player has accomplished this feat.
 
Bob Love from Southern University is an incredible story (a stutterer, who is now a sought after motivational speaker!!!! :eek: :tup: ) about overcoming obstacles! He is in the NBA Hall of Fame. Bob has been featured on 60 Minutes, HBO and other sports/news magazines.

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Ole' Butterbean... On Top of the World - Again


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Suffering from severe stuttering most of his life, Bob Love went from successful Chicago Bulls superstar to a low-paid dishwasher almost overnight. But Bob refused to give up and fought back to become one of the most sought-after speakers today!



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About Bob Love
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Born in 1942, Robert Earl Love (nicknamed Butterbean after his favorite food) grew up in poverty as one of fourteen children in rural Louisiana. As a child and throughout his early life he was unable to do what most of us take for granted--speak properly. He had a severe stuttering problem. There were long periods which he could not speak at all, as well as times when he just stumbled his way through.

To escape from his embarrassing speech problem, Love dreamed of one day becoming a basketball star. Not having the financial resources to afford a basket or basketball, young Bob nailed a coat hanger to the side of his grandmother's house and used his imagination, and what an imagination it turned out to be.

As he grew to a six-foot-eight high school senior, Bob's dreams of being a great athlete became real. He was the first player from Southern University in Louisiana to be named to the All-America Team by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. After college, Bob played for the Cincinnati Royals basketball team and was later traded to the Milwaukee Bucks and then to the Chicago Bulls.

Bob Love rose through the ranks and became one of the top players ever to play the game of basketball. He played with the Chicago Bulls for eight seasons from 1969 to 1976 and was a three-time NBA All-Star. For seven straight years he was the Bulls leading scorer and is the second highest scorer in Bulls history and. (Did you guess that Michael Jordan is the top scorer?)

His life was unstoppable until...he hurt his back. His playing days were over. The doctors told him he would never walk again, and his wife left him, taking all their belongings saying she did not want to be married to a "stutterer and a cripple." Unable to speak, Bob tried for seven years to find a steady job. In the early 80's he hit rock bottom. He took a job busing tables and washing dishes at Nordstrom's in Seattle, Washington, at $4.45 an hour.

Days, weeks, and months went by. It was the most humiliating and embarrassing time of his life. Former players and their children would see him cleaning tables, and Love recalls overhearing people whisper things like, "Hey, that's Bob Love...used to be a great basketball player...what a shame."

Those whispers made Bob stronger. He endured for over a year-and-a-half, and one day, one of the Nordstrom owners said he was doing a great job and offered to help him with his speech problem. Finally at the age of 45, he found a speech therapist who helped him learn to speak without struggling. Bob worked as hard on his dream of being able to talk as he had worked on basketball.

In 1992, he received a call from Steve Schanwald, the Bulls vice president of marketing and broadcasting. The fans still loved him and they wanted him back. Would he consider a job as director of community relations? After all those years, he was finally coming home. He promptly accepted the job and dropped down to his knees and gave thanks. Bob is now the Community Relations Director for his former team, the Chicago Bulls. Bob was a new man.

The mid-'90s have bestowed some happy times upon Love. On January 19, 1994, his famous number 10 jersey was retired before a sellout crowd at Chicago stadium. Also, on December 8, 1995, Bob Love married his new bride, Rachel Dixon, at a ceremony during half-time of the Bulls-San Antonio game. Bob Love is living proof that dreams can come true to those who hang onto them.
 
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