Sports
SC Archives to Host Community Screening of WILLIE: How the Descendant of Escaped Slaves Changed Hockey Forever
Registration is now open for the South Carolina debut of WILLIE, an award-winning feature length documentary about Willie O’Ree, the first black player in the National Hockey League. The film will be shown Saturday, February 15, 2020 at 1:00 pm at the SC Archives and History Center, 8301 Parklane Road in Columbia, SC. While there…
Read MoreSC State Board Member Donnie Shell to be Inducted into Pro Football Hall of Fame
SC State University Board of Trustees member, Donnie Shell, will be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame class of 2020. Shell, who is a 1974 graduate of SC State, will join SC State Pro Football Hall of Famers, Harry Carson, David (Deacon) Jones and Marion Motley. Shell played 14 years for the Pittsburgh…
Read MoreRiverDogs-CCSD partnership with “Reading Around the Bases” moves into fourth year
Charleston County School District (CCSD) and the Charleston RiverDogs are ready to open up the fourth year of “Reading Around the Bases.” The partnership began during the 2016-2017 school year as a way to encourage literacy. The Lowcountry’s professional baseball team (and South Atlantic League affiliate of the 27-time World Series Champion New York Yankees)…
Read MoreFirst Choice Fit Marcus Lattimore Associate Fitness Bootcamp Hits The Tri-county Area
The Xtra Inch, LLC, in partnership with Select Health of South Carolina’s First Choice Medicaid health plan, presents First Choice Fit® Marcus Lattimore Associate Fitness Bootcamp. Select Health associates, City of Charleston employees, and Charleston Water System employees are invited to join Marcus Lattimore, former South Carolina Gamecock running back and University of South Carolina director of…
Read MoreFlorida A&M shocks Iowa State, 70-68
Rod Melton, Jr. scored 20 points, including the game-winning bucket as the Florida A&M University men’s basketball team stunned Iowa State, 70-68 on December 31, wrapping up its 2019 non-conference slate at the Hilton Coliseum. Florida A&M (2-9) led by four early on and trailed by as many as 13 points in the first half…
Read MoreBOXTOROW Final Polls: North Carolina A&T finishes the decade as HBCU national champions three times over
North Carolina A&T topped Alcorn State in the Celebration Bowl to win the HBCU national championship for the third straight year and finish at the top of the BOXTOROW Coaches and Media Polls. The championship means a lot to second-year head coach Sam Washington. A&T also won the championship in 2015. “What we did at…
Read MoreStanley named BOXTOROW Offensive Player of the Year, leads superlative awards
Florida A&M quarterback Ryan Stanley was selected BOXTOROW Offensive Player of the Year and heads the list of the BOXTOROW Superlative Awards, part of the BOXTOROW All-America Team, which was released last week. The redshirt senior from Pembroke Pines, Fla. led Florida A&M to a 9-2 record, the best in the MEAC. Stanley leads the…
Read MoreMarvin Miller gets to the Baseball Hall of Fame…but no Curt Flood
By Bill Fletcher, Jr., NNPA Newswire Contributor When it was announced on December 8th that the late Marvin Miller, the first executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA), had finally been inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame I let out a yell of glee! Finally, an individual who did so much…
Read MoreBOXTOROW College Football All-America Team: Braves, Aggies lead with 4 players apiece
The top two teams in the BOXTOROW Coaches and Media Polls combined to place eight players on the 13th annual BOXTOROW All-America team. BOXTOROW has administered the All-America team since 2007 and the voters are comprised of media members from around the nation that cover HBCU football. Alcorn State and North Carolina A&T placed four…
Read MoreBOXTOROW Polls: Alcorn St. remains No. 1 with coaches, N.C. A&T with media
The impending Celebration Bowl in Atlanta on December 21 now matches what the coaches and media in the BOXTOROW Polls have been saying for the last several weeks. That Alcorn State is No. 1 and North Carolina A&T is No. 2 with the coaches. Also that North Carolina A&T is No. 1 and Alcorn State…
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