UAPB’s rivalry to pause with Mississippi Valley

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Doc Gamble was always told since joining the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff coaching staff the school’s main rival was Mississippi Valley State University.

“When I first got to the campus in 2018, everybody was telling me it was two things you need to worry about, which were homecoming and Mississippi Valley,” said Gamble, who was promoted to head coach in April 2020. “We’re going to have homecoming all the time, but we won’t have Mississippi Valley all the time.” Separated by 148 miles and ...

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