Delaware State's Moore hitting stride

Photo: Laronne Moore is a former QB at Prince George's County (MD) Northwestern H.S., that has 4.29 speed in the 40 yard dash. As a Hornet WR, the 6-0/180 junior will be a dangerous weapon in the DSU offense.

Wide receiver learning fast after just one season at new position

DOVER -- Nothing Laronne Moore does suggests rookie. At 6-foot tall, Moore has that sinewy, streamlined leanness of a veteran wide receiver. He can reach out to pull in a pass even the best sometimes miss.

But the Delaware State junior is quick to remind people that last season was his first year playing wide receiver. Now, Moore is the Hornets' heir apparent.

"This is actually my first spring football," Moore said Saturday at Alumni Stadium. "I'm ready to take over. I hope I can do all they expect me to be."

DSU, which finished 10-2 last season and won its first Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference title since 1991, will need Moore to reinvigorate its passing game. DSU ranked seventh out of the nine MEAC teams with just 134 receiving yards per game.

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Taylor boosts Prairie View in win over Southern Jaguars

Photo: PVAMU senior pitcher Wrandal Taylor #3, discuss game strategy with teammates. The 5-10/190 Two-Time ALL-SWAC First Teamer is from Beaumont, Texas/Ozen H.S.

Prairie View senior pitcher Wrandal Taylor, the face of the program’s rise from obscurity, did Sunday what he’s done for so long: produce a gem when his team needed him most.

Taylor (3-2) struck out six in a complete-game 6-2 win over Southern at Lee-Hines Field. Entering Sunday, the Panthers had gone 3-15, including two losses to SU on Saturday, since March 5 and Taylor had lost twice since winning last on March 1.
“This team needed it. Golly,” PV coach Michael Robertson said.

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Florida A&M Rattlers Rally to beat A&T Aggies

Photo: FAMU Rattlers head baseball coach Robert Lucus.

GREENSBORO, N.C. (March 30, 2008)– On a day tailor-made for sloppy play because of cold, rainy weather, the North Carolina A&T baseball team went eight innings without letting the elements have an affect.

But in the ninth, Sunday’s conditions finally caught up with the Aggies. Florida A&M scored six runs in its half of the ninth on three Aggie errors to rally and beat N.C. A&T 8-6 in MEAC action at War Memorial Stadium.

The loss dropped the Aggies to 4-2 in the MEAC and 11-15 overall as the Rattlers (6-13, 2-4 MEAC) took two out of three from the Aggies during the weekend series. The Aggies appeared to be in great shape heading into the ninth. Although he gave up a run in the eighth, the Aggies had closer Marquis Frink on the mound.

They also had a 4-2 lead. Therefore, Frink appeared to be headed for his fourth save of the season. Frink struck out Chris Justice to open the ninth. It fell apart from there, however.

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The FAMU Rattlers knocked off Albany State on Friday 5-2, and get two wins of three games with the Aggies for a great winning weekend. Rattlers on a run...

Tim Jones led the Rattlers with three hits – two of them doubles – and he scored twice in the 3rd game with A&T. Cunningham had two hits and scored twice. Go Rattlers!

Cosby to be N.C. A&T's commencement speaker

Photo: Bill Cosby, Ed.D.

GREENSBORO — Bill Cosby will be the speaker at N.C. A&T's spring commencement on May 10. An estimated 1,100 students will receive degrees that day at the Greensboro Coliseum starting at 8:30 a.m.

Cosby is an actor, comedian, author and philanthropist who has both a master's degree and a doctorate in education from the University of Massachusetts. His latest work is the book "Come on People: On the Path from Victims to Victors" with co-author Alvin F. Poussaint, a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.

Cosby recently lent his name to a collaborative educational program, the Cosby Kids Initiative, at A&T and GTCC that aims to enhance the academic performance of targeted students in fourth, sixth and eighth grades.

A&T also will host a special performance, "An Evening with Bill Cosby" at 7 p.m. May 9 at the Sheraton Four Seasons. For tickets and more information, call 433-5570.

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Jackson State Tigers rehearse for spring game

The Jackson State football team held its final scrimmage before the spring game on Saturday. The conclusion of spring workouts takes place with a 1:30 p.m. kickoff inside Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium this coming Saturday.

Coming off a hiatus for spring break, the JSU defense was a bit ahead of the offense. Defensive end Sam Washington had the hit of the day, a blind-side sack that snapped back the head of Hinds CC transfer Terrance Barnes. Defensive back Willie Brown picked off an overthrown ball by quarterback A.J. McKenna and linebacker Malcolm Palmer recovered a fumble.

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Rattlers split a pair against North Carolina A&T, 2-9, 6-4

Photo: FAMU Rattlers P/IF Cirilo Manego, (0-4), 5-9/165 senior, New Orlean, LA/De La Salle HS.

GREENSBORO, N.C. - The Florida A&M Baseball team split a doubleheader with North Carolina A&T, dropping Game One 9-2 and winning Game Two 6-4, here Saturday afternoon at War Memorial Stadium.

In game one FAMU (5-13, 1-4 MEAC) punched out 10 hit with Jared Jeffries leading the way with three, while N.C. A&T (11-13, 4-0 MEAC) finished with seven hits paced by Neil Rosser with two hits.

Tim Johnson (4-1) got the win for the Aggies giving up one earned run and striking out 11 in nine innings, while Cirilo Manego (0-4) took the loss for the Rattlers giving up five earned runs and striking out two in five innings.

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A clarion call from Bennett College new president

Photo: Dr. Julianne Malveaux is an economist, author and commentator, and the Founder & Thought Leader of Last Word Productions, Inc, a multimedia production company. She is also currently serving as the 15th President of Bennett College for Women, Greensboro, N.C.

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Julianne Malveaux has but one major goal for Bennett College for Women: that it become an oasis for education.

"The mantra must be 'Education or extinction,' " she said.

Malveaux was installed as the college's 15th president in a Saturday-afternoon ceremony filled with dignitaries, scholars and celebrities.

Her speech: "Belle: A Clarion Call for Excellence and Equality — Right Here! Right Now!"

Her pledge: Bennett College will move from "good to great."

In her inaugural address, Malveaux said it is important that Bennett College answer the call to nurture the intellect, education and academic achievements of its students.

"If we do not educate this population, we fail," she said.

Malveaux, who has a doctorate in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, discussed the importance of embracing global studies now that the American economy is on the brink of recession.

"We have to prepare our students for a global world," she said.

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Author and syndicated columnist Dr. Julianne Malveaux, Ph.D, gives an inspiring talk on the contributions of W.E.B. DuBois and other African-American scholars in this event marking UCSD's celebration of Black History Month. Dr. Malveaux received her BA and MA degrees in economics from Boston College in three years, and earned a Ph.D in economics from The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). She holds honorary degrees from Benedict College, Sojourner-Douglass College and the University of the District of Columbia.