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• Former Hampton Pirate Latrell Scott Named Richmond Head Football Coach

  
  HBCU Sports Blog — Authority: 139
  I’m really surprised that Hampton didn’t try to keep this guy at home. Latrell Scott is one of the youngest coaches in Division I football, and by most accounts, one of its most promising. Now he’s taking his youth, expert recruiting and vision to Richmond, a reputable FCS program . Was he not on HU’s short ...
  4 hours ago

• HBCU Bowl Practice Update

  
  HBCU Sports Blog — Authority: 139
  Here’s an excellent piece from CBSSports.com on how some black college football players are faring in the days leading up to this weekend’s HBCU Bowl .
  6 hours ago

• Lady Rattlers Defeat Alabama, .500 Against SEC

  
  HBCU Sports Blog — Authority: 139
  As great as it is that the Florida A&M Rattlers women’s basketball team continues to scourge power conference teams throughout the southeast, they better be careful. Last night’s 61-52 upset win against Alabama may earn the Lady Rattlers significant RPI swag for the NCAA basketball tournament, but it ...
  7 hours ago

• Florida A&M 61, Alabama 52

  
  MEAC/SWAC SPORTS MAIN STREET — Authority: 130
  FAMU scores big comeback win, 61-52 Alabama was on a run that produced a five-point lead over FAMU with eight minutes left in the game, when Qiana Donald summoned the rest of the Rattlers into a huddle. "Once they started taking the lead, I had to call everybody together and let them know this is our game," ...
  14 hours ago

• Black College Basketball – Flirting With Famous

  
  HBCU Sports Blog — Authority: 139
  A couple of seasons ago, O.J. Mayo toyed with the idea of taking his world class talent to FAMU . This past summer, now-freshman phenom John Wall was rumored to have interest in the North Carolina Central basketball program. The common thread between the two was the possibility of showing NBA scouts an ability to be ...
  1 day ago

• MEAC Statement on Heritage Bowl

  
  HBCU Sports Blog — Authority: 139
  The MEAC has provided an official statement on the Heritage Bowl, exclusive to the HBCU Sports Blog. “The MEAC has not rescinded its {automatic qualifier} in the NCAA FCS playoffs nor have we made any announcements regarding the Heritage Bowl.” So, there it is. Rumors were that the MEAC had agreed to ...
  3 days ago

• More on the ‘Clueless MEAC Leadership’

  
  HBCU Sports Blog — Authority: 139
  Earlier, I posted a story from Noell Barnidge, a reporter with the Savannah Morning News with whom I took a slight issue on usage of the “historically black” designation. Click here for his response, and my apology. But we’re fortunate that Barnidge didn’t stop there. He’s since blogged about the ...
  5 days ago

• MEAC Winter Meetings Mocked on Behalf of Savannah State

  
  HBCU Sports Blog — Authority: 139
  The news brief starts off as a notice that the MEAC, in it’s full “school on a Sunday” glory, has not informed Savannah State of a decision to let them into the conference . The reporter, Noell Barnidge of the Savannah Morning Morning News, then followed up with a slightly-racist-yet-legitimate follow up ...
  6 days ago

• Rumor Alert: MEAC Agrees to Participate in 2010 Heritage Bowl

  
  HBCU Sports Blog — Authority: 139
  This rumor has been circulating for a while, ever since MEAC Commissioner Dennis Thomas made comments alluding to its possibilities during the MEAC/SWAC Challenge conference call. But its full force now. Some fans have emailed the HBCU Sports Blog, asking if the MEAC has formally agreed to participate in the 2010 ...
  1 week ago

• Black College Hall of Fame finalists announced

  
  HBCU Football — Authority: 99
  Some of the top players and coaches in Black College Football history are among the 35 finalists for the Black College Football Hall of Fame. The inaugural 11-person induction class (eight players, two coaches and one contributor) will be announced the first week of January and honored at the Black College Football ...
  1 week ago

• Bob Wade Discusses Morgan State Basketball

  
  HBCU Sports Blog — Authority: 139
  Courtesy of WNST, Morgan alumnus Bob Wade discusses the success of Morgan State basketball. That is, when the host lets him get a word in edge wise. Technorati Tags: Bob Wade , Morgan State University
  1 week ago

• New Day For UMES Basketball?

  
  HBCU Sports Blog — Authority: 139
  Three games is hardly enough to consider a program on the come up, but we are talking about the University of Maryland Eastern Shore; a squad that in previous years would’ve held up holy hands for the label of ‘mediocre.’ But the 2009 edition of the Fighting Hawks might have found basketball religion, and may ...
  1 week ago

• The Mystery of the MEAC Mid-Winter Meetings

  
  HBCU Sports Blog — Authority: 139
  The following is a detailed summary of the MEAC mid-winter meetings, as published in full form on the conference website. The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference wrapped up its two-day Mid-Winter meetings in Virginia Beach, Va. on  December 8, 2009. That is all. We know that important things go on at the ...
  1 week ago

• A Sobering Look at the Business of Black College Sports

  
  HBCU Sports Blog — Authority: 139
  In 2007, the MEAC conference grossed $93,988,733 in total revenues. Not a bad number for 12 schools with enrollments all below 9,000 students. Until you read that the University of Florida alone grossed $108,309,060. That’s downright frightening, but you don’t get the ‘Thriller’ dance until you delve further ...
  1 week ago

• Morgan State Bears vs. Minnesota Gophers - ESPNU @ 6 p.m CT TONIGHT.

  
  MEAC/SWAC SPORTS MAIN STREET — Authority: 130
  Morgan State at Gophers (6 p.m. CT, Tuesday, ESPNU) U faces coach making best of his 2nd chance Taking over at Morgan State after eight years in exile for a Cal scandal, Todd Bozeman led the team to a MEAC title. Morgan State doesnt have Cals prestige, TV contracts, weather or pay scale. And Todd ...
  1 week ago

• Early Signing Day Releases for December 8th

  
  The College Baseball Blog — Authority: 441
  Here are your Early Signing Day releases for December 8th. Delaware State signs twoDover, Del. (Dec. 7, 2009) —  Delaware State University head baseball coach J.P. Blandin has announced that two high school seniors have committed to attend DSU during the early signing period.Blandin says Polytech (Del.) High School ...
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• State of the Black College Athletic Department – Sports Information Director

  
  HBCU Sports Blog — Authority: 139
  So often black college sports fans complain about the direction of their athletic department. And colleges, to their credit, rarely adopt any quantitative measures to gauge customer satisfaction on sports. So let’s throw some numbers at the problem. Over the next ten days or so, I’ll be posting daily polls that ...
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• HBCU Sports Talk Radio – Afternoon Preview

  
  HBCU Sports Blog — Authority: 139
  You’ll be able to catch HBCU Sports Talk Radio tonight at 8 p.m. EST ., and I’ve got a feeling that tonight’s show will be pretty interesting. We’ll be talking with Derrick Moore and Quinton Sagoes of Synergy Sports and Associates, founders and organizers of the first annual HBCU Senior Bowl, which will be ...
  1 week ago

• Women’s Bowling: The Gateway to National Relevance for Black College Sports

  
  HBCU Sports Blog — Authority: 139
  As fate would have it, the one sport that black colleges are nationally dominant in is played in the same places in which we meet for Friday night get-togethers and casual dates. And since women’s bowling isn’t widely televised, or accompanied by a marching band and prominent alumni stories, we’ll probably miss ...
  1 week ago

• Bethune Cookman 58, Florida A&M 57

  
  MEAC/SWAC SPORTS MAIN STREET — Authority: 130
  FAMU men lose MEAC opener DAYTONA BEACH — Two minutes and 53 seconds were still on the clock when FAMU mens coach Eugene Harris dipped into his pocket for his play card. He yelled his decision across the court at the Ocean Center. Brandon Bryant delivered. Swish. A 3-pointer that tied the ballgame against ...
  1 week ago

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