Opinion | HBCU Sports

What in the world are the Knicks doing with Kyle O’Quinn?

June 27, 2017

After losing 50 games and finishing with the fourth-worst record in the Eastern Conference the previous season, things were supposed be better for the Knicks in 2016-17. They signed former MVP point guard De...

Will Tarik Cohen be the next Darren Sproles or next Garrett Wolfe?

Kendrick Marshall

May 2, 2017

Football, Opinion

1

The moment North Carolina A&T running back Tarik Cohen was selected in the fourth round of the 2017 NFL Draft, the name Darren Sproles immediately started trending everywhere. That's because Cohen and Sp...

K’Hari Lane is too good for HBCUs and it’s too bad for all of us

Kendrick Marshall

February 4, 2017

Football, Opinion

20

National Signing Day has evolved into one of the worst spectacles of commercialism and exploitation associated with American sports. Universities, recruiting websites, fanatics and us, the media, have combin...

Grambling State Versus Southern: Three Takeaways From Bayou Classic

Kendrick Marshall

November 27, 2016

Football, Opinion

1

The 43rd annual Bayou Classic was one of the most anticipated matchups in recent memory with both Southern and Grambling State entering the game unbeaten in SWAC play. It appeared from the outset that this woul...

Why Prairie View didn’t deserve an at-large FCS playoff bid

Kendrick Marshall

November 23, 2016

Football, Opinion

2

Willie Simmons seems likes a fine head coach and good man. In his second year, the former Alcorn State offensive coordinator has turned the Prairie View Panthers into one of the better programs in the SWAC, ...

Why the Celebration Bowl is hoping Grambling wins Bayou Classic, SWAC Championship

Kenn Rashad

November 22, 2016

Football, Opinion

7

When ESPN Events constructed the blueprint of an HBCU bowl game in the Air Force Reserve Celebration Bowl, the goal was to create a nationally televised sporting event that would feature the two champions from ...

Open letter to the SWAC: Fix the conference football schedule

Fred Batiste

November 8, 2016

Football, Opinion

3

Duer Sharp, Commissioner Southwestern Athletic Conference 2101 Sixth Avenue North, Suite 700 Birmingham, AL 352013 Dear Commissioner Sharp: Something is amiss in the Southwestern Athletic Con...

Jerry Rice Has Found Enlightenment About Black Lives Matter

Kendrick Marshall

October 6, 2016

Football, News, Opinion

Jerry Rice wants to be educated. In a tweet posted on Wednesday, the Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee admitted he was oblivious to how dismissive and overtly racist the phrase “All Lives Matter” was in the...

Opinion: What are these STATS FCS Pollsters Seeing?

Fred Batiste

September 24, 2016

Football, Opinion

1

Pollsters for the STATS Football Championship Subdivision Top 25 poll did the right thing this week by giving defending national champion North Dakota State the top spot with all of their first-place votes. ...

Jerry Rice to Kaepernick: All Lives (And The America Flag) Matter More Than Black Lives

Kendrick Marshall

August 30, 2016

Football, Opinion

2

Former Mississippi Valley State great Jerry Rice has more respect for the American flag than peaceful protests against injustices minorities endure. Rice, a Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee -- and consider...

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What in the world are the Knicks doing with Kyle O’Quinn?

Will Tarik Cohen be the next Darren Sproles or next Garrett Wolfe?

K’Hari Lane is too good for HBCUs and it’s too bad for all of us

Grambling State Versus Southern: Three Takeaways From Bayou Classic

Why Prairie View didn’t deserve an at-large FCS playoff bid

Why the Celebration Bowl is hoping Grambling wins Bayou Classic, SWAC Championship

Open letter to the SWAC: Fix the conference football schedule

Jerry Rice Has Found Enlightenment About Black Lives Matter

Opinion: What are these STATS FCS Pollsters Seeing?

Jerry Rice to Kaepernick: All Lives (And The America Flag) Matter More Than Black Lives