After being terminated from Shaw following the 2024 season, Adrian Jones will remain in the CIAA and become the next head coach of the Elizabeth City State football team. Jones served as head coach of Shaw for nine seasons, leading the team to a 35-45 overall record, including three winning seasons. In 2018, he helped […]
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Nearly a week after retired NFL quarterback Teddy Bridgewater led Miami Northwestern High School to a state championship in his first season as coach, he has expectedly drawn interest from elsewhere. And elsewhere have been HBCUs with coaching vacancies. Bridgewater, who played nine seasons in the NFL for seven different teams, posted on X, formerly
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Michael Vick has officially been named Norfolk State’s next head football coach. Norfolk State formally announced the hire Friday afternoon in a press release after it was reported earlier this week that Vick had agreed to become the school’s next coach. Vick will be introduced in a press conference on Monday at 10 a.m., the
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Gospel singer Le’Andria Johnson, who won season three of BET‘s Sunday Best, was arrested and charged with public intoxication in Greenville, South Carolina. According to the Greenville News, Greenville Police Department Sergeant Diana Munoz said Johnson was causing a disturbance while carrying an open alcohol container on a public street near a restaurant. Police said
The Biden-Harris administration has announced the approval of $4.28 billion in student loan relief for 54,900 borrowers who work in public service. This brings the total loan forgiveness to around $180 billion for nearly five million Americans, according to the Department of Education. “The public servants approved for debt cancellation today include teachers, nurses, service
After 40 years in business, Party City is closing down for good. According to CNN, CEO Barry Litwin first shared the news with his corporate employees in a video conference on Friday. Litwin, according to CNN, said the company is “winding down” operations immediately with Friday being the last day for staffers. On top of that,
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Fans were shocked in 2023 when several former dancers of Lizzo filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against the “Truth Hurts” singer. Now, more than a year later, the 36-year-old is recounting the experience, and how she was “completely surprised” by the allegations. As Blavity previously reported, in August 2023, three of Lizzo’s former backup dancers
Hailey Welch, widely known as the viral “Hawk Tuah” TikTok sensation, broke her silence Friday regarding the implosion of the HAWK crypto token, which left investors grappling with significant losses earlier this month. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Welch pledged to “fully cooperate” with attorneys representing those affected and emphasized her commitment to
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President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that he would give government workers Christmas Eve off, allowing them extra time to spend with family and friends in addition to Christmas Day. The White House released the announcement via an executive order Biden signed, one of the final declarations he will make before he leaves office in January.
Days after Michael Vick was named head coach at Norfolk State, the largest animal rights group expressed its displeasure with the career move for the former NFL star. PETA President Ingrid Newkirk released a statement to Fox News that called Vick “a charismatic psychopath” in reaction to the news that he had landed a coaching
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