Monday, August 29, 2011

Concordia gets an overhaul with only 5 starters returning

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Selma, AL - Shepherd Skanes won't be wearing a hard hat this fall, but no one could blame the Concordia College head football if he did....

Miles ultimate weapon: Jordan Lewis gives Golden Bears explosive running threat

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FAIRFIELD, Alabama -- As far as anyone knows, scientists have not begun cloning humans. But if they started the practice today, Miles head f...

Alabama A&M: Bulldogs at a glance

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Coach Anthony Jones 2010 record: 3-8 overall, 2-7 SWAC Number of starters returning: 14 (6 on offense, 5 on defense, 3 specialists) ...
Sunday, August 28, 2011

Hampton's McCorory breezes into semifinals of 400 meters at world track championships

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DAEGU, Korea -— "I feel confident, really good," beamed  Francena McCorory. The ex-Bethel High and Hampton University flash had ...

World's Top 3 Hurdlers Will Finally Have a Showdown

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DAEGU, SOUTH KOREA — They are the three fastest 110-meter hurdlers in history, and for a change, Dayron Robles, Liu Xiang and David Oliver (...

'If you build it they will come'

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Washington, D.C. - This past week, we have endured an 5.8 earthquake and a category 1 hurricane, but this is nothing for the struggles and l...

Virginia Union weathers storm, Saint Augustine's in opener

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Richmond, Virginia - The wind gusted violently from north to south, shaking the bleachers and whistling across the field. The sideways rain ...

Fan Day celebrates Southern Jaguars

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Baton Rouge, LA - For Lucy Minor, hearing the familiar and welcome sounds of the Southern University Marching Band’s drum line as she drove ...

Big-school transfers prop up Bethune-Cookman WRs

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Daytona Beach, FL - Like most coaches, Bethune-Cookman's Brian Jenkins is well aware of the pattern. You start creating depth at a posit...

Fort Valley State Wildcats like what they have on offensive line

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Fort Valley, GA - Only two starters are back on Fort Valley State’s offensive line. Antonio Wright moved to fullback, and Jared Nelson isn’t...

TSU Tigers feature new coach, same goal heading into 2011

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Houston, TX - The Texas Southern Tigers had a magical season in 2010 when they won the SWAC Football Championship for the first time in over...

Slater stresses Tuskegee's signs of improvement

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Tuskegee, AL - Following a scrimmage a little more than a week ago, Tuskegee head coach Willie Slater gathered his players together and deli...

Despite losses, Hornets feel they have talent to succeed

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Montgomery, AL - Alabama State players and coaches were understandably dejected when they left Legion Field last December after losing a har...

Football Tour: Jackson State motivated despite setback

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Jackson, MS - Jackson State has won a whopping 16 Southwestern Athletic Conference championships. With Walter Payton Award candidate quart...

FAMU's Newkirk expects more in second year

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Tallahassee, FL - Josh Newkirk could have been sulking all along if he wanted. First, he transferred to Florida A&M from Winston-Salem...

CIAA Preview

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J.C. SMITH 2010 record: 2-8. Players to watch Offense: WR Avius Capers (Independence High) caught 21 passes for 313 yards and 2 touchdo...

Dress rehearsals over, SU season approaches

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Baton Rouge, LA - With one week to go before college football’s grand opening, a small parade of RVs, trucks and smiling fans littered the p...

Benedict Tigers hungry for leaders

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  GALLERY:   MEDIA DAY: Benedict College Columbia, S.C. - Benedict College is one week from opening its football season against Vi...

First team looks the part during FAMU scrimmage

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Tallahassee, FL - Every time freshman quarterback Damien Fleming returned to the sidelines — whether he was leading the Orange or Green team...

Ultimate football state: No one can touch Alabama for football success

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Excerpt: BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- Seven different universities in this state have combined to claim 31 national titles, and it's not jus...
Saturday, August 27, 2011

Virginia Union University football opens season today

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Richmond, VA - Kevin Grisby knows he's lucky to have a job. On May 9, his position as head football coach at Saint Paul's was termin...

Belhaven escapes in the fifth to spoil Hamilton's XU debut

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JACKSON, Miss. -- For just the second time in Xavier University of Louisiana's women's volleyball history, the Gold Nuggets forced a...

Capers to be Smith's top returning threat

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Charlotte, N.C. - Avius Capers can't go unnoticed much longer. As a freshman receiver at Johnson C. Smith, he was virtually unknown fr...

NCCU Eagles ready to fly under Frazier

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Durham, N.C. - The Henry Frazier III train is about to start. But what a first stop on the track back to respectability. N.C. Central opens ...

Power-packed Sims gives JSU Tigers options in backfield

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Jackson, MS - As Rakeem Sims ripped through Jackson State's defense during a scrimmage at practice last week, observing players gave the...