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SWAC baseball tournament preview: Historic venue, high stakes in Birmingham

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The stage is set for the 2025 Southwestern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament, which will return to the legendary Rickwood Field, America’s oldest professional ballpark. Eight teams will compete for the conference crown in Birmingham, Alabama and a coveted NCAA tournament berth, with storylines as rich as the venue’s history. A Setting Steeped in Baseball History  […]

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SWAC football power rankings 2025: Post-spring look at all 12 teams

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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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HBCU Division I basketball: It was a lost weekend for a few first place teams

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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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HBCU DI basketball: Birthdays, big scoring and buckets were aplenty

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The second week of Division I HBCU basketball conference play was eventful. The usual suspects marked their territory on the men’s side, and a women’s basketball team won a game by hockey rules. Here are some of the important takeaways from the week that was on the D-I level. North Carolina Central women win shorthanded

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Here are the top 10 HBCU marching band halftime shows of 2024

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There were a number of HBCU marching bands in 2024 that had championship-like seasons, similar to HBCU football squads, including Tennessee State, Jackson State, South Carolina State, Miles College, and Virginia Union. HBCU bands have always been and will forever be a staple in the culture, but this year’s edition of our annual list features

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Rap legend Big Boi shouts out football playing son at HBCU Classic game

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The Florida Classic brought out the stars on Saturday in Orlando, including the father of a famous hip-hop icon to support his football-playing son. Rap legend Big Boi of Outkast fame showed up at the annual Bethune-Cookman-Florida A&M rivalry game to watch his son, Wildcats running back Cross Patton, play in his final collegiate game.

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Here are the top 5 HBCU band halftime shows from Week 10

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Week 10 of the college football season typically represents crunch time, a period that provides some clarity as to who the contenders and pretenders are in the quest for a football championship. The same even applies to HBCU band halftime shows now that ESPN publishes its own rankings of HBCU marching bands. Our weekly top

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Why TC Taylor is emphasizing complacency ahead of game against 1-win Bethune-Cookman

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Jackson State is obviously riding high after its emotional 35-21 win over defending HBCU national champion Florida A&M to take the outright lead in the SWAC East Division. The Tigers haven’t been in first place since this late into the regular season since November 2022 — the last time the program won the division and

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Here are the top 5 HBCU band halftime shows from Week 4

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The Aggie-Eagle Classic featuring North Carolina A&T and North Carolina Central was the event headliner entering Week 4 of the HBCU football season. While the Eagles’ 66-24 beatdown over the Aggies wasn’t much of a football contest, two notable performances of the evening featured the bands. And with the recent passing of R&B superstar Frankie

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