Saturday, July 27, 2013
YOUR HELP NEEDED! Howard U. sex assault person in video wanted (Video)
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) has released this video of a man who may have information on the sexual assault of a female victim on Howard University's campus earlier this week.
Police want you to take a good look at the man in this surveillance video. It shows him getting on a metrobus outside the university on Monday – right after a disabled teenager was sexually assaulted. Police believe that the man in the video has information about the crime – a crime that Howard students tell us they can’t believe happened on their campus.
“When I first heard that, I was very surprised because Howard University is a very prestigious school and things like that usually do not happen here,” says junior David Bullock.
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Five DelState Hornets named to preseason All-MEAC First Team
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| COACH KERMIT BLOUNT (Courtesy DSU Athletics) |
The Hornets received a total of 201 points in the preseason poll. Bethune-Cookman is the overwhelming favorite to win its second straight MEAC championship. The Wildcats collected 16 of 21 first place votes and 480 points in the poll.
Delaware State exceeded the preseason MEAC expectations in 2012. The Hornets were tied for third in the final standings with a 5-3 record after a 10th place prediction in the preseason poll last season.
“The preseason polls are good for conversation, but what happens on the field is all that matters,” said Delaware State third-year head coach Kermit Blount. “We lost a number of key players from last year, but we have a solid group of veterans returning and some promising newcomers. There are a lot of question marks on our team, and we have great deal of work to do to get ready for the new season.”
South Carolina State, North Carolina A&T, North Carolina Central and Florida A&M round out the top five in the 2013 MEAC preseason poll.
The MEAC also announced its 2013 preseason all-conference teams and players-of-the-year.
Five Delaware State players were selected to the preseason All-MEAC First Team: LB Ernest Adjei (sr.); DL Rodney Gunter; DB Terrick Colston (so.): C Brandon Cunningham (sr.); and RB Malcolm Williams.
Adjei, a 2012 All-MEAC First Team pick, Adjei was tied for sixth in the MEAC in tackles at 8.5 per game last season (93 total).
Gunter was a 2012 All-MEAC Second Team selection. He was tied for seventh in the MEAC in sacks (0.5 pg; 5.5 total) and tops among DSU defensive linemen with 49 tackles (27 solo) last season.
Colston, a 2012 Jerry Rice Award nominee (top FCS freshman), was second on the Hornets and fifth in the MEAC in tackles (8.6 pg; 95 total) a year ago.
A 2012 All-MEAC Second Team selection, Cunningham is the lone returning starter on the Hornets’ offensive line.
Williams is the Hornets’ top returning rusher with 437 yards despite missing two games due to an ankle injury in 2012. He had two 100-yard games last season, including 120 vs. FBS Cincinnati.
Delaware State free safety Davon Moore (jr.) was named to the 2013 preseason All-MEAC Second Team. A 2012 All-MEAC First Team pick, Moore was third in the league in tackles (8.8 pg; 97 total) and tied for third with four interceptions in 2012. His 175 interception return yards were tops in the MEAC and second among all FCS players last season.
Florida A&M quarterback Damien Fleming and Bethune-Cookman running back Isidore Jackson were selected as the MEAC’s 2013 Preseason Co-Offensive Players-of-the-Year; while Bethune-Cookman linebacker Jarkevis Fields was named as the top defensive player.
Delaware State was 6-5 overall in 2012, its first winning season since 2007.
The Hornets report for preseason camp on Aug. 7. The first camp day on the field is Aug. 9.
DSU will open the 2013 season with four consecutive road games, beginning at Delaware on Sep. 7 in the fifth meeting between the state’s two Division I football programs. The Hornets will also visit Towson (Sep. 14), two-time defending FCS champion North Dakota State (Sep. 21) and Savannah State (Sep. 28) in the MEAC opener before playing at home.
The Hornets’ 2013 home opener is Oct. 5 against Bethune-Cookman. Game time is 2:00 p.m. at Alumni Stadium.
Delaware State will also welcome Norfolk State (Oct. 12), Howard (Nov. 2) and Morgan State
(Nov. 23) to Alumni Stadium this season.
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Bethune-Cookman Coach raises concern about law
NORFOLK, Virginia — The few hundred people who had gathered in the huge meeting room at the Waterside Marriott here were hushed. They came Friday afternoon to the media day luncheon to hear MEAC football coaches talk about the upcoming season.But Brian Jenkins, head coach of defending league champion Bethune-Cookman University, stunned the audience when he challenged his peers to be proactive against stand your ground laws in their home states. Jenkins said he had to make the appeal in the wake of the recent acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin in Sanford.
It could have been his 13-year-old son.
“I asked myself what would I do if he were a victim,” he said. “I couldn’t deal with that so I decided that I wouldn’t wait to see if he becomes a victim of such a silly act.”
The MEAC is made up of ...
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Mississippi Valley footiball season tickets on sale
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| (Courtesy MVSU Athletics) |
General adult admission season tickets are on sale for only $80 while season passes for children ages 5-17 can be purchased for $50. Reserved chair-back seats, meanwhile, are priced at $150.
Season premium parking is also on sale for $150 to park inside the fence at Rice-Totten Stadium. RV and bus parking for the season is set at $180. Single game tickets will go on sale at a later date.
The Delta Devils' home schedule includes games against Delta State (Sept. 7), Southern University (Sept. 21), Jackson State (Oct. 12), Arkansas-Pine Bluff (Homecoming –Oct. 26), Texas Southern (Nov. 9) and Alabama State (Nov. 16).
Tickets can be purchased at the MVSU Ticket Office or by calling 662-254-3313.
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Season Tickets
| Reserved Chairbacks | $150 |
| Adult General Admission | $80 |
| Children (5-17) | $50 |
| Children (0-4) | Free |
| Stadium Parking (inside fence) | $150 |
| RV and Bus Parking | $180 |
Single Game Tickets (vs. Delta State, Texas Southern and Alabama State)
| Type | Advance Price | Game Day Price |
| Reserved Chairbacks | $30 | $35 |
| Adult General Admisson | $15 | $20 |
| Children (5-17) | $10 | $20 |
| Children (0-4) | Free | Free |
Single Game Tickets (vs. Southern, Jackson State and Arkansas-Pine Bluff)
| Type | Advance Price | Game Day Price |
| Reserved Chairbacks | $30 | $35 |
| Adult General Admission | $20 | $25 |
| Children (5-17) | $10 | $20 |
| Children (0-4) | Free | Free |
Single Game Premium Parking
| Stadium Parking (Inside Fence) | $30 |
| RV and Bus Parking | $45 |
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Southern’s Dray Joseph: ‘We all can make this journey’
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- Southern’s players jokingly chide Dray Joseph after the senior utters a line during summer workouts.
As they pant and sweat under the sweltering sun, the senior quarterback will offer a refrain borrowed from a familiar source.
“We all can make this journey,” he says.
Chuckling and smiling, his fellow Jaguars offer a quick retort: “You sound just like Coach Odums.”
Relaying the anecdote to coach Dawson Odums, he only offers up a contended grin at the mind meld taking place to help Joseph evolve from the Southwestern Athletic Conference’s best passer into a field general mastering a West Coast scheme as the Jaguars try to end a stretch of three consecutive losing seasons.
“It’s great to see the leadership he’s displaying on and off the field,” Odums said Monday during SWAC Media Day. “It’s a tough position, and you want to be accepted as an individual, but it takes a quarterback to say, ‘I’m not really like everybody else.’ He’s accepted that pressure.”
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VUU Panthers Picked to Finish Eighth in CIAA Football
WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina -- Virginia Union University's football team was picked to finish eighth in the CIAA at the 2013 CIAA Football Media Day, held on Thursday, July 25, in Winston-Salem, N.C.
VUU's Denzel Duchenne earned Pre-Season All-CIAA Honors as a punt returner, it was released on the same day.
VUU finished 5-5 last season, including 3-4 in CIAA play. The Panthers led the CIAA with an average of 4.9 yards per rush.
Duchenne, a sophomore from Brooklyn, N.Y., returned 22 punts for 319 yards (an average of 14.9 yards per return). Duchenne also returned seven kickoffs for 115 yards and caught 19 passes for 233 yards and a touchdown.
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In the FCS Huddle: Depth underscores MEAC title race
NORFOLK, Virginia -- Pop open the hood on the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference preseason football poll and the shiny engine that is defending champion Bethune-Cookman can make you reach for the sun-glasses.Take a closer look, though, and you realize there's plenty of sparkling parts that comprise what could be a big season for MEAC football.
Plenty that threaten Bethune's title reign, too.
The Wildcats were the clear favorite at Friday's media day in Norfolk, Virginia, gaining 16 of the 21 first-place votes in the preseason poll, but an 11-team, one-division set-up makes for a grind each season, and the rise of North Carolina Central and North Carolina A&T last season has heightened that scenario.
South Carolina State, which had been the recent MEAC power until ..,
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