Category: College

The women’s basketball team of Howard University won its first game of the season, advancing to 1-3 overall on the season, after winning a 60-58 nail-biter against the University of Detroit in the Preseason Women’s National Invitational Tournament (WNIT) on Nov. 19 in Akron, Ohio. The victory follows a two-game losing streak by the Lady […]

Morgan State came close to winning a share of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) title this year, but head coach Donald Hill-Eley will enter the offseason knowing his team failed to achieve a winning record. MSU fell, 42-18, at Hampton University in a game that knocked Morgan State down to a 5-6 overall record, 4-4 […]

The Howard University Bison entered their final game of the season just one away from earning their first winning record in nearly a decade. Unfortunately for the Bison, they didn’t get that one victory, as they blew a 12-point fourth quarter lead in a 39-36 loss to the Delaware State Hornets on Nov. 19 at […]

Howard junior guard Calvin Thompson scored a game-high 23 points, helping his Bison run away with an 83-63 win over Washington Adventist University in a non-conference men’s game at Burr Gymnasium. The home win was Howard’s first of the season (1-1 overall), after falling, 63-48, on the road against Bowling-Green University on Nov. 11. The […]

The Winston-Salem State Rams remain No. 1 among the media in HBCU football, while Norfolk State was voted the new No. 1 – almost unanimously – among the coaches in the Boxtorow National HBCU Football Weekly Power Ranking media and coaches’ polls. The Rams received 15-of-22 first-place votes from the media, while Norfolk State received […]

With the departure of the Washington Redskins to FedEx Field, RFK Stadium became almost a sports ghost town. While the stadium still hosts professional soccer games regularly and the occasional college game, the days of rocking bleachers and hard-hitting pro football and major league baseball have been replaced by events that draw much smaller crowds. […]

Redshirt senior quarterback Chris Walley passed for two touchdowns and ran for another, and the Norfolk State (NSU) defense held Morgan State (MSU) scoreless in the second half to lead the Spartans to a 47-14 win on Nov. 12 at Hughes Stadium in Baltimore, clinching the Spartans’ Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) football title and a […]

The Winston-Salem State (WSSU) Rams football team scored 28 second half points and survived a late scare from Elizabeth City State on their way to a 38-18 win in the 2011 CIAA Football Championship Game on Nov. 12 in Durham, N.C. The 10,127 football fans in attendance saw the WSSU Rams remain unbeaten on the […]

Howard Bison basketball coach Kevin Nickelberry knows it’s going to take some time for his young team to grow into its own. With four freshmen at the top of Nickelberry’s rotation, growing pains are to be expected. So it wasn’t a steep surprise to see Howard drop its 2011-2012-season opener 63-48 to the Bowling Green Falcons […]

Early in the second half of Georgetown’s tilt with the Savannah State Tigers Nov. 12, the Hoyas surprisingly found themselves ahead by just three points after the Tigers scored five straight to open the half. That’s when Georgetown coach John Thompson III decided to give his team an attitude adjustment. “It was an awful start […]

Norfolk State University (9-14 overall, 5-5 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) took the second match of the season from Howard University, leaving the Lady Bison at .500 with a 5-5 MEAC conference record (5-21 overall). The Spartans took advantage of their senior night by beating the Lady Bison in four sets. “Today just wasn’t our day; we […]

With Jackson State’s 26-23 loss Saturday to Grambling State, the Winston-Salem State Rams are the new No. 1 in the Boxtorow National HBCU Football Power Ranking media poll, while the Alabama A&M Bulldogs are the top team in the coaches’ poll. This marks the first time in the history of either poll that Winston-Salem State or […]