HBCU Sports

West Va State, Stillman and Virginia State earn Div II Baseball Playoff Bids May 14, 2007 INDIANAPOLIS -- The NCAA Division II Baseball Committee has selected the 48 teams that will participate in the 2007 NCAA Division II Baseball Championship. The regionals will comprise six teams c

Xavier's Dumas named Louisiana Small College Player of the Year May 4, 2007 NEW ORLEANS -- Xavier University of Louisiana's Shaun Dumas has been selected the Louisiana Small College Player of the Year by the Louisiana Association of Basketball Coaches. Shaun Dumas Dumas will receiv

Peterson, Baldwin and Coe complete HBCU NFL Draftee list April 29, 2007 The second day of the 2007 NFL Draft produced three additions to the HBCU NFL Draftee list. North Carolina Central's Greg Peterson, Alabama A&M's Johnny Baldwin and Alabama State's Michael Coe were all drafted in the

PGA Minority Collegiate Golf Championship to host largest field in history April 12, 2007 BEACH GARDENS, Fla. - The 21st PGA Minority Collegiate Golf Championship is set to feature the largest field in the history of the National Championship, which will take place for the 10th consecutive

Associated Press Posted: 24 minutes ago GRAMBLING, La. (AP) - Eddie Robinson, who sent more than 200 players to the NFL and won 408 games during a 57-year career, has died. He was 88. After several years battling Alzheimer's, coaching pioneer Eddie Robinson died Tuesday

Lincoln (PA) men capture Div III Indoor Track title March 10, 2007 Lincoln University won the men's team championship, while Williams College claimed the women's title at the 2007 NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field Championships hosted by Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology on Satur

March 10, 2007 Brian Greene scored on an inbounds alley-oop play as the buzzer sounded to give Florida A&M University a dramatic, 58-56 win over Delaware State in the finals of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference tournament championship at the RBC Center. The Number 2 seed Rattlers (21-13) r

Edward Waters Captures the FSC Women's Basketball Tournament Crown and Trip to NAIA DII Nationals February 24, 2007 WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Tournament MVP Ruth Waters provided the offense with 21 points in 40 minutes of action and fellow All-Tournament team member Antoinette Upshaw provi

Norfolk State and Hampton grab MEAC Indoor Track titles February 17, 2007 LANDOVER, Md. – The Norfolk State University men and the Hampton University women captured the titles at the 2007 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Indoor Track and Field Championships at Prince George’s Sports &

Record-Holding Swimmer Makes Way Through Rough Waters By Dontaye Carter Black College Wire Swimmer Mujahid El-Amin has rewritten the 100-yard butterfly record at Florida A&M University in only his second season on campus. But his success has been accompanied by tragedy and unexpected fi

In This Big Game, There Were Always Two Black Coaches By SAMUEL G. FREEDMAN Published: February 5, 2007 Decades before Super Bowl XLI, with its history-making confrontation between African-American coaches, similar encounters took place every year. The setting was the Orange Blossom Cla

Tuskegee declared 2006 SIAC Football Co-Champion January 30, 2007 Tucker, GA – The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference has declared Tuskegee University, Co-Champion for the 2006 Football season. The decision comes after Miles College self reported to the NCAA and the SIAC that

2006 SBN Sports Black College All-American Team announced January 16, 2007 Pittsburgh, PA – American Urban Radio Networks is proud to announce the award-winning members of the 2006 SBN Sports Black College All-American (BCAA) Team, to be honored during the annual BCAA Awards Weekend Februa

SPREAD THE WORD!! Monday Night HBCU Hoops Live on ESPN U Beginning Monday, January 8, SWAC Basketball games will be televised live every Monday night on ESPN U in a double header with the MEAC. B

JSU mourns the loss of Tiger Mascot Wavy Dave December 21, 2006 (JACKSON, Miss.) – For more than 20 years, Jackson State University’s beloved “Wavy Dave” wowed fans, thrilled children and insp