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VUU’s Shawheem Dowdy wins coveted Lanier Award
Willie Lanier starred for Morgan State University. But until now, no athlete from a historically black college or university had won the Touchdown Club of Richmond’s Lanier Award. The drought ended Dec. 9 when Virginia Union University quarterback Shawheem Dowdy won the Lanier Award. The trophy was presented to Dowdy by Lanier, a Richmond native, at a Henrico County hotel. The Lanier Award, dating to 2004, goes to Virginia’s top performer in the NCAA Division II or III or the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics.
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Arlington R. Banks, owner of Banks Coin Laundry in Jackson Ward, dies at 81
Arlington Raymond Banks spent much of his life clean- ing the dirt from people’s clothes, towels, sheets and other fabrics. Following in the footsteps of his grandfather and father, Mr. Banks operated a coin laundry and dry cleaners in Jackson Ward.
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VUU-Hampton football matchup this weekend has history dating to 1906
Virginia Union University is hopeful its 2021 football opener is a carbon copy of the 2019 lid lifter.
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Trojans get the best of a crazy ending
VSU 33-24 win over NSU a breakthrough victory
It couldn’t have ended any better for Virginia State or any worse for Norfolk State.
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N.C. A&T bows to UR in NCAA football playoff
North Carolina A&T State University’s 2015 football season ended with a party as victors of the inaugural Celebration Bowl. This football season’s conclusion was more like a dreaded visit to the dentist.
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VSU Trojans have more losses now than last season
The journey continues. The third leg of what has been a disappointing Virginia State University opening, four-game football road trip now leads to Raleigh, N.C.
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Reid’s reach is real in VUU win over Shaw
Panthers beat Bears 26-13
Virginia Union University began this season with a question mark at quarterback. Christian Reid has turned any questions into resounding answers.
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VSU to go all the way in CIAA tournament?
Flip a coin. That may be as good a way as any to predict the winner for the 70th CIAA men’s basketball tournament that commences Feb. 24 in Charlotte, N.C. There is no clear dominant team this winter and Time Warner Cable Arena has proven to be an equal opportunity venue since the tournament set up shop there in 2006.
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Vice President Kamala Harris, a 1986 graduate of Howard University, opens the Howard-Hampton game with a coin toss, won by her alma mater.
Published on September 23, 2021
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It’s showtime at Robins Stadium!
UR adds HBCU opponents
The University of Richmond will play four HBCUs next football season, including three at Robins Stadium.
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French federation to go after abusers of World Cup players
The French soccer federation wants to go after social media users who targeted some of the national team’s players with racist comments following France’s loss to Argentina in the World Cup final.
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New VSU football coach has Trojan roots
Byron Douglas Thweatt says becoming the head football coach at Virginia State University is “like coming home.”
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VSU and NSU ready to roll at annual Labor Day Classic
On the NCAA football pecking order, Norfolk State University is Division I and Virginia State University is Division II.
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Rattlers shine in James’ shoes
Florida A&M University, perhaps with a little help from LeBron James, is the Celebration Bowl and National Black Colleges football champion.
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Pirates pummel UR 31-14
Spiders face CAA rival North Carolina A&T on Oct. 14
Hampton University has become the second HBCU to make football life difficult for the University of Richmond.
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VSU announces fall schedule
Under first-year football Coach Henry Frazier III, Virginia State University doubled its win total in 2022, posting a 6-4 record after going 3-6 the season before.
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Hampton opens Saturday against Elizabeth City State
It’s official. Deondre Francois is Hampton University’s starting quarterback.
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Revenge may be factor in VSU-NSU Labor Day Classic
There is no shortage of spicy story lines for the Labor Day Classic on Saturday, Sept. 2, matching old foes Virginia State and Norfolk State universities at Dick Price Stadium in Norfolk. Let’s start with the revenge factor.
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VUU to play 7 N.C. schools this football season
Virginia Union University’s 2015 football schedule could be billed as the Panthers versus North Carolina. VUU has seven games against teams from North Carolina universities, including its first five opponents.
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VUU Panthers gearing up for a successful season
Football Coach Alvin Parker’s maiden season at Virginia Union University was a rousing success. The Panthers went 8-2, outscored the opposition 452-189, and narrowly missed the NCAA Division II playoffs.
