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The SWAC’s annual Football Media Day takes place this week, and ahead of the festivities, we give you our top five questions about Media Day and the 2025 season. 1. Can Jackson State run it back? The Tigers’ second season under T.C. Taylor was a successful one. They returned to the top of the SWAC […]
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HBCU GO, in partnership with affiliate network The Grio, has unveiled a sweeping 2025 football broadcast schedule. The schedule promises fans 26 marquee matchups over 13 weeks and delivers unprecedented exposure for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) across the nation. The season launches August 30 with a high-profile showdown between Hampton and Jackson State,
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Alabama A&M has named the first woman in school history to be the football team’s play-by-play announcer. Thai Floyd will call Bulldogs games during the 2025 season, making her the first woman to be in the full-time role for an HBCU football team. Floyd, a Florida A&M alum, is a longtime broadcast journalist who most
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Alabama A&M University men’s basketball will play Samford in an exhibition game at the Boutwell Auditorium in Birmingham, the school announced. The two teams will play in the Ballin in Boutwell on Monday, Oct. 13, at 7 p.m. “This is an incredible opportunity for our men’s basketball program to participate in the Ballin at Boutwell
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An essential part of the gameday experience for Alabama A&M head women’s Basketball coach Dawn Thornton is feeling good and looking better. This season alone, she has garnered more than seven million views on Instagram alone on her gameday outfits. With the rise of popularity and celebration of women’s sports, coupled with her trailblazing fashion
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The HBCU football season is fast approaching and there is a lot to look forward to. Parity is high among the HBCU conferences, creating opportunities for some programs currently flying under-the-radar to creep their way into contention. Here are five teams that have the best opportunity to do some damage this fall. Albany State Like
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The National Battle of the Bands is returning to Houston this August with a stacked lineup of eight storied HBCU marching bands, a weekend of cultural celebrations, and community-driven events. The event, presented by Pepsi and produced by Webber Marketing, will take place Saturday, Aug. 23, at NRG Stadium. The weekend officially begins Friday, Aug.
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Spring football gives way to fall optimism, and the Southwestern Athletic Conference landscape for 2025 is taking shape. The conference remains fiercely competitive, with perennial powers and emerging contenders vying for supremacy. Here’s an analysis of the SWAC football power rankings heading into the 2025 campaign, based on recent results, returning talent, and off-season developments.
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In a nail-biting contest that came down to the wire, the Chattanooga Mocs women’s basketball team secured a hard-fought 53-49 victory over the Alabama A&M Bulldogs in the opening round of the Women’s National Invitation Tournament on Saturday. Freshman Gianna Corbitt led the charge for the Mocs with a career-high 27 points and 11 rebounds,
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It was not a good weekend to be an HBCU Division I basketball conference contender as quite a few teams fell in what may or may not be considered upsets. As we enter the final week of conference play across the country, most of these races are still unsettled, which could make for some fun
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