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HBCU teams banking on more memorable – and winning – football weekend
It was a weekend to forget for state HBCU and MEAC football teams.
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Fans, and others, can’t help ignore Jackson State’s winning ways
Jackson State is having perhaps its greatest football season on the field and at the ticket booth, but how good is Coach Deion Sanders’ third edition of the Tigers?
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Morgan State Bears in NCAA tourney in Richmond
The Morgan State University Bears football team is coming to Richmond for the first time since 1993.
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William & Mary heads to Montana State for quarterfinals
Michael London already has coached one school to the FCS championship. Now he’s looking to make it two.
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Howard Bison overrun by UR Spiders
Coach Mike London has found it is far easier coaching football for the University of Richmond than coaching against UR. In his return to the West End campus last Saturday, Coach London’s Howard University squad was trampled 68-21 before 8,217 mostly Spiders fans at UR’s Robins Stadium.
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Aggies win Celebration Bowl in Atlanta
There is plenty to celebrate, starting with the feats of North Carolina A&T State University’s Tarik Cohen, following last Saturday’s inaugural Air Force Reserve Celebration Bowl. The Aggies’ explosive 5-foot-6 junior ran and ran and didn’t slow down until the Aggies had a 41-34 victory over Alcorn State University at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta.
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Face of Lady Liberty is African-American for first time on U.S. coin
The U.S. Mint has unveiled a $100 gold coin featuring an African-American woman as the face of Lady Liberty for the first time in the history of U.S. currency.
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N.C. A&T wins Celebration Bowl
The crown for black college football will rest with North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro, N.C., at least until December 2019. It’s becoming a tradition.
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Penn State Coach James Franklin on course to win NCAA title
Coach James Franklin is in position to make history one day. It possibly could happen as early as this season. The talented Penn State coach seems a strong bet to become the first African-American coach to win an NCAA collegiate football title on the highest level.
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Hampton loses homecoming game to Richmond 41-10
Hampton University is finding out, the hard way, why the Colonial Athletic Association ranks with the nation’s toughest FCS conferences.
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Deion Sanders wins Eddie Robinson Award; son wins Jerry Rice Award
Coach Deion Sanders is going to need to clear more room in his family trophy case.
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Devyn Coles makes Freshman All-America team
It didn’t take long for Devyn Coles to become a force for Norfolk State University football.
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African-American experience coin and stamp exhibit Aug. 20
An exhibit of coins and stamps telling the story of the African-American experience will be on view from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 20, at the Robinson Theater Community Arts Center, 2903 Q St. in Church Hill.
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In 2015: MEAC football champs head to Celebration Bowl, not NCAA playoffs
Going to the Celebration Bowl — and not the NCAA playoffs — is now the top postseason goal of Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football programs. The inaugural Celebration Bowl, set for Dec. 19, will pit the MEAC champion against the kingpin from the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC).
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N.C. A&T to play UR Saturday at Robins Stadium
North Carolina A&T State University and the University of Richmond, both smarting from defeat, will try and get well — and keep their football seasons alive — in a game Saturday, Nov. 26, at UR’s Robins Stadium. North Carolina A&T, located in Greensboro, N.C., will visit UR for a 2 p.m. first round matchup in the NCAA’s 24-team Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) playoffs.
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NSU to start football in February with slim schedule
A MEAC championship and a berth in the NCAA playoffs are among the goals for Norfolk State University football team during a delayed season.
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Jackson State adds former NFL analyst, banner class of recruits
Deion Sanders is pulling out all the stops to bring an HBCU national football championship to Jackson State.
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