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Friday, July 17, 2020

2021 NFL Draft Prospect Interview: Taron Mallard, TE, Bethune-Cookman University

My interview with @living_the22 https://t.co/kVjlCq8JEy
— Justin Berendzen (@jrberendzen) July 17, 2020

Xavier Fennell, a key player in WSSU's drive to CIAA basketball championship, is having shoulder surgery

Xavier Fennell, a key player in WSSU's drive to CIAA basketball championship, is having shoulder surgery https://t.co/6cKRWz9Ykm via @JournalNow
— Dbandman (@Dbandman2) July 17, 2020

EWC has hopes set on playing football this season

Even as opponents drop out, EWC has hopes set on playing football this season https://t.co/d2kIvwX0fo
— Dbandman (@Dbandman2) July 17, 2020

SIAC Suspends Fall Sports For 2020: Miles Golden Bears Plan To Play Football Anyway

SIAC Suspends Fall Sports For 2020: Miles Golden Bears Plan To Play Football Anyway https://t.co/IGFh6vrya6
— Dbandman (@Dbandman2) July 17, 2020

Tuskegee fall football games lost as SIAC suspends play until spring

Tuskegee fall football games lost as SIAC suspends play until spring https://t.co/IVzgr430sl via @oanow
— Dbandman (@Dbandman2) July 17, 2020

Registration is open for the 2020 W.C.Gorden/Ashley Robinson Golf Classic

Registration is open for the 2020 W.C.Gorden/Ashley Robinson Golf Classic

Read more ➡️ https://t.co/PxzCOoUwzb #BleedTheeBlue x #ProtectTheeBlock
— Jackson State Athletics (@GoJSUTigers) July 17, 2020

Juanita Ward releases book ‘I can, I will succeed’

Jackson State assistant women's basketball coach and former Callaway standout Juanita Ward released her first book 'I can, I will succeed.'https://t.co/glW4iWNApZ
— Samaria Terry (@samariaterry) July 17, 2020

Tomekia Reed signs 4-year contract extension

Tomekia Reed signs 4-year contract extension ❗

Read more ➡️ https://t.co/5wGkWoLqgx #BleedTheeBlue x #ProtectTheeBlock pic.twitter.com/A1BO7q8pWL
— Jackson State Athletics (@GoJSUTigers) July 17, 2020

JSU's Brent Signs Contract Extension

Wayne Brent agrees to contract extension ❗

Read more ➡️ https://t.co/U6Ea3aFE7t #BleedTheeBlue x #ProtectTheeBlock pic.twitter.com/Wz97AY2ocw
— Jackson State Athletics (@GoJSUTigers) July 17, 2020

Robinson Reveals Thee AD Club

Vice President and Director of Athletics, Ashley Robinson, reveals Thee AD Club❗

More information ➡️ https://t.co/XRgUDuevoz
Sign-Up ➡️ https://t.co/WfwWUyFkN7 pic.twitter.com/xbGL42lP6L
— Jackson State Athletics (@GoJSUTigers) June 20, 2020

Saturdays in the fall in Orangeburg won't be the same

Saturdays in the fall in Orangeburg won't be the same https://t.co/G8bum2hH9l via @wltx
— Dbandman (@Dbandman2) July 17, 2020

Seward’s Trifonov Takes Chicago State Job

Seward's Trifonov Takes Chicago State Job https://t.co/ABnCQvJ6W1
— Dbandman (@Dbandman2) July 17, 2020

'It's heartbreaking': NC A&T running back reacts to fall 2020 season canceled

'It's heartbreaking': NC A https://t.co/PRStEauGxB via @WFMY
— Dbandman (@Dbandman2) July 17, 2020

Update: SWAC Commissioner calls report "100 percent inaccurate"

Update: SWAC Commissioner calls report "100 percent inaccurate" https://t.co/5pheJSd1fd via @ktbs
— Dbandman (@Dbandman2) July 17, 2020

REPORT: No football for Southern and Grambling State in 2020, SWAC to cancel fall sports

REPORT: No football for Southern and Grambling State in 2020, SWAC to cancel fall sports https://t.co/2NSz85DhHc
— Dbandman (@Dbandman2) July 17, 2020

Thursday, July 16, 2020

FAMU head coach Willie Simmons reacted to the cancellation of the 2020 football season with a GIF.

FAMU head coach Willie Simmons reacted to the cancellation of the 2020 football season with a GIF. https://t.co/452ek8B3tK
— Tallahassee Democrat (@TDOnline) July 16, 2020

NCAA issues next set of return-to-sport guidelines

NCAA president Mark Emmert: “Today, sadly, the data points in the wrong direction. If there is to be college sports in the fall, we need to get a much better handle on the pandemic.” https://t.co/5EZOIjdi6a
— Matt Zenitz (@mzenitz) July 16, 2020

NCAA: Test all athletes for COVID-19 within 72 hours of game

NCAA: Test all athletes for COVID-19 within 72 hours of game | Star Tribune https://t.co/k8QO18SlNR
— FCS Football News (@FCS_Football) July 16, 2020

Eight FBS games impacted as MEAC suspends football, other fall sports seasons

Eight FBS games impacted as MEAC suspends football, other fall sports seasons https://t.co/TdnJkrvrut
— FCS Football News (@FCS_Football) July 16, 2020

MEAC Press Conference 7 16 20

#MEACNews Watch today's press conference with @HowardU President Dr. Wayne A. I. Frederick and @MEACSports Commissioner Dr. Dennis E. Thomas. #IBackTheMEACAt50 #IBackTheMEAC https://t.co/R0MxuetviT
— Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) (@MEACSports) July 16, 2020

The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC), which includes Coppin State and Morgan State, has suspended all sports competition for the 2020 fall season as a result of the continuing COVID-19 pandemic. https://t.co/RfDrq04RF9
— PressBox (@PressBoxOnline) July 16, 2020

What the NCAA’s new medical guidelines mean for the hopes of college football

“If tests and timely results become unattainable, then it all falls apart.”

What the NCAA’s newly released medical guidelines mean for the hopes of college football this fall: https://t.co/Qq3Sl51Vk8…
— The Athletic CFB (@TheAthleticCFB) July 16, 2020

SAU Track & Field Earns USTFCCCA All-Academic Honors

SAU Track & Field Earns USTFCCCA All-Academic Honors @sau_news @ciaaforlife @ustfccca @NCAADII @thecaronews @tritribune @onnidan @chrisclark_ @ncaatrackfield @wral @abc11_wtvd @wncn @newsobserver https://t.co/xOyApHvP2t
— SAU Athletics (@SAUFalcons) July 16, 2020

We're two days away from our SWAC Roundtable.

Saturday, Noah and I are hosting our first SWAC football roundtable LIVE on WJTV!

What questions do you have for the coaches?! https://t.co/e56viaqYZa
— Samaria Terry (@samariaterry) July 16, 2020

WSSU's McLean, Thompson Named to USTFCCCA All-Academic Team

WSSU's McLean, Thompson Named to USTFCCCA All-Academic Team https://t.co/40YrBBoqla pic.twitter.com/iVLxFFSUfy
— WSSU Athletics (@WSSU_Athletics) July 16, 2020

FAMU named in top 25 of the most beautiful college campuses according to @Cosmopolitan

FAMU named in top 25 of the most beautiful college campuses according to @Cosmopolitan. View the list at: https://t.co/GX3pcNh6fv. pic.twitter.com/6OkZERrszB
— FloridaA&MUniversity (@FAMU_1887) July 13, 2020