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The United Football League announced that DC Defenders head coach Shannon Harris has been named the 2025 UFL Buddy Teevens Coach of the Year. The UFL Coach of the Year Award is named in honor of Buddy Teevens, a longtime head coach at Dartmouth College. He was celebrated for his forward-thinking approach, unwavering commitment to […]
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One-time FAMU athletic director Tiffani Dawn Sykes is back as an HBCU athletic administrator. Dawn Sykes was named associate vice president of athletics at Virginia State, the school announced. “I am honored to return to Virginia State University, where Greater Happens Here, as the Associate Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics,” said Sykes in a statement.
The Virginia State women’s basketball team just secured its biggest win of the season so far, handing Virginia Union its first conference loss following a 67-60 victory. With the win, Virginia State improved to 6-1 in CIAA competition, keeping pace with Bowie State at the top of the CIAA’s Northern division, The Trojans now hold
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Less than a week after their original choice for head football coach stepped aside, Shaw University has regrouped and hired an old friend to run the team. Lamar Manigo, who served as former coach’s Adrian Jones offensive coordinator for six seasons, will return as head coach, Shaw announced Tuesday morning. Manigo takes the place of
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HBCU football Week 12 will possibly see two division champions crowned as well as three conference champions crowned, making for one exciting weekend to watch closely. In a season of ups and downs, your intrepid HBCU Sports predictions analyst is ready to be surprised again by upsets and unexpected outcomes, and maybe a few sure
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Week 10 of HBCU Football was wild as a few teams pulled off mild upsets while others played down to the level of competition and cost themselves dearly. Week 11 features the final chapter of the Division II regular season, where we’ll find out who will face each other in the CIAA and SIAC championship
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Week 5 was a fun one in HBCU football, but it was by the letter for the most part, as teams with home-field and talent advantages won out. That meant a return to form for HBCU Sports’ intrepid weekly predictions expert (me) and not a moment too soon. Before we take a look at Week
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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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The first full weekend of HBCU football is upon us, and if the MEAC/SWAC Challenge is any indication, we are in for an exciting, competitive season from Dover, Delaware, to Langston, Oklahoma. Some 48 HBCU football programs begin the season with hopes for successful seasons that end either in Atlanta at the Celebration Bowl or
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A quick search of the Virginia State University women’s lacrosse Instagram page reveals few references to the 2024 season, the Trojans’ first as an NCAA Division II program in which they finished with a respectable 5-6 record. Several now-former players and parents familiar with the inner workings of the program who spoke with HBCU Sports
