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Persistence pays off for Jackson State’s Omar Johnson

By on May 20, 2013 in Baseball, The Blog

For all his success during individual seasons the last seven years — five 30-win seasons, a better  than .700 winning percentage in the SWAC, guiding a team that led the conference in batting average and stolen bases — was empty without a conference championship for Jackson State head baseball coach Omar Johnson. On Sunday, all that changed after [...]

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Is Bud Selig Using Southern’s Roger Cador To Become The Next Branch Rickey?

By on April 15, 2013 in Baseball

Southern University baseball coach Roger Cador has been tabbed by Major League Baseball to examine how to pump millions of African-American dollars into a professional sports league that is attempting to play catch up with the NBA and NFL in embracing black culture. You’ve been told that Commissioner Bud Selig wants to flood the game with black faces because [...]

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Division 1 HBCUs Should Consider Dropping Football To Gain Basketball Glory

By on March 27, 2013 in Basketball, Football, M Basketball, The Blog, W Basketball

The improbable Sweet 16 run by Florida Gulf Coast University means a lot of things to a lot of people. For some, it means the NCAA Tournament has a true Cinderella to rally around. For the press, it means a story that can be used to build on the myth that March Madness masks all [...]

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Southern-Gonzaga: More Than an Upset Bid Was at Stake

By on March 23, 2013 in Basketball, M Basketball, The Blog

It looked like 1993 all over again. There was Southern, the sixteenth-seeded SWAC champion, giving once Cinderella now Goliath Gonzaga all it could handle in the second-round of the NCAA Tournament. These Jaguars, the same outfit that won just four times two years ago, were threatening to upset the No. 1 ranked team in the country. [...]

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Some SWAC Fans Want A New Head Coach For Christmas

By on December 10, 2012 in Football, The Blog

Christmas is a just a few weeks away. Forget expensive watches, big screen TVs or the latest smart phones as the most desired gifts this season. Many HBCU football fans want a new coach under the tree…NOW. Southern is currently in the process of interviewing candidates for its open position after the school canned Stump [...]

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Maybe Karl Morgan Should Be SWAC Coach Of The Year

By on November 27, 2012 in Football, The Blog

A funny thing happened to me on my way to dismissing Mississippi Valley State head coach Karl Morgan for SWAC Coach of the Year. I was hard pressed to come to a reasonable conclusion why he doesn’t deserve it. Yes, MVSU failed to register an overall winning record (5-6), did not post a single win versus an [...]

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Jackson State Is Giving The SWAC A Case A Déjà Vu

By on November 13, 2012 in Football, The Blog

Remember when Grambling State started the 2011 season 1-4 before rattling off seven straight to win a porous SWAC Western Division and eventually the conference championship? Well, it could happen again in 2012 with Jackson State.  The Tigers have found themselves a win over Alcorn State in the season finale (this Saturday) away from duplicating [...]

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The Stubbornness Of Doug Williams Is The Reason for Grambling’s Woes

By on October 29, 2012 in Football, The Blog

The Grambling State Tigers are the most disappointing team in all of college football. Before the start of the 2012 season they were predicted by many to repeat as SWAC Western Division champions and even league champions. But eight weeks into this season, with a 1-7 and record, the Tigers are fighting to stay out [...]

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This Is Not Goodbye…More Like See You Later

By on August 2, 2012 in The Blog

This will be my last blog entry for TSPN Sports. I’m retiring (temporarily hopefully) from covering all things Southwestern Athletic Conference. I will be heading south to join a great staff at the Tulsa World (Okla.) as the night cops reporter. Instead of writing game recaps, polarizing opinion pieces and feature stories, I’ll be on [...]

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Top 10 Most Important SWAC Football Figures Of 2012 – Jay Hopson

By on July 26, 2012 in Football, SWAC, The Blog

No. 1 — Alcorn State head coach Jay Hopson During his introductory press conference, Alcorn State head coach Jay Hopson wanted everyone in attendance to pretend he was a distant relative of Barney the Dinosaur instead of the first white head coach in Southwestern Athletic Conference history. “I don’t see black or white, we’re all [...]

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