Hampton U football coach: Let's get physical

Photo: Returning starting DB Sam Pope will anchor the secondary.

Jerry Holmes is confident as he begins his first spring practice as HU's head coach.

HAMPTON - — Jerry Holmes' first day of spring football practice as coach at Hampton University was like a reunion. Enough past and potential NFL talent was on hand Monday to remind Holmes about the legacy he's charged to continue and the holes he must fill.

Greg Scott and Zuriel Smith, HU alumni who played in the NFL, watched from the sidelines. Kendall Langford and Marcus Dixon — All-American defensive ends last season — also dropped by after completing workouts in preparation for likely visits next month to NFL rookie camps.

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College fundraiser to honor Alonzo Mourning and South Florida establishments

Photo: Retired Miami Heat center Alonzo Mourning. (Click on related link below for more photos).

The storied Orange Bowl has been smashed to smithereens, but it's signature fundraiser continues.Former Heat player Alonzo Mourning and his philanthropic wife, Tracey, will be among the honorees March 28 at the Orange Bowl Foundation event at the Broward County Convention Center.The Miami-Dade Chamber of Commerce, The African-American Research Library and Tarra L. Pressey will also be honored at the sixth annual dinner, which will feature r&b singer Eric Benet.

The Field of Dreams scholarships will be donated to the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) Florida Region, whose Fort Lauderdale chapter serves UNCF schools such as Florida Memorial University in Miami, Edward Waters College in Jacksonville and Bethune Cookman College in Daytona Beach.

Money raised will also provide academic scholarships to African-American high school athletes from South Florida schools who plan to attend a United Negro College Fund institution.

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Ekworomadu's three leads Lady Bobcats to improbable win over PVAMU Panthers

Photo: Candice Thomas paced the PVAMU Lady Panthers' attack, contributing 26 of her career-high 40 points in the first half. The 5-9 sophomore guard is from Waco, Texas/University H.S.

SAN MARCOS – Joyce Ekworomadu dribbled right, pulled up and shot a fadeaway three pointer just over a Prairie View A&M defender that rattled in with 1.4 seconds left to give Texas State an 84-83 win over the Lady Panthers and send the Bobcats into the second round of the WNIT.

The win marks the first-ever postseason win for either Texas State men’s or women’s basketball since the Bobcats moved to NCAA Division I prior to the 1987-88 season. It is also the first time a Southland Conference school has won a WNIT game since Northwestern State advanced to the WNIT championship game in 1995.

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Mississippi Valley State, You're No Belmont

In the above photo, taken in the second half of last night's game, UCLA players Kevin Love, Darren Collison, Russell Westbrook and Josh Shipp are laughing as they watch their bench-warmer teammates toying with Mississippi Valley State. UCLA won, 70-29, and Mississippi Valley State's point total was the lowest in an NCAA Tournament game since the field expanded to 64.

Yes, it was an ugly performance by the 16-seeded Delta Devils, a performance that was in sharp contrast to the other little-known squad taking on a college basketball powerhouse last night, as 15-seed Belmont gave Duke all it could handle.

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UCLA makes sure it's not sweet for 16, MVSU Delta Devils

Photo: Mississippi Valley State University head basketball coach James Green.

Josh Shipp wasn't apparent, Darren Collison didn't score in the first half, Kevin Love played with intelligent caution and Luc Richard Mbah a Moute didn't play at all, not that it mattered on this first night of the 2008 tournament basketball for UCLA.

The top-seeded Bruins coasted to a 70-29 win over 16th-seeded Mississippi Valley State on Thursday night in the first round of the NCAA West Regional at the Honda Center. The Bruins (32-3) will play ninth-seeded Texas A&M (25-10) in the second round Saturday. The Aggies beat eighth-seeded Brigham Young, 67-62.

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Highlights: The 29 points scored by the Delta Devils was the lowest total in a NCAA Tournament game since college basketball began using a shot clock in 1985.

UCLA held Mississippi Valley State to just 19.7 percent shooting from the field and 7.1 percent from 3-point range.

The Bruins had 6 blocked shots in the first five minutes and finished with 13 overall, one shy of tying the record for a single NCAA Tournament game.

Coach Ben Howland pulled his UCLA starters from the game midway through the first half and played reserves the rest of the way.

Larry Cox led the Delta Devils (17-16) with seven points.

ALABAMA STATE FOOTBALL: New offense has effect on defense

When Reggie Barlow began entertaining the idea of bringing in a coordinator to run the spread offense at Alabama State, he had a couple of concerns.

The first was the ASU running game. The Hornets had a talented group of ball carriers that saved the team more than a few times last season and Barlow didn't want to cut any of them out of playing time. He was pleased to discover that the pass-happy spread wasn't so pass-happy and that the running back was only slightly less important than the quarterback.

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Tallahassee Rickards H.S. hires Rudy Hubbard as football coach

Photo: #12, Former FAMU head football coach Rudy Hubbard with members of the Rattlers 1978 1-AA National Championship Team, at the 2007 FAMU Homecoming game at Bragg Memorial Stadium.

Leon County Superintendent of Schools Jackie Pons told the Tallahassee Democrat that former Florida A&M University football coach Rudy Hubbard has been hired as the head football coach for Rickards High School.

Hubbard coached the Rattlers from 1974-1985 and ranks second in FAMU history with 83 victories (83-48 career record). His FAMU teams won the Black College National Championship in 1977 and the inaugural NCAA Division 1-AA National Championship in 1978. He was fired in 1985 after two losing season, when his teams finished 7-14-1.

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Excellent move by the Leon County School System. That's what we need--more strong male role models in the high schools, and Coach Hubbard brings exceptional maturity and accomplishments that can inspire students in a positive way.

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Free agent quarterback Quinn Gray to visit Houston Texans

Photo: Former FAMU QB Quinn Gray is seeking a new NFL team and fatter contract.

The Texans have set up a free agent visit with Jacksonville quarterback Quinn Gray on Sunday at Reliant Stadium.Gray, 28, is entering his sixth season. He has played in 11 games, starting four, with the Jaguars.

The Texans have carried just two quarterbacks on their active roster the past two seasons, and both Matt Schaub and Sage Rosenfels are slated to return.

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Quinn Gray, also visited the Oakland Raiders and Green Bay Packers, and is contemplating which environment suits him best. From the news reports, Gray has already been replaced by fourth-year quarterback Cleo Lemon.

On Chip Silverman: Ailing ex-coach made lasting mark on lacrosse at Morgan State

Even as he lies on a hospice bed with cancer, Chip Silverman perks up when he hears his fiancee, Gail Wolven, answer questions about his days as Morgan State's lacrosse coach. Silverman, 65, has been flooded with visits, phone calls and text messages from former players since he was diagnosed with stage IV melanoma Oct. 5.

The cancer has spread through his body, but Silverman is strong in spirit. He speaks barely above a whisper. "The turnout has been great," Silverman said of the players' response. "It's amazing. I've been blown away by it. I know it's my time."

But Silverman has been more than just a lacrosse coach. He has been the head of the state drug commission and authored several books, including Ten Bears, which he co-wrote with Dr. Myles Harrison Jr., and Diner Guys. He also is an accomplished photographer.

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MVSU Delta Devils understand odds they face tonight

ANAHEIM, CALIF. — No one has to tell the Mississippi Valley State players or coaches the odds they face tonight in the NCAA Tournament.

The stats are right there in black and white in the 2008 NCAA Final Four record book: 0-92. That's the record No. 16 seeds have posted against No. 1 seeds since the tournament field was expanded to 64 teams in 1985. The Delta Devils (17-15) would like to change that tonight when they play UCLA, which is 31-3 and favored by 32 points.

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Spelman, Black Schools Hit by Budget Ax as Bush Erases Aid Gain

(Bloomberg)--When it comes to America's more than 100 historically black colleges, the Bush administration is giving with one hand and taking back with the other.

President George W. Bush signed a law in September adding $85 million to the annual support of $238.1 million for Spelman College, Grambling State University in Louisiana and the other schools, saying it would help low-income Americans earn degrees and prepare them to compete for U.S. jobs. The Bush administration's new budget cuts aid to the schools by the same amount, angering Democrats who helped provide the money.

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Virginia Tech tops Morgan State

The Virginia Tech men's basketball team advanced to the second round of the National Invitation Tournament with a 94-62 defeat of the Morgan State Bears yesterday evening.

The victory was the 300th of head coach Seth Greenberg's career and the 20th of his team's season.

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Alabama State Hornets hit spring practice wall

Photo: ASU head football coach Reggie Barlow

Spring practice at Alabama State had gone rather smoothly over the first seven days. The Hornets had spent the week working hard to learn a new offense and push each other along.

While the novelty has somewhat worn off the spread offense, it isn't completely gone. Offensive players still show up at practice each day not entirely comfortable in their usual positions. Defense players, in the meantime, continue to be frustrated by the ridiculous amounts of screens, draws and swing passes in the new offense.

"It's like it's all they run," defensive tackle Clyde Holloway said. "I've never seen so many screens in all my life. It really is pretty strange to watch. They've got so many receivers out there and everybody's running around. It's hard to predict what's coming, I'll say that much."

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SSU's Wells conducts first football practice

Photo: Savannah State University head football coach Robby Wells.

Tuesday morning lights.

It's not the sequel to the movie "Friday Night Lights." It's what Savannah State's football team was practicing under at 5:30 a.m. at T.A. Wright Stadium.

The Tigers had their first spring practice and conducted a variety of drills for first-year head coach Robby Wells and his six assistants until 7:30 a.m.

For the next four weeks, SSU will conduct 11 practices from 5:30-7:30 a.m. The Tigers will have one afternoon practice and two late-morning scrimmages before wrapping up with an afternoon spring game April 12.

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Brooks, SU dominate Coppin State

Photo: SU Coach Roger Candor.

The important part of Southern University’s 19-5 win over Coppin State came in getting a solid, knuckle-down start from junior right-hander Sherrard Brooks.

Brooks, who had struggled in three appearances, settled down after a rocky first inning, got out of a jam in the second and dominated from there until coming out after the sixth.

For a team with two starting pitchers, Chris Donaby and Seth Monaghan, out with injuries and still trying to build its bullpen, having Brooks gain confidence is a big help.

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Florida Classic faces trouble

For a couple of days late last month, it looked like Bethune-Cookman's football team would be participating in two major events in Orlando next season. But the presidents of B-CU and Florida A&M quickly ended that speculation.

On Feb. 26, ESPN Regional Television announced its MEAC/SWAC Challenge game will move from Birmingham, Ala., to Orlando's Florida Citrus Bowl for at least next season. The game will be played Aug. 31, which is Sunday of the Labor Day weekend.

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This article title is totally incorrect--It should read: MEAC/SWAC Challenge in Trouble. The Florida Classic is going nowhere with a strong base of 68,000 -71,000 fans making it the largest game in history for the Florida Citrus Bowl facility.

Without the participation of FAMU and BCU, the MEAC/SWAC Challenge will be seeking a new home regardless of the sponsorship. This is a meaningless "made for cablevision" game. Folks have to remember the product IS the HBCU football teams, not the stadium, or the classic name, or whether the game will be televised.

Jackson State football means as much to Floridians as Delaware State football--they are not on the radar.

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NCA&T Aggies to play at South Carolina in WNIT

Photo: NCA&T Patricia Cage-Bibbs will face a South Carolina team that finished 15-15, 4-10 in the SEC.

GREENSBORO, March 18, 2008 – After heartbreaking loss in the MEAC Championship Game on Saturday, the North Carolina A&T women’s basketball team still has one more chance to win a tournament championship. The Aggies will play in their first postseason game in 14 years when they face the University of South Carolina on Friday, March 21 in the Women’s National Invitational Tournament at the Colonial Center in Columbia, S.C.

The brackets were released late Monday night. Game time is 7 p.m. A win could put the Aggies back in Raleigh where they just played three games in the MEAC Tournament because Friday’s winner will play N.C. State at Reynolds Coliseum in Raleigh NEXT Monday night.

“We had a great season,’’ said head coach Patricia Cage-Bibbs. “I think playing in this tournament will remind people of that. Yes, we would love to play in the NCAA tournament. But in our case, you have to have had a great season to play in this tournament too.”

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ASU Sun Devils scorch ASU Hornets in NIT

TEMPE, Ariz. -- Alabama State played an angry team Tuesday night in the first round of the NIT.

Arizona State, which, along with many NCAA basketball gurus, believed it belonged in the NCAA tournament, took out its snub frustrations with a 64-53 victory at Wells Fargo Arena.

Alabama State, playing its first NIT game since 1983, made it easy for Arizona State to set the tone and build a cozy lead by missing its first eight shots of the game and 15 of its first 16.

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ASU opens NIT with easy win over Alabama State

One down, four to go.

The ASU men's basketball team certainly looked like a No. 1 seed Tuesday night in its 64-53 win over Alabama State in the first round of the National Invitational Tournament at Wells Fargo Arena.

For the first half anyway.

"The first half we came out with a chip on our shoulder," ASU freshman guard James Harden said. "Second half, I guess we got too comfortable. We had a little lead, got comfortable, then they made a run and picked up the intensity on defense.

"We just had to settle down to come out with the victory."

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Roundtree, Munnerlyn move to Alabama State Hornets

North Marion High School graduate William Roundtree and Vanguard High alumnus Tyrell Munnerlyn both signed football scholarships with four-year program Alabama State last week.

The former county standouts made the jump from the junior college ranks at Alan Hancock College in California to Montgomery, Ala., after both were honored in the Western State Conference as sophomores.

Roundtree, a linebacker, led the Bulldogs with 111 tackles and was selected a first-team all-conference performer for the second-straight year.

Munnerlyn, a wide receiver, hauled in a team-best 42 catches for 824 yards and 8 touchdowns. He averaged a hefty 19.6 yards per catch and landed on the WSC second team.

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S.C. State downs Jacksonville State in Tennis

The South Carolina State men's and women's team earned a sweep over Jacksonville State Tuesday with the men winning 5-2 and the women earning a 6-1 victory at the SCSU Tennis Facility.

The Bulldogs improved to 10-1 with their victory, while the Lady Bulldogs climbed to 6-1 on the year.

The S.C. State women return to action Friday when they host North Carolina A&T at 2 p.m. The men's and women's team will take on Norfolk State at 1 p.m. on Saturday.

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South Carolina State Men Capture WSSU Golf Tourney

WINSTON-SALEM, NC - Senior Cory Jozefiak and sophomore Hector Arroyave finished first and second in the field to lead South Carolina State to the team title at the 36-hole Winston-Salem State Golf Invitational at the par 71, 6,214-yard Winston-Lake Country Club Tuesday.

Hampton University was second at (346-307) 653, followed by host Winston-Salem State at (348-341) 689, Johnson C. Smith University at (390-390) 780 and North Carolina Central University at (489-406) at 795.

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PVAMU set to face Texas State in the WNIT

The PVAMU Lady Panthers are set to kickoff a 2008 Women's National Invitational Tournament run

FORT COLLINS, Colo.- The Women’s Invitational Tournament announced its field of 48 teams on Monday, March 17th with Prairie View A&M scheduled for a first round match-up versus Texas State of the Southland Conference.

Prairie View A&M enters the game with a 22-11 overall record while Texas State brings a 20-10 mark into the contest. The Lady Panthers continue to break barriers under the leadership of head coach Cynthia-Cooper Dyke as this mark their first WNIT appearance.

The Lady Panthers had a history making season as they brought home the schools first out right regular season title in women’s basketball. The Lady Panthers also made history by having three of their players selected for All-Conference First Team honors, which marked the most selections the program has ever received.

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PVAMU Panthers Football Ready To Begin 2008 Spring Camp

Photo: PVAMU head coach Henry Frazier receives celebratory dunking of gator aid after historic seventh win last season.



Prairie View A&M Panthers eager to start 2008 title run

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas- Fresh off a history making 7-3 season the Prairie View A&M Panthers football team is set to kickoff their spring workouts. The Panthers 2008 camp will be a valuable tool in assisting the PVAMU coaching staff with the evaluation of their talent as well as accessing needs of improvement.

“Spring football is a huge asset for our coaching staff,” said head coach Henry Frazier III. “The practice sessions give us a great indication as to how well our players are absorbing the schemes and fundamentals that we’re trying to teach them.”

The 2008 PVAMU Panthers football team will feature a veteran unit headlined by the return of over 45 lettermen. Frazier feels that his team’s depth and experience will pay big dividends for the program next season.

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BCU Wildcats Use Comeback for 6-5 Win Over Florida Gulf Coast

Lozada stays white hot with perfect 4-for-4 evening

Daytona Beach, Fla. - Bethune-Cookman University used an amazing four-run seventh inning to grab a come-from-behind 6-5 victory over Florida Gulf Coast on Tuesday night at Jackie Robinson Ballpark in Daytona Beach.

B-CU (11-6) started out the day with two runs in the second and third inning, respectively, to go ahead 2-0 early in the contest.

Senior shortstop Jose Lozada's team-leading third homerun of the season came with a solo shot to left to lift the `Cats, 2-0 in the third frame.

Freshman starter Samuel Rodriguez seemed to have little trouble on the mound until the fourth frame when the visitors from Ft. Meyers, Fla. Took aim at the freshman.

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