Category: College

The Morgan State bowling team returned to competition over the weekend after a week off during the Thanksgiving break and went 6-4 overall in the second Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) North Division event of the season. On Dec. 3, Day 1 of competition, the Lady Bears went 2-3 in the traditional team games. Morgan State […]

The Morgan State women’s indoor track and field team opened up the 2011-12 season with three first-place finishes, one meet record and tied for third with Delaware State. The Dec. 1 Lid-Lifter track & field meet was hosted by the Naval Academy at Wesley Brown Field House. The Lady Bears and fellow Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference […]

The Morgan State Bears remained without a win this season after falling to the Ohio University Bobcats, 61-53, at the OU Convocation Center in Athens, Ohio on Dec. 3. The Bears are now 0-7 this season. Morgan State played a tough game against Ohio, trailing by only two points with only three minutes remaining in […]

The Howard University Lady Bison put on a show in front of their home crowd as they defeated the Coppin State Lady Eagles on Dec. 3, 63-52, to claim their first Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) win of the season. The Lady Bison (2-5 overall, 1-0 MEAC) found success with aggressive defense scoring 31 points off […]

Howard freshman quarterback Greg McGhee was named the 2011 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Rookie of the Year, joining six other Bison football players to receive post season awards from the MEAC. A 6-foot-3-inch, 200-pound freshman from Pittsburgh, Pa., McGhee becomes just the third player in school history to receive the honor, joining former Bison Vontae Long […]

Through the first four games, Morgan State senior guard DeKeisha Mathis is having her best season yet as a Lady Bear. The 5-foot-6-inches-tall Mathis scored a career-high 20 points on 7-of-15 shooting, including four three-pointers to lead visiting Morgan State to a 54-52 non-conference win over Bucknell in the first-ever meeting between the two programs […]

Morgan State University’s men’s basketball team will end its Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational experience winless after falling in two contests in the post-Thanksgiving tournament. . The Bears fell to the Tennessee State (TSU) Tigers, 69-64, in the final round of the tournament on Nov. 26 after letting TSU junior forward Robert Covington score 23 […]

Howard University (HU) junior guard Calvin Thompson scored a game-high 21 points, 15 points of which were scored in the second half, to help the Bison beat the College of William and Mary, 67-58, in a men’s college basketball game on Nov. 26 at the HU Burr Gymnasium. Howard now has a 2-3 overall record […]

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Syracuse University associate head basketball coach Bernie Fine was fired Sunday in the wake of an investigation of child molestation allegations against him. In statement released Sunday night, Kevin Quinn, the school’s senior vice president for public affairs, says Fine has been “terminated, effective immediately. The move came at the direction […]

The Winston-Salem State Rams remain No. 1 for the third-straight week with the media, edging out second place Norfolk State by one point this week. The Spartans, however, remain No. 1 among the coaches in the Boxtorow National HBCU Football Weekly Power Rankings polls. ? Winston-Salem State received 13-of-20 first-place votes among the media, while Norfolk […]

Edward P. Hurt, best known for his legendary coaching career at Morgan State University, has been named the American Football Coaches Association’s recipient of the 2011 Trailblazer Award. The award will be presented posthumously at the AFCA President’s Kickoff Luncheon on Jan. 9 at the 2012 AFCA Convention in San Antonio. Hurt passed away in […]

Howard University’s swimming team put on one of its better performances of the 2011 season during the George Mason Patriot Invitational, Nov. 18-19, thanks in part to freshman Miles Hector. According to Howard Media Relations, the Omaha, Neb. native was outstanding in the 1650 meter freestyle race, finishing with a new school record time of […]