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Stephen Curry Partners With Howard University To Launch First Division I Golf Program
In a historic stride forward to grow the game of golf, six-time NBA All-Star and Eat. Learn. Play. Foundation co-founder, Stephen Curry, announced his commitment to Howard University today, with a pledge to support the establishment of the university’s first NCAA Division 1 golf program for the next six years. Inspired by Howard senior and…
Read MoreAvery Research Center Hosts Roberta Williams Day Of Recognition September 11
The Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture will be hosting The Roberta Williams Day of Recognition Reception. Ms. Roberta Williams is a native of Downtown Charleston and daughter of former Avery Student John Harley Williams (c/o 1949 Avery Normal Institute). Ms. Williams has created a legacy for greatness through excellence in sport…
Read MoreBOXTOROW announces college football preseason All-America Team
The 2019 college football season is right around the corner and media members from around the country have selected the 2019 BOXTOROW HBCU Preseason All-America Team. Twenty members of last year’s postseason All-America Team are included on the preseason team including nine players that were freshmen or sophomores in 2018. Defending SWAC champion Alcorn State…
Read MoreBOXTOROW Preseason Poll: Defending HBCU champs North Carolina A&T on top
The first HBCU Poll of the 2019 college football season was released Monday and the two-time defending HBCU national champion North Carolina A&T Aggies take the No.1 spot in the BOXTOROW HBCU FCS coaches poll. The Aggies received all but three first place votes which were taken by last year’s runner-up Alcorn State who took…
Read MoreFILM REVIEW: Brian Banks
By Dwight Brown, NNPA Newswire Film Critic In this #MeToo age, a biofilm about a wrongfully convicted high school football player, who was accused, tried and imprisoned for rape, is timely. The real Brian Banks, the subject of this movie, lived through an ordeal that was tragic, inspiring and often profound, something is lost in…
Read MoreCIAA announces 2019 preseason football honors, teams
The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) announces the 2019 All-CIAA preseason football team, as voted on by the CIAA Football Coaches Association and the Sports Information Directors Association, and the predicted order of finish as selected by the head football coaches. The preseason team and predicted order were both announced during the CIAA’s annual football media day.…
Read MoreScott, Stabenow, National Hockey League Announce Willie O’Ree Congressional Gold Medal Act
U.S. Senators Tim Scott (R-SC) and Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) this week announced their bipartisan legislation to award the Congressional Gold Medal to Willie O’Ree, the first black player to compete in the National Hockey League. Known as the “Jackie Robinson of Hockey,” O’Ree played 21 years of professional hockey including for an Original Six franchise,…
Read MoreTwo Former SC State Track Standouts to Compete for Spot on Team USA Track
Two former South Carolina State track standouts will be among athletes from across the country competing at the 2019 USA Track & Field Championships July 25-27 at Drake University in Des Moines, IA. The top three place winners in each event will go on to represent Team USA in the World Championships in Doha, Qatar…
Read MoreSC State athletics announces major gifts initiative
South Carolina State Athletics launched a major gifts initiative in June of 2018 to raise money for additional student-athlete scholarships and facility upgrades. Now, a year later, the athletics department has reached $1.67 million of its $2 million fundraising goal. The department aims to reach its goal by the end of December. “Our first responsibility…
Read More‘Equal Pay, Equal Pay, Equal Pay’
By Jesse Jackson (TriceEdneyWire.com) – As the exhausted and thrilled U.S. women’s soccer team celebrated its victory in the finals of the 2019 Women’s World Cup, the cheers of the crowd in the Stade of Lyon soon turned into a chant: “Equal Pay, Equal Pay, Equal Pay.” Even as they fought their way to the…
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