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As the start of the 2025 college football season is less than three weeks away, only one HBCU checks in with a national poll. To the surprise of no one, it’s the HBCU national champions; Jackson State is ranked 17th by Stats Perform in the FCS preseason Top 25 poll. The Tigers went 12-2 in […]
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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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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 SWAC’s Celebration Bowl jinx ended with a bang this past December, but the conference commissioner is still frustrated about one aspect of the game. Charles McClelland recently appeared on an Alcorn State baseball broadcast with Charles Edmond to talk all things SWAC, including the Celebration Bowl date change. The annual Celebration Bowl moved from
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Coming off a dominant 2024 campaign that saw South Carolina State capture the MEAC championship, expectations for the Bulldogs in the second season under Chennis Berry are high. But the Bulldogs will not be a surprise in 2025. With a challenging schedule that includes two FBS opponents and several key conference matchups, the road ahead
South Carolina State football schedule: How many games will the Bulldogs win? Read More »
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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You could wonder if Norfolk State and South Carolina State didn’t look like the top seeds on Wednesday night. You also could wonder if Maryland-Eastern Shore and Coppin State were better than the last two seeds in the MEAC men’s basketball tournament. Whatever the point of view, the Spartans and Bulldogs came away with closer
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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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The final two weeks of HBCU Division I regular season basketball are upon us, and no one has officially clinched a regular season conference championship yet, so there’s plenty left for teams to play for heading into their respective conference tournaments. Let’s take a look at last week’s most important games at the D1 level.
HBCU DI basketball: Appreciating North Carolina A&T’s run & Southern’s toughness Read More »
Former South Carolina State All-MEAC defender Cobie Durant had a historic performance in the Los Angeles Rams’ 27-9 Wild Card round win over the Minnesota Vikings. Durant finished with an interception and a sack, each marking the first in his playoff career. This makes him the third player in Rams franchise history (and first since
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