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BOXTOROW Releases Men’s Division I Basketball All-America Team
Despite the season not being fully completed due to COVID-19, the 2019-20 season was still memorable and exciting. With that, BOXTOROW releases its 12th annual Division I men’s college basketball All-America teams. Hampton guard Jermaine Marrow has been named BOXTOROW Division I National Player of the Year for the second year in a row. Marrow,…
Read More*CANCELLED* Carolinas Classic All-Star Basketball Roster Features Players Committed to Top College Teams
In two weeks, the top senior public high school boys and girls from North Carolina and South Carolina will face off in the 2020 Carolinas Classic All-Star Basketball Games. The event, hosted by the North Carolina Coaches Association and the South Carolina Athletic Coaches Association and sponsored by House of Raeford Farms FLOCK, culminates at John T. Hoggard High School in Wilmington on…
Read MoreCharleston area girls basketball teams celebrate championship seasons
Chronicle staff reports Local girls high school basketball teams North Charleston, Goose Creek, and Military Magnet Academy celebrated highly prosperous 2019-2020 campaigns. Each claimed Lower State regional titles, with North Charleston and Goose Creek going on to win State Championships as well. The three clubs featured S.C. Basketball Association All State players Aniyah Oliver (Goose…
Read MoreNFL Announces First HBCU Scouting Combine Set for This Month
By Brianna Nargiso (TriceEdneyWire.com) – The National Football League (NFL) has announced they would be hosting their first Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) scouting combine in March offering exposure to NFL prospects who are eligible for the draft but were not formally invited to the annual Scouting Combine. The HBCU combine, announced Feb. 13,…
Read MoreBlack Chicago Swim Team Member Confronted by Police, Files Lawsuit Against Three Police Departments
By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Contributor Jaylan Butler, a swimmer at Eastern Illinois University, said he was unlawfully confronted by a police officer who pressed a handgun to his forehead and warned that if he kept moving, he would have his head blown off, is suing the police department. The incident took place on…
Read MoreObama Legacy Demonstrated at Kobe Bryant’s Funeral
By Dr. Stephanie E. Myers and Daun S. Hester For eight years America, and the world witnessed a dignified, elegant First Family led by President Barack Obama, the first African American President, of the United States. Barack and Michelle Obama led the country with dignity, elegance, intelligence and integrity. And, on February 24, 2020, Barack…
Read MoreVanessa Bryant Files Wrongful Death Suit Against Helicopter Company in Death of Kobe and Gigi
By Brianna Nargiso (TriceEdneyWire.com) – On the same day that thousands gathered in the Los Angeles Staples Center to memorialize super star Koby Bryant and his daughter, GiGi, it was announced later that Vanessa Bryant, widow of Kobe Bryant, has filed a wrongful death suit against helicopter company, Island Express claiming the lives of her…
Read MoreRed Card For Portugal Over Racist Abuse Of Malian Soccer Star
Racism is rife in international soccer, with fans taking physical and verbal aim at players of the opposing team. After the routine apologies of the coaches and local officials, what has really been done to end the frequent racist outbursts, often accompanied by flying chairs or banana peels? This week, star striker Moussa Marega of…
Read MoreSouth Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame’s Class of 2020 Announced
Clemson running back C.J. Spiller and USC quarterback Todd Ellis, two of the Palmetto State’s most popular football players, highlight the South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame’s Induction Class of 2020. Also being enshrined are Limestone coach Gaylord Perry, Hilton Head infielder Dan Driessen, USC pitcher Ed Lynch, SC State basketball scorer Roberta Williams and…
Read MoreCharleston native to be inducted into UMES Hall of Fame
Humble beginnings tell the story of Marvin L. J. Blye, a Charleston native and 1984 graduate of Burke High School. Blye will be inducted into the 2020 class of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) Hall of Fame. The induction takes place February 28, 2020 in the UMES Student Services Center Ballroom in Princess…
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