HBCU


No experience, no problem for new Tennessee State football coach Eddie George
University president Glenda Glover: ‘We were not looking for a cookie-cutter solution’ to bring back a winning football program

NCCU forward’s coming-of-age journey has a happy ending
With his mother’s arrival from Ghana, Kobby Ayetey realizes another dream

Jackson State’s defense isn’t meeting Deion Sanders’ expectations
After loss to Alabama A&M, the Tigers’ season record drops to 3-3

HBCU combine gives 42 players a spotlight to impress the NFL
Two dedicated organizers, with the NFL’s help, are making the two-day event happen in Alabama

Alabama A&M QB Aqeel Glass will get lots of attention against Jackson State
Evaluators say Glass, at 6-foot-5 and 215 pounds, has the size and arm strength to compete in the NFL

Master P’s son, Hercy Miller, picks Tennessee State
‘I just wanted to make a change. I wanted to be different.’

PGA golfer Cameron Champ’s Prairie View scholarship is part of his family’s legacy
Champ learned the game and more from his father and grandfather

Celebrating Black History Always at HBCUs
Understanding the history and its sense of place

Celebrating Black History Always: Recognizing HBCU legend Doug Williams
The star athlete for Grambling State was the first African American QB to lead a team to a Super Bowl Victory in 1988

Inspired by his family, UCLA AD Martin Jarmond is helping to bring HBCU culture west
Alabama State, North Carolina Central will become the first HBCUs to play the Bruins football team starting in 2022

Celebrating Black History Always: Recognizing HBCU legend Eddie Robinson
After being hired by Grambling State University in 1941, he transformed the small HBCU in Louisiana into a football powerhouse

Tuskegee to play Fort Valley State in new Red Tails Classic football game in September
The Sept. 5 game, to honor the Tuskegee Airmen, will be played in Montgomery, Alabama

Deion Sanders carries Jackson State duties beyond the field to the community
The mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, says winning team helps build ‘sense of place’

Celebrating Black History Always: Recognizing HBCU legend Jerry Rice
The Mississippi Valley State grad set records in college and the pros