Friday, July 24, 2020

Burney-Robinson Signs Professional Contract with KP BRNO

Florida A&M Softball Fully Turfs Field

Bell: SWAC bucks trend in planning season of games

NCAA Basketball: Mikey Williams top 10 list has a distinctly HBCU tone

orehouse College decided to open but is now closing based on the science

Alcorn State runners have big adjustments to make with cross country being moved to the spring

SWAC, Superdome tentatively eyeing April for rescheduled Bayou Classic By Amie Just / The Advocate (Baton Rouge) Posted at 1:01 PM The Southwestern Athletic Conference and the Louisiana Stadium and Exposition District are tentatively eyeing the month of April for a rescheduled Bayou Classic between Southern and Grambling State, according to Alan Freeman, the general manager of the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. The SWAC -- which on Monday postponed its football season to the spring -- wants the game to be played, Freeman said during Thursday’s monthly LSED commissioners meeting. The original news release from the organizers of the HBCU showcase from Tuesday said the Bayou Classic will be played in New Orleans at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome “in the future,” with no tentative date listed. Though, as Freeman said without much elaboration, rescheduling the game for April “presents some challenges.” One of those obstacles is how Phase 2 of the Superdome renovation will be underway by then. “The Bayou Classic has been an iconic event and a huge part of the Superdome’s history,” LSED spokesman Mike Hoss said Monday. “Given where we stand right now today, a spring Bayou Classic game would fall within our Superdome renovation. Would we be able to work around that? Those are questions we would have to explore.” On Monday, the SWAC released a tentative outlook as for what a spring season could shape up to look like. Preseason training is set to begin in January 2021 with a schedule of seven possible games, six of which are conference matchups. Of those six conference games, four are slated to be division games -- which allows for the Bayou Classic despite the truncated schedule. “Obviously, it will not be the Bayou Classic we are used to because of the virus and other factors,” Southern athletic director Roman Banks said Monday. “It is a division game that we will schedule. New Orleans will have the right of refusal. “We would love to play it in New Orleans, if that can be worked out.” The Bayou Classic has been played in New Orleans nearly every year since 1974. The one exception has been the 2005 game, which was played in Houston after Hurricane Katrina. The last time Southern and Grambling State didn’t play a game against one another in November was in 1958 -- the first year Grambling was a part of the SWAC. Though, the rivalry between the two schools dates to 1932. Hello reader, our article commenting that you would normally see here is temporarily shut down. We still want to hear from you, so we invite you to go to our Facebook page or submit a letter to the editor.

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Wednesday, July 22, 2020

2021 NFL Draft Prospect Interview: Decobie Durant, DB, South Carolina State University

UMES Women’s tennis program suspended indefinitely

Magic City Classic game moved to spring 2021

12 student-athletes at Morgan State test positive for COVID-19

OVC Commissioner Beth DeBauche sheds light on Fall 2020 competition

Norfolk State Spartan Legion announces plan to move performances online

Football in spring may be viable option for FCS

Choctaw County’s La’Genesis Johnson will play her first college basketball season at Jackson State

The Celebration Bowl is still on the table

Putting safety first leads to cancellation of HBCU fall sports

Gamble, UAPB move to 'Plan D'

Jackson State AD Ashley Robinson reacts to SWAC’s decision to postpone fall sports