I’ve enjoyed the last three years of blogging black college sports with you. I’ve made great acquaintances, message board rivals, and riled many black college administrators and fans to think in broader terms about the importance of sports.
But now it’s time to move onto something greater. Something that I didn’t set out to do, but now recognize the need to do. We’ll still be talking sports, but now the discussion will take place within an expanded scope of the culture of black colleges and universities.
And so I bring you the HBCU Digest. As currently comprised, it is a daily rundown of all news relative to HBCUs. News, business, politics, culture, arts and entertainment, and of course sports – you’ll find it all here. Why now? Why so broad an undertaking?
Because sports is good, but we should all recognize that the window for the next generation of college students to peer into the soul and mystique of HBCUs is closing. And we need to keep it pried open with a responsible look at what makes these institutions great. Greater accountability is needed across the board, and just as I held athletic departments to high regard, the same will be true for the academic and social sides with the HBCU Digest.
In the next few days, you’ll notice that this web address will take you here, the sports section of the digest. Don’t worry; many of the same stories you love here will be there. But you’ll also find a slate of new posts and articles relative to differing sides of all HBCUs.
I told ya’ll I wanted to do this for a living. I wasn’t kidding. Broadening the scope brings me one step closer to that dream.
As usual, feel free to email me with all of your love, hate, questions, comments and concerns. And story ideas, too. God bless you for all of your support for the HBCU Sports Blog, and I look forward to you bringing it over to the HBCU Digest.
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