Category: College

The Morgan State Bears handled business in its first game of the season, edging the Bowie State Bulldogs, 14-7, at Hughes Stadium in Baltimore. It was the first season-opening win for Morgan State since 2007. Morgan State (1-0) will take on an even greater challenge on Sept. 11 as they head to College Park to […]

The battle of the best historically Black university football teams in Maryland kicked off in Baltimore on September 4 as the Morgan State Bears hosted the Bowie State Bulldogs at Hughes Stadium. Bowie State travels to Baltimore to face Morgan State once every year and has beaten the home team in their last three visits. […]

The Bowie State Bulldogs kicked off its season this past weekend, unfortunately, in losing fashion. Despite opportunities to win Saturday’s season opener, the Bulldogs fell, 20-14, to Seton Hill. Bowie State had six red zone possessions, with four coming in the first 30 minutes of the game. But as Bowie State coach Damon Wilson suggested, […]

Former Morgan State University track star Dakari Taylor-Watson was recently named a Fulbright scholar and will be heading to Terengganu, Malaysia, for 10 months next January to teach English to secondary school students. Taylor-Watson, who earned a degree in biology from MSU in 2009, was chosen by the international educational exchange program. The program is […]

Hampton University senior linebacker Julio Sanchez was recently named Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference preseason Defensive Player of the Year. Sanchez is easily the most outstanding player on the Hampton Pirates team, which was picked to finish fourth in the MEAC this coming season. The Miami, Fla. native was a member of the All-MEAC First Team last […]

The University of Kentucky may face possible sanctions after a recent New York Times article revealed that former point guard Eric Bledsoe received improper benefits during his Alabama high school career. A story posted on the Times website on Friday reported that Bledsoe’s high school coach, Maurice Ford, paid the rent at a home that […]

The Bowie State University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics concluded its 2009-2010 athletic year May 2 with its 10th Annual Awards Banquet at Florian Hall. Athletic as well as academic awards were presented to members of each of Bowie State’s athletic teams. The evening began with a message from Marie Brown, a 1989 Bowie graduate. She […]

The Howard University women’s track and field team put up a solid performance at the 116th annual Penn Relays this past weekend at historical Franklin Field. Senior runner Landria Buckley took home a second-place honor after finishing the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 59.03 seconds. She broke her previous season-best time of just more than a […]

The Lady Bison women’s basketball team finished with one of its best seasons in school history last season. And according to head coach Niki Reid Geckeler, their success was the result of hard work from her players and coaching staff. That’s why Geckeler promoted assistant coach Jimmy Howard to the role of associate head coach, […]

The Morgan State Bears basketball squad ended its season weeks ago, but that hasn’t stopped its best player from dominating the court. MSU senior star Reggie Holmes—one of 64 players selected to compete in the Portsmouth Invitational pro basketball exposure camp held last week—was named as one of 10 members selected to the All-Tournament Team. […]

Howard University athletics hasn’t had much postseason success during the 2009-2010 year, but that may be changing soon. The Lady Bison tennis team completed its regular season on April 10 with a confidence-building win against non-conference opponent Longwood, 4-3, at Howard’s campus in Washington. The victory gave HU a 13-3 overall record, good for first […]

There hasn’t been a better softball team in the Central Interscholastic Athletic Association during the past four years than the Bowie State Lady Bulldogs. BSU has captured the CIAA Championship in each of the last three seasons, and after destroying the Saint Augustine Lady Falcons, 18-0, on April 12, it appears that the Lady Bulldogs […]