On Monday, we published a report that revealed the payouts Alcorn State and Grambling would receive for participating in the annual Circle City Classic football game in Indianapolis on Oct 12. The contracts TSPNsports obtained through an open records request from both schools showed that Grambling is to receive payments equaling $320,000, while Alcorn State [...]
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Alcorn State vs. Grambling: 2013 Circle City Classic Football Game Payouts Revealed
In a press release issued last month by Indiana Black Expo, Inc., the organization that hosts the annual Circle City Classic football game, it was announced that Alcorn State and Grambling will be the participating schools in this year’s event to be held Oct. 12 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. TSPNsports has obtained copies [...]
(VIDEO): Alabama A&M Coach Anthony Jones Comments On Maroon & White Game
Alabama A&M football coach Anthony Jones comments on the performance of his players after the team’s annual Maroon and White Spring game played Saturday at Lewis Crews Stadium.
The FCS Football Playoff Debate Continues
The words opportunity and accessibility stuck out to me after listening to comments made by SWAC Commissioner Duer Sharp during a recent interview from this year’s conference basketball tournament in Garland, Texas. If Sharp is so big on giving the conference an opportunity, why not give the conference an opportunity to participate in the FCS [...]
Division 1 HBCUs Should Consider Dropping Football To Gain Basketball Glory
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 [...]
Southern AD Offers Campus Invite To ESPN’s Pablo Torre To Show Some Love – (VIDEO)
ESPN.com’s Pablo Torre went where no other sportswriter had gone before when he boldly predicted on ESPN’s Behind the Horn, that No. 16 seed Southern would defeat No. 1 seed Gonzaga in the NCAA basketball tournament. While the Jags fell short to Gonzaga, losing only by 6 points in a game that would have been [...]
Baylor Coach Thinks Prairie View’s Toyelle Wilson Deserves A Pay Raise
While there isn’t much to report on Prairie View’s 42 point (82-40) loss to Baylor, Sunday in the first round of the NCAA women’s basketball tournament, there are some interesting post game quotes worth sharing. Baylor head coach Kim Mulkey seems to think that Prairie View head coach Toyelle Wilson should get a pay raise [...]
Q&A With Alabama State Football Coach Reggie Barlow
Amidst the off-season controversies compiled with a disappointing finish to the 2012 football season, Alabama State head football coach Reggie Barlow is very optimistic heading into the 2013 season. Barlow has the Hornets buying into his One Team One Dream concept and the atmosphere around the program still holds true to the motto, It’s a [...]
Southern-Gonzaga: More Than an Upset Bid Was at Stake
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. [...]
Southern’s Historic Fight Against Gonzaga Falls Short In NCAA Tournament
On paper, or better yet the tournament brackets, it was to be a typical first round match between a No. 1 and a No. 16 seed; a game the No. 16 seed has never won. While the later still holds true in Gonzaga’s 64-58 win over Southern, Friday’s first round game between the two teams [...]
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Dr. Cavil’s HBCU Major Division Baseball Poll – (5/7/13)
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Alabama A&M Hires Semeka Randall As New Women’s Basketball Head Coach
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Dr. Cavil’s HBCU Major Division Baseball Poll – (5/14/13)
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SWAC Announces 2013 All-SWAC Baseball Team
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Mississippi Valley State To Face South Alabama In 1st Round Of NCAA Softball Tourney
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Southern University Awards 42 Student Athletes With Degrees
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Alabama A&M Hires Semeka Randall As New Women’s Basketball Head Coach
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Dr. Cavil’s HBCU Major Division Baseball Poll – (5/14/13)
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SWAC Announces 2013 All-SWAC Baseball Team
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Mississippi Valley State To Face South Alabama In 1st Round Of NCAA Softball Tourney
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