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The Rust Lady Bearcats have returned to the top of the HBCU Athletic Conference (HBCUAC), beating the Talladega Lady Tornadoes 67-60 to claim the 2026 Women’s Basketball conference championship. This marks the fourth HBCUAC tournament championship for the Rust women’s basketball team, including a streak of three straight from 2022-2024, dating back when the conference […]
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As if it wasn’t enough for the college football season to kick off during the Labor Day weekend, the city of Jackson, Mississippi, hosted the HBCU Labor Day Classic Battle of the Bands, which featured 10 of the nation’s top HBCU marching bands. The lineup included Arkansas-Pine Bluff, Talladega College, Alabama A&M, Langston University, Alabama
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Talladega College has announced that Andre Payne, its former women’s basketball coach, will become its athletic director. This news comes less than two months after it was announced that Payne was being hired as the next men’s basketball coach at Allen University. In addition to taking over as AD, the school also announced that he will
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The canceling of sports at one HBCU continues. Talladega College, who most famously cut their gymnastics program after one season, announced earlier this week that several sports would be discontinued based on a “comprehensive analysis of the resources necessary to support the continued success”, according to Birmingham-based television station WVTM 13. Athletics programs that will
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Bossier City, La. — Dillard University’s volleyball team, led by Cadence Thomas and Gabrielle Washington’s strong front-row defense and double-double performances from Vanae Sapp and Tyramae Fautanu, swept Talladega College (25-18, 25-23, 25-19) to capture the 2024 Historically Black Colleges and Universities Athletic Conference (HBCUAC) Championship at Billy Montgomery Gymnasium. Thomas registered two solo blocks
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Talladega College has announced that they have hired former Mississippi Valley State men’s basketball coach Andre Payne as its next head women’s basketball coach. Payne returns to the sidelines after being let go from Mississippi Valley State following a five-year stint with the team. He finished with an overall record of 31-132 in his five
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Kyrstin Johnson was the first recruit for Talladega College’s gymnastics teams and won the United States Association of Gymnastics’ national vaulting championship. After Talladega canceled the program after just one season, Johnson has announced Monday evening that she is transferring to Temple University. Next Chapter! Please to announce! I’m an Owl!!! @TempleUniv Gymnastics! pic.twitter.com/vHK6c1vv72 —
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Everything was all good for Kyrstin Johnson and her Talladega College gymnastics teammates until it wasn’t. “We were told there was a mandatory meeting on a Thursday at 9 a.m. on Zoom,” Johnson recalled of the university’s sudden decision to eliminate the gymnastics program, just one year into existence. “It was a shock to all
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