Stillman volleyball downs Lemoyne Owen

TUSCALOOSA, AL - Stillman College defeated Lemoyne Owen in straight sets at the SIAC West Volleyball Cluster on Friday. Set scores were 25-20, 25-18, 25-17.

For Stillman (2-5), Jamila McKinnis had 12 kills, seven digs and six blocks while LaShaunda Spurgeon added five kills and five blocks. Chelsea Nix also had five blocks while Phyllice Eubanks added four blocks, four digs, four assists and three kills. Cynteria Jones also finished with three kills and a block.


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WSSU Maynor wants fewer mistakes

Richmond, VA - To make a solid run at the CIAA title, Winston-Salem State will have to get more disciplined. That much was evident last week in the season opener, a sloppy 22-17 victory over Elizabeth City State. The Rams had 11 penalties and several mental errors and looked out of sorts for most of the game.

Coach Connell Maynor of WSSU said he hopes today's 7 p.m. game at Virginia Union (2-0) will be different.

"It's a little disappointing," said Maynor, referring to his team's 399 yards of offense and only three touchdowns last week. "We had a lot of penalties that killed our drives. I always tell the guys other teams can't stop us, but we can only stop ourselves, and it was a classic case of that."

The Rams went backward several times at key points because ...

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SSU Athletic Hall of Fame to induct six new members

SAVANNAH, Ga.- Savannah State University will honor its athletic heritage when six new members are inducted into the SSU Athletic Hall of Fame.

Slated to be inducted are Richard Basil (football), Carl Crump (men's basketball), William R. "Bill" Davis (football coach), Russell Ellington (men's basketball coach), Phyllis Oliver Mattox (women's tennis) and Kim Jones Walton (women's basketball). Davis and Ellington will be enshrined posthumously.

This year’s ceremony, set for Friday, Sept. 30 at 7 p.m., will mark the fourth group to be inducted into the SSU Athletic Hall of Fame. The contingent honors the best of Tiger athletics over the last five decades, representing the sports of basketball, football and tennis.

Damon Evans, Vice President for Business Operations at The Markley Group and a former athletics director at the University of Georgia, will be the keynote speaker at the banquet. Shannon Sharpe, CBS Sports Analyst, NFL and SSU Hall of Famer, will be present at the Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony.

Basil transferred to Savannah State from East Central Community College and played quarterback for the Tigers in 1988 and '89. In two years he passed for 3,645 yards and 44 touchdowns. He also rushed for 990 yards and 18 touchdowns. In 1988, Basil was the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) Offensive Player of the Year and won the George Hobson Offensive Back of the Year Award. In 1989, he led Division II in passing percentage by completing .569 of his passes. He served as an assistant coach at SSU for nine seasons and was the head football coach for two and a half years. He graduated from SSU in 2001. The Demopolis, Alabama native currently lives in Stockbridge, Georgia and is the founder and executive director of Jump Start Youth Initiative Program.

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ECSU still confident despite 0-2 mark

Elizabeth City, NC - Elizabeth City State’s football team was a confident bunch heading into the season. After two games and two losses, it would be understandable if that confidence was waning. But coach Waverly Tillar says it is business as usual around the Vikings’ facility.

“They really feel like they didn’t play well Saturday night (in a 22-17 loss to Winston-Salem State) and they know they need to come out big this week to set them on the right course for an eight-game run,” Tillar said. “The attitude has been up tempo, execution has been sharp and the camaraderie has been good.”

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President Obama Presents American Jobs Act (Enhanced Version)

September 08, 2011 | 32:50 | Public Domain

Shares plan to create jobs with joint session of Congress.

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President Obama Presents American Jobs Act - 9/8/2011

Adams spending long hours getting S.C. State's defense ready for B-CU

Orangeburg, S.C. - Long hours watching film is usually the norm for South Carolina State defensive coordinator Mike Adams.

Preparing a game plan for Saturday's Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference opener against an explosive Bethune-Cookman offense, now under the direction of former Clemson offensive coordinator Rob Spence, has only further extended Adams' time spent the past seven days in his Rowe Hall office.

"It's definitely been a long week," he said. "You don't want to leave anything uncovered when it comes to preparing for these guys. It's a situation where although they had a lot of success against Prairie View in their opener (Bethune-Cookman amassed 500 total yards and scored seven touchdowns in a 63-14 win in the MEAC/SWAC Challenge this past Sunday).

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Ex-ODU standout joins NSU staff to help defense

Norfolk, VA - Norfolk State's post players won't shake hands with each other anymore. Norfolk native and Old Dominion great Wilson Washington, hired as a part-time men's basketball coach for the Spartans on Thursday, plans to ban the practice.

"My four and my five guys don't shake hands, they exchange forearms," Washington said. "It's about embracing contact. The step after that is initiating contact. If we do that, it won't take long for our defense to improve."

Washington, 56, played high school basketball at Booker T. Washington and was a three-time All-American at Old Dominion, twice at the Division II level and once at Division I, then went on to play two years in the NBA with Philadelphia and New Jersey.

Washington averaged 7.3 points and 4.5 rebounds during his pro years and, while at ODU, collected nearly as many rebounds (1,011) as points (1,366), while also blocking 363 shots. He had four career triple-doubles. His jersey number, 52, has been retired at ODU and he led the Monarchs to a Division II national championship in 1975.

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