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The Buck Buchanan Award Watch List just dropped, and the best of the SWAC and MEAC are represented. Southern’s Ckelby Givens, last year’s SWAC Defensive Player of the Year, is eyeing the Buck Buchanan Award with a serious shot at making SWAC history. Givens put on a clinic last season: 73 tackles, a conference-leading 27.5 […]
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The Morgan State Bears are making headlines ahead of the 2025 MEAC football season, sweeping the conference’s top individual preseason accolades. Sophomore running back Jason Collins Jr. was named the Preseason Offensive Player of the Year. At the same time, veteran linebacker Erick Hunter garnered Preseason Defensive Player of the Year recognition at MEAC Media Day. Collins
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We are a month away from the start of the HBCU football season, with the MEAC/SWAC Challenge set to kick off in 33 days. The countdown to the start of the season continues with MEAC Media Day, the final conference media day before the year begins. With coaching changes, roster turnaround, and top stars returning
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The 2025 HBCU football season is less than a month from kicking off, and the preseason honors continue to roll in. This time, it’s STATS Perform released its FCS preseason All-American team, which features nine HBCU names. First Team Travis Terrell, Jackson State, KR Despite losing offensive talent from its HBCU national championship team, the
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Schools can now directly compensate their athletes, ushering in a transformative era for college sports following Friday’s formal approval of a multibillion-dollar legal settlement. U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken gave the green light to the agreement reached between the NCAA, its leading conferences, and attorneys representing all Division I athletes. This House v. NCAA settlement
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The Morgan State football nonconference schedule for the 2025 season is now complete. The Bears will host Central State University, a Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference member, on Saturday, Sept. 20. The matchup will take place at the familiar confines of Hughes Stadium in Baltimore, providing a home-field advantage and a chance to build momentum early
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Norfolk State and Howard University won Wednesday night’s MEAC All-Sports Awards Dinner in Virginia Beach. The Spartans’ men’s programs won the Talmadge Layman Hill all-men’s sports award for the second consecutive year, while the Bison women earned the Mary McLeod Bethune all-women’s sports award for the fourth year in a row. The Norfolk State men
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The Minnesota Vikings officially announced Monday the signing of defensive lineman Elijah Williams, a standout from Morgan State University, after he impressed coaches during the team’s rookie minicamp. Williams, a 6-foot-3, 285-pound defensive tackle from Jersey City, New Jersey, earned his contract through relentless effort and an outstanding collegiate career. At Morgan State, Williams was
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While Norfolk State had to endure a close call against Morgan State, South Carolina State advanced to its first MEAC men’s basketball championship game in nine years with a bang. It was countless bangs, actually. The Bulldogs shot 56 percent and led by as many as 29 points on their way to an 88-67 win over No. 6
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More than 100 students from Bowie State University, Morgan State University, Norfolk State University, and Texas Southern University gathered Tuesday to learn the financial skills needed to transition from renters to homeowners, guided by top executives from Wells Fargo and HomeFree USA’s Center for Financial Advancement. Hosted at Bowie State, the event offered these students
