Senior guard Anton Dickerson led Howard with 16 points and senior forward Mike Phillips added 10 points with six rebounds but it wasn’t enough to outmatch Rutgers Dec. 21 in a 79-55 loss in Piscataway, N.J. This was the first time Howard had faced Rutgers in a men’s basketball game. Rutgers is now 11-0 against […]
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Lady Bison Reach .500 with Win Over Pepperdine
MALIBU, Calif. – The Howard University (HU) Lady Bison women’s basketball team returned to the winner’s circle with a 55-51 victory over the Pepperdine University (PU) Waves on Dec. 21 in Malibu, Calif. The Lady Bison earned its fifth victory with an outstanding performance that began with 10:06 left in the second half, as HU […]
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No RGIII, Redskins Defeat Cleveland & Take NFC East 1st Place
With their starting quarterback sidelined and first place in the NFC East on the line, the Washington Redskins defeated the Cleveland Browns 38-21 behind rookie backup Kirk Cousins’ career-high 329 yards and two touchdowns at Cleveland Browns Stadium on Dec. 16. Cousins, filling in for the injured Robert Griffin III, led Washington on scoring drives […]
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Ravens Suffer Depressing Loss to Broncos–Nevertheless Clinch AFC North
Peyton Manning completed 17-of-28 passes for 204 yards and a single touchdown as the Denver Broncos handed the Ravens their most depressing loss of the year, 34-17, on Dec. 16 at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, Md. Despite the loss, the Ravens automatically clinched the AFC North and reached the playoffs for the fifth straight […]
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Howard Women Endure Heartbreaking Loss to George Washington
The Howard University Lady Bison saw a 13 point lead midway through the second half evaporate, as the George Washington Colonials went on a 19-5 run to defeat Howard, 61-60, on Dec. 15 in the Charles E. Smith Center on the GWU campus. The Colonials (5-5) snapped the Lady Bison’s four-game win streak when graduate […]
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Howard’s Second Half Defense Powers Win over Liberty
Howard University Bison parlayed solid second half defense with scoring from senior guard Calvin Thompson, who tallied 11 of his 13 points in the second half, and sophomore guard/forward Simuel Frazier, who contributed 8 of his 12 points after intermission, to defeat the Lynchburg, Va. Liberty University Flames 60-53 in a non-conference game Dec. 15 […]
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Morgan Football & Coach Hill-Eley Latest Possible Victims of HBCU Resource Disparity
Coaching a college athletic team is an extremely challenging job for anybody. On average, a college football coach holds his job only four years before being fired, according to a USA Today report. The average tenure for a college basketball coach is even shorter at only three years, according to the New York Times. But […]
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Wizards Notch First Road Win, Drop Three Straight
It was a busy week for the Washington Wizards, who collected their first road victory of the season but lost three straight to fall to 3-18 this season. Meanwhile, Washington sent point guard John Wall to New York on Dec. 14 to see a specialist about his slow-healing knee injury. The prognosis was good, and […]
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Elon Soars Past Morgan State in the Second Half
Senior forward Kelsey Evans scored a game-high 19 points, and sophomore guard Zora Stephenson and senior guard Ali Ford each scored 14 points to lead host Elon past Morgan State, 74-54, in a non-conference game on Dec. 13 at Alumni Gym in Elon, N.C. Elon (4-4 overall) improved to 2-0 all-time against Morgan State with […]
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Second Half Drought Dooms Coppin Women
BALTIMORE–It was a game of runs in the first half for both the Coppin State Lady Eagles and the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Rams. But in the second half, the Rams got going while the Coppin offense struggled in VCU’s 57-46 victory over the Lady Eagles on Dec. 8 at Coppin State’s PEC in Baltimore, […]
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Arkansas-Pine Bluff Finishes Season as No. 1 HBCU
After claiming their first-ever Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) championship outright, the University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff (UAPB) Golden Lions finished the season No.1 in the Boxtorow national coaches’ poll. The Golden Lions came from behind to defeat Jackson State, 24-21, in overtime in the SWAC Championship game in Birmingham, Ala. on Dec. 9. The Golden Lions […]
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Wizards Escape Heat, Still Last in League
WASHINGTON, D.C.–The Washington Wizards are now 3-0 over their last three games against the Miami Heat, courtesy of a 105-101 home win on Dec. 4. The upset over the defending champions was supposed to finally ignite the season for the slow-starting Wizards. Instead, the worst team in the league dropped two straight following their surprise […]
