TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The Florida A&M University (FAMU) family is mourning the loss of one of its legends, Dr. William P. Foster, who was known as the “Dean of America’s Band Directors.” Foster, who was also called The Law and The Maestro, was the creator of the noted FAMU Marching “100.” He served as the [...]
Texas Southern University’s Athletics Department received great news from the National Association of Collegiate Athletics (NCAA), in that, the NCAA Division I Committee on Athletics Certification has fully certified TSU Athletics with no conditions. This classification means that TSU Athletics program is operating in substantial conformity with the operating principles adopted by the Association’s Division [...]
The Grambling Legends will make a donation of $10,000 to the newly opened Eddie G. Robinson Museum, honoring a coach, mentor and man who deeply influenced the group — and the nation. “We are very proud of the museum, to have something that represents coach in such a positive manner,” said Legends co-founder James “Shack” [...]
GRAMBLING, LA — Christian Anthony, Grambling State University’s All-American defensive lineman who was recently admitted to the North Louisiana Medical Center for chest pains, is headed to his home state of Alabama for a few days after being treated and released by the medical facility in Ruston. According to head football coach Rod Broadway, Anthony [...]
Pittsburgh, PA – The South Carolina State Bulldogs were selected number one in the SBN Black College Football Preseason Poll. The 2009 SBN Black College National Champions received 24 of a possible 30 first place votes and a total of 294 points. Defending SWAC (Southwestern Athletic Conference) Champion Prairie View A&M was predicted to finish [...]
GRAMBLING–Christian Anthony, a 22-year-old defensive lineman on the Grambling State University football team, is listed in stable condition after being admitted to the hospital for chest pains. According to head football coach Rod Broadway, Anthony first complained of chest pains Thursday afternoon. In addition to being named the 2009 Southwestern Athletic Conference “Defensive Player [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, TEXAS – Three former members of the Prairie View A&M men’s basketball team have moved on to the next level by signing professional contracts to play overseas. Signing to play abroad is the trio of forwards Darnell Hugee, Dorian McDaniel and point guard Chris Jones. Hugee inked with Saint Vallier Basketball Drome of [...]
Houston, TX- A group of Texas Southern University student-athletes came through in the clutch to help a Houston family’s dream come true. Representatives with the ABC show “Extreme Makeover Home Edition” needed some volunteers with muscle and they turned to TSU for help. “I’m a TSU law school grad and thought that some Texas Southern [...]
Grambling, LA—Grambling State University has named Marcia Oliveira as the fourth head coach of the Lady Tigers soccer program, as announced by GSU Director of Athletics J. Lin Dawson. Oliveira comes to Grambling after most recently serving the University of South Dakota for two years in the same capacity where in 2008 she guided the [...]
The Mississippi Valley State University women’s golf program was one of more than 800 teams across the country to be recognized for their exceptional effort in the classroom. This recognition comes as a part of the NCAA’s academic performance program. The team received the award after scoring in the top 10 percent of women’s golf [...]
Birmingham, Ala. – Grambling State University captured the Southwestern Athletic Conference All-Sports title, the 2010 James Frank Award, outdistancing Jackson State by 7.0 points in the cumulative totals for 18 varsity men’s and women’s sports the league sponsors. Alabama State finished third overall. Grambling’s men’s teams captured the 2009-10 C.D. Henry Award in a race [...]
BIRMINGHAM – Texas Southern’s Rodney Bush has been named the SWAC’s Jefferson-Nicholson-Prophet Sports Information Director of the Year. Bush was voted as the 2010 honoree by the league’s Sports Information Directors during the group’s annual spring meeting. Bush, who is in his sixth year at the helm of the TSU sports information department, was also [...]
Prairie View A&M University’s Sports Medicine Director, John “Doc” Mayes had a life-changing experience recently as he traveled to Okinawa, Japan to facilitate the Pacific Military College Week / Basketball Camp. During the month of April, Mayes’ brainchild, the C.A.E.O.S. Project Foundation Inc., partnered with the Okinawa Basketball Association to facilitate an educational-sports camp for [...]
Among the greatest honors that can be given to an athlete is to be recognized by their peers. On Saturday, April 10, 2010, eight of Mississippi Valley State University’s former athletes and coaches will be given that honor as they are inducted into the MVSU Hall of Fame. Among the Class of 2009-10 include two [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas – Thousands of Panther fans are expected to fill the historic Blackshear Stadium on Tuesday, Jan. 19 to celebrate Prairie View A&M University’s first SWAC football title in 45 years. Beginning at 12:30 p.m., the University marching band and cheerleaders will escort players and coaching staff through campus to Blackshear Stadium where [...]
BIRMINGHAM – The Southwestern Athletic Conference Council of Presidents and Chancellors approved an intra-conference transfer rule that will require student-athletes who transfer from one Conference institution to another to sit out at least one academic year before being eligible to play at their new institution. In the sports of football, men’s and women’s basketball, and [...]
BIRMINGHAM – The Southwestern Athletic Conference will honor the memory of NCAA President Myles Brand by observing a moment of silence prior to the start of all home sporting events this weekend. SWAC teams hosting games or matches today – Sunday, Sept. 20 will observe a moment of silence prior to the invocation and/or National [...]
Grambling, LA – Early this morning, a Grambling State University student-athlete passed away at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in Shreveport. Henry White, a native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was a junior Criminal Justice major and a member of the university’s basketball team. “The university community is deeply saddened by the loss of one [...]
JACKSON, Miss. – Former Jackson State golfer A.J. Montecinos has found success on the PGA Tour in recent years. That success has not come as a player, but rather a caddy. Last Sunday, Montecinos and Y. E. Yang shocked the world (of golf) when Yang defeated Tiger Woods for the 2009 PGA Championship. The duo, [...]
The Mississippi Valley State University Department of Athletics recently added three new staff members as it kicks off the 2009-2010 athletic year. Chad Wilson comes on board as the new director of athletic training while former soccer standout Sonia Curvelo takes the helm of the women’s soccer program. Paula Jackson joins the administrative staff as [...]
