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...

60 Minutes did a story some weeks ago on the football factory known as American Samoa, a tiny island that has produced more NFL players than any other American territory. The Pacific Islands indeed are a football hot bed, and are becoming the crown jewel of college football recruiting, sure to increase with the new found exposure on 60 Minutes. So on the recommendation of loyal HBCU...

I know that the Southern University Human Jukebox performed at halftime of yesterday’s NFC Championship game in New Orleans, but I have yet to find any video of it. Any body got any good leads? Any camera phone magic to spare? And by the way, congratulations to the New Orleans Saints and the State of Louisiana on the big win. Time to let the world that nobody should say dey...

On last week’s edition of HBCU Sports Talk Radio, I made the case for black college coaches being the end all and be all of any successful program. And that opinion seems to be holding true for Texas Southern basketball, which is among the SWAC leaders this season thanks to the influence of head coach Tony Harvey and assistant coaches former NBAers Nick Van Exel and Vin Baker...

Several coaches and approximately 28 players will not be returning to the Savannah State football team in 2010, according to head coach Robby Wells. Wells said Eddie Johnson, the Tigers’ offensive coordinator last season, has been reassigned to defensive backs coach/recruiting coordinator… SSU sports information director Opio Mashariki said 15 underclassmen from last...

The CIAA has announced the inductees for its 2010 Hall of Fame class. After the jump, check for the esteemed entrants into conference history. 1987 Hampton Institute 4×100m Relay Team On April 24, 1987, the Hampton Institute 4×100m relay team won the 1987 Penn Relays College Championship of America. They were the only team in this event to represent a Division II institution...

The MEAC is searching for national anthem singers and halftime entertainers for the 2010 MEAC Basketball Tournament. So conference officials opened up the opportunity for local talent to show their stuff at auditions yesterday in Winston-Salem. The hopefuls included dance groups, a trio of singers, two of whom played ukuleles; and a singer doing a tribute to Michael Jackson. A violinist...

Black college marketing guru Robert Constant forwarded me this great article on Winston-Salem State’s Bill Hayes working his magic on campus early into his tenure. And by magic, I mean on the grill. Hayes brought the groups together for the inaugural Dr. Reginald Sherard Academic Cookout, a three-hour indoor picnic at the Gaines Center. The purpose of the picnic — named...

My apologies to everyone looking forward to the interview with UAPB coach Monte Coleman on this evening’s broadcast of HBCU Sports Talk Radio. There was a mix up about the call-in time, but UAPB officials assured me he was ready to roll with it. We will have him at the top of next week’s show, along with other great topics and guests. Be sure to tune in!

The University of Maryland Eastern Shore has announced its 2010 inductees for the athletic Hall of Fame. After the jump, check out the honorees and their credentials. Talvin Skinner, the Hawk that played in the NBA longer than any other, will be inducted for his individual play in men’s basketball. Already inducted as part of the 1973-74 NIT Team, the first team from a Historically...

For a while, it was beginning to look like Bethune-Cookman would lose every last one of its games. A home defeat to Division II Shaw, a lack of offensive firepower and many questions from Wildcat Nation swirled around head coach Alvin Wyatt and his team. But guess who’s back in the second half of the season? [...]

Prairie View or North Carolina A&T, I would’ve expected. But the FAMU Lady Rattlers taking the 2009 WNIT champs to overtime and beating them on the road? Beyond impressive. I guess this is to be expected from a team that was a poor first-half removed from the MEAC basketball title game last season as a seventh [...]

You can check out last week’s poll here, and as usual, you can check my rankings out against those of the Sheridan Broadcast Network and the Heritage Sports Radio Network. Division I 1. South Carolina State – (9-1, 7-0) The Bulldogs repeat as football champions of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference with a convincing win over the Morgan [...]

You saw it coming from three years ago; Prairie View A&M is the champion of the of the SWAC Western Division and headed to its first SWAC championship game. Saturday’s win added to the amazing turnaround, who were 1-10 and the worst team in the SWAC a season before coach Henry Frazier III took over [...]

So what hurts more, the Florida A&M Rattlers all but eliminated from the FCS Playoff picture, Joe Taylor returning to HU to take a thorough beat down from one of the MEAC’ most inconsistent teams, or that the shutout loss wasn’t that surprising? Okay, so maybe the first two hurt a lot more being blanked by [...]

In theory, the Big Apple Classic is a tremendous idea. Northern-based HBCUs alums are provided an opportunity to watch and expose their family to the culture of black college basketball in the world’s most famous arena. Don’t get me wrong – I love it. But you hope for a more focused approach to how this event [...]

You would think with all of the exposure black college sports has found on the ESPN family of television networks, the sports media giant would be sprinting to put the niche market in a complete headlock with regular black college sports content on ESPN.com. Alas, we’re mostly left with vague weekly updates on scores and players [...]

Yeah, now I’m definitely sour that I don’t live anywhere near Florida.

So there’s two ways this can go for Alphonza Kee and his Fayetteville State Broncos men’s basketball program; they can be men and buy into the new direction, or create controversy and shut down on him. The Broncos have a curfew now – everyone in their rooms by midnight. There’s mandatory study hall that some players [...]

Is there a logical explanation for why Southern University is still waiting on payouts for it’s appearance in last year’s Gulf Coast Classic? According to the contract between SU, ASU and game organizers, Southern was supposed to receive a $250,000 payout for last year’s game at Ladd-Peebles Stadium. But as late as last month, the Gulf [...]

Success is a hard thing to maintain in black college sports, because you only have so many scholarships and so many days to get it right and get it right consistently. And upon reaching the pinnacle of success, it takes a lot of discipline motivation to remain there. But if the Morgan State men’s basketball team [...]

It just occurred to me that I never let everyone know that you can catch reruns of HBCU Sports Talk Radio on iTunes as a podcast. Simply search “HBCU Sports Talk Radio” on your iTunes store, and subscribe to the free weekly episodes. Download them, give them to your friends and family as gifts. And don’t [...]

Rumors have been going around for some days about the pending firing of Tennessee State head football coach James Webster. My sources haven’t divulged that anything would happen during the season, but that a review would certainly be in order immediately following the season. As of this writing, he’s still the head coach. But all signs point [...]

Honda has announced the eight participating bands for its 2010 “Battle of the Bands” competition. In alphabetical order; • Albany State University “Marching Rams” • Clark Atlanta University “Mighty Marching Panthers” • Florida A&M University “Marching 100” • North Carolina Central University “Marching Sound Machine” • Prairie View A&M...

Anybody that would like to argue against Steve McNair as the best black college quarterback of all-time? You better have Doug Williams on HD to compete with this. Technorati Tags: Alcorn State University, Steve McNair