NCAA selection committee was right in scheduling HBCUs against each other

March 12, 2018

The NCAA Tournament selection committee got it right when it pitted Texas Southern versus North Carolina Central in the First Four Wednesday night. It is the first time in the history of the 68-team tourname...

HBCU Sports Week 1 picks: Welcome back, football … until the NBA season starts

Kendrick Marshall

September 1, 2017

Features, Football, Opinion

College football is back. No, Black College Football is back. On Saturday. None of that Wednesday, Thursday, Friday or even Sunday bologna that throws off all of our equilibriums in late August. The ba...

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

Nick Birdsong

June 27, 2017

Basketball, Opinion

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

21

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...

Poll: Vote Now For The HBCU Sports Band Of The Week – (Week 4)

Poll: Would you like to see an Ivy League-HBCU postseason bowl game?

Poll: Which first-year football coach will make biggest impression of the 2018 season?

Poll Results: Fans are split on SWAC’s decision to move championship game to Birmingham

Poll: Do you like the SWAC’s decision to play the football championship game at Legion Field?

Poll: Which band won the 2018 Honda Battle of the Bands?

Vote now for the 2017 HBCU Sports Band of the Year

Watch: Grambling President Discusses Why School Declined Contract With Adidas

Watch: North Carolina Central’s football countdown to kickoff

Former Grambling RB Martez Carter makes NFL debut, Twitter responds

Grambling State unveils its new Adidas football uniforms

Audio: No immediate plans to televise State Fair Classic despite rising attendance

Job security ratings of MEAC football coaches entering 2018 season (with gifs)

Grambling State completes first scrimmage of the season

HBCU Sports Podcast – SWAC Commish, ADs Make ‘Ass Backwards’ Decisions, SCG Recap

HBCU Sports Podcast: Celebration Bowl – Tigers Win, Attendance Down, Ratings Up

HBCU Sports Podcast – Celebration Bowl Preview: Big Cats vs. ‘Pissed Off’ Angry Birds

HBCU Sports Podcast – E7: Post Bayou Classic, Pre SWAC Football Championship Edition

HBCU Sports Podcast – E6: NCCU Wins, PV Snubbed, Bayou Classic and Alcorn Fans Cry

HBCU Sports Podcast – E5: Aggies-Eagles, ‘Gott Dammit’ and the FCS ‘Okie-Doke’

HBCU Sports Podcast – E4: Donald Trump, Sam Beavers & Tuskegee Football