Category: College

Georgetown men’s Head Basketball Coach John Thompson III said he wanted his young team to learn things about themselves on their trip to China and to find out who they were as a team. In Tuesday’s final game of an 11-day trip to China, Thompson said he thought the Hoyas worked hard and found a way […]

Howard first-year Head Coach Gary Harrell said last week that he believes his defensive unit led by all-MEAC linebacker Keith Pough was more aggressive and ahead of the learning curve than his offensive unit during practice sessions. But after a team scrimmage held on Aug. 20, Coach Harrell said the offense has improved enough to […]

Former University of Miami booster Nevin Shapiro claimed he provided improper benefits to more than 70 Miami Hurricane football players and other student athletes from 2002-’10, according to Yahoo! Sports. The 42-year-old convicted Ponzi schemer told Yahoo! Sports that he would provide money, cars, clothes, access to nightclubs, sex parties, and even paid for an […]

Former Morgan State volleyball standout and assistant coach Ashley Preston has been named the new head volleyball coach at Spelman College in Atlanta, Ga. Preston, who enters her fourth season of coaching and first as a head coach, takes over the helm of a Jaguar program which went 5-23 last season, including 1-6 in the […]

BEIJING (AP) — A bench-clearing brawl at an exhibition game between Georgetown University and a Chinese basketball team Thursday marred the orchestrated harmony of U.S. Vice President Joe Biden’s visit to China. The fight between the Georgetown University men’s basketball team and the Bayi Rockets on Thursday night in Beijing forced the game to end […]

Pro basketball superstar LeBron James is currently visiting Shanghai, China as a part of Nike’s “Festival of Sport,” a four-day celebration of the performance and culture of basketball. The “Festival of Sport” will cap off Nike’s latest “Just Do It” advertisement campaign launched at the start of the summer, designed not to “just speak to, […]

Defending historically Black college/university champion Bethune-Cookman has been tabbed as the top Football Championship Subdivision HBCU team by the coaches in the Boxtorow HBCU FCS preseason Coaches Top-10 Poll. The Wildcats and head coach Brian Jenkins, who was named Boxtorow National Coach of the Year in 2010, received nine of 16 first place votes. The Wildcats […]

Bowie State University has cast one of the top football teams in the Central Interscholastic Athletic Association ever since Damon Wilson took over as head coach in 2009. And according to the experts, this year should prove no different for the Bulldogs. Coaches and sports information directors of the CIAA recently predicted that BSU would […]

Howard University will begin a new chapter in its rich football history this September when it kicks off the 2011 season under the guidance of new head coach Gary Harrell. The Bison didn’t win many games in its latest chapter, recording just seven wins to 26 losses in three years under former coach Carey Bailey. […]

The NFL lockout may soon be over, according to several reports, just in time for the 2011 regular season campaign to begin this coming September. But even if there is no NFL this season, residents of the D.C. metropolitan region can still anticipate football action to kick off this fall. According to Events DC, Howard […]

Only at Gonzaga College High School would a second place finish in the division not be considered enough. Basketball has become a staple for the Gonzaga Eagles, and the ending to their 2010-2011 campaign could have been defined as marvelous—depending upon who you ask. A 26-8 record and the co-regular season championship in the Washington […]

In the waning moments of April’s Capital Classic, future Georgetown Hoya Greg Whittington a 6-foot-9-inch power forward from Oakland Mills High School in Columbia, Md., couldn’t hide his expectations for the upcoming season. “I’m looking forward to bringing my talent, Mikael’s talent and the rest of the crew’s talent to Georgetown and hopefully get to […]