Tennessee State University has been picked to finish fourth in the 2009 Ohio Valley Conference championship race in a preseason poll of the OVC Head Football Coaches and Sports Information Directors. The 2008 Tigers finished the season with an 8-4 overall record (5-3 OVC) for a fourth place finish. Junior safety Eugene Clifford was the [...]
Alabama A&M Director of Athletics, Betty Austin, had a nice surprise waiting for her and the Bulldogs at the annual Bulldog Club breakfast, held last week on the A&M campus. The breakfast itself was a gathering of true maroon and white supporters and the coaches and staff from the athletics department, and the fellowship would [...]
Sandy Pugh inks 5-8 Brooklyn, NY guard Essence Hopkins, to NLI The Southern University Women’s Basketball Office is proud to announce the signing of Essense Hopkins of Lafayette High School in Brooklyn, NY to a national letter of intent. Hopkins, a 5-8 shooting guard, averaged 26.7 points, 11.1 rebounds and 5.9 assists per game as [...]
The SIAC Football Coaches Association has voted and is proud to announce the 2009 Preseason All Conference Football Team and Predicted Order of Finish. This year’s team returns 20-1st Team All Conference Players and 24 total returning players. In a close poll by the coaches Albany State was voted as the team to beat in [...]
Petersburg, VA… The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association announced its Pre-season All-CIAA Football Team and Predicted Order of Finish at the Football Press Conference and Luncheon, this afternoon. This year’s press conference featured the 2009 season theme, “Celebrating 10 Years: The Return of the CIAA Football Championship Game.”
Southern QB Lee, Grambling State DL Anthony earn top individual honors; Grambling State picked to repeat The Southwestern Athletic Conference announced its 2009 Football Preseason Honors Tuesday, headlined by Southern QB Bryant Lee voted the Preseason Offensive Player of the Year, and Grambling State DL Christian Anthony voted Preseason Defensive Player of the Year. Grambling [...]
Grambling, LA — James Darrell Cooper has been tabbed as the new head baseball coach of Grambling State University as announced by, GSU Athletics Director, Lin Dawson in a press conference held this morning in the student union atrium on the GSU campus. Cooper, 27, has long been a staple of the Grambling community and [...]
Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) – Two returning Walter Payton Award candidates, Weber State quarterback Cameron Higgins and Elon wide receiver Terrell Hudgins, and two newcomers to the list, Southern quarterback Bryant Lee and Albany running back David McCarty, have been added to the watch list for the Payton Award, bestowed annually upon the top player [...]
WINTER GARDEN, Fla. – The SunCoast Ladies Series wrapped up the final round of competition at Stoneybrook West Golf Club with Shasta Averyhardt claiming her first victory as a professional taking Champion’s honors this week. The first year pro out of Jackson State University carded rounds of 72-73-77=222 to win the event at six over [...]
Alcorn State, MS—-Son, husband, brother, father, teammate, leader, philanthropist, and Alcornite are all words that describe former quarterback, Steve “Air II” McNair. The Alcorn State community is still in shock over the news of McNair’s tragic death. McNair’s legacy on the “Reservation” (as it was called during McNair’s day) is one that Alcornites will hold [...]
Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) – Christian Anthony of Grambling, Danny Batten of South Dakota State, Tommy Connors of Southeastern Louisiana and Dane Fletcher of Montana State were announced on Tuesday as the first four candidates on the 2009 Buck Buchanan Award watch list. A total of 20 candidates will be announced in alphabetical order prior [...]
Alcorn State, MS—The Alcorn State family has suffered a tragic loss in the death of former quarterback Steve “Air II” McNair. His collegiate career was one that exemplified the heart and spirit of an Alcornite. In his thirteen-year NFL career, he proved to be a professional and a great leader on the field as well [...]
BIRMINGHAM – The Southwestern Athletic Conference is set to host two clinics in the Birmingham area during the month of July. The Sixth Annual Youth Football clinic will take place Monday, July 20 at Legion Field from 9 a.m. – Noon. The FREE event is slated for Birmingham and Jefferson County youth in grades K [...]
HAMPTON, VA – After playing one season as a football-only member of the country’s oldest historically black athletic league, Chowan University and ten of its athletic programs enter the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association as a full member today. The announcement signifies a new era in college athletics as Chowan is the first-ever non-HBCU to play [...]
