Men’s Bracket Set for 2019 MEAC Basketball Tournament

NORFOLK, Va. – The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) has released its men’s pairings for the 2019 MEAC Basketball Tournament, March 11-16, at the Scope Arena in Norfolk, Va. The Spartans of Norfolk State (14-2 MEAC) enter as the No. 1 seed for the first time since the 2012-13 season, when they went 16-0 in conference play. […]

MEAC Announces 2018 Football Postseason Honors

North Carolina A&T State University (7) and Howard (6) led the way in this year’s All-MEAC Conference football voting with a combined 12 student-athletes named to the first team. The team was voted on by the MEAC’s head football coaches and sports information directors. For the fourth consecutive year, the MEAC’s Offensive Lineman of the […]

MEAC Announces 2019 Hall of Fame Class

NORFOLK, Va. — The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference has announced the five members of its 2019 Hall of Fame Class. The inductees will be enshrined during an awards brunch on Thursday, March 14, starting with a welcome gathering at 9:30 a.m. at the Sheraton Norfolk Waterside Hotel in Norfolk, Va. The Hall of Fame class will […]

MEAC Announces 2018-19 Women’s Basketball Preseason Honors

NORFOLK, Va. – Bethune-Cookman senior guard Angel Golden was selected as the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Women’s Basketball Preseason Player of the Year, the conference has announced. North Carolina A&T State was selected as the preseason favorite to win the MEAC this coming season. All awards are voted on by the conference’s head coaches and sports […]

MEAC Announces 2018 Football ESPN TV Schedule

The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) has announced its ESPN television package for the 2018 season which features 10 regular season match-ups on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN Classic, ESPN3 and one postseason appearance on ABC. The nationally televised games are a part of the MEAC’s on-going partnership with ESPN. The 2018 Guardian Credit Union FCS Kickoff […]

MEAC Announces 2018 Preseason Football Honors

NORFOLK, VA. — North Carolina A&T State was picked to defend its MEAC Football Championship as the Aggies topped the league’s annual preseason poll. Voting for the poll is conducted by the MEAC’s 10 head coaches and football sports information directors. The Aggies received 19 first-place votes and was a unanimous choice to defend their […]

Delaware State Hires Eric Skeeters As New Men’s Head Basketball Coach

DOVER, DEL. — An assistant coach with the team that pulled off the biggest upset in the history of the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament and MEAC alum is the new head coach at Delaware State University. DSU Director of Athletics Scott Gines has announced that Eric Skeeters, most recently an assistant at Maryland-Baltimore […]

NFL Partners With Howard University On Campus Connection Program

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The NFL and Howard University have partnered to launch the Campus Connection program, which aims to provide students with programs and experiences that help prepare them for future careers in professional football administration. Beginning with the 2018 fall semester, the NFL will have a presence on campus at Howard through several collaborative initiatives. Among other programs, the two organizations […]

PLAY FAIR

PLAY FAIR Gary Norris Gray-BASN Newsroom-Staff Reporter OAKLAND, CA.-As the yearly March Madness tournament comes to a close, cracks are surfacing all over the hardwood floor. In the men’s Final Four there will not be an African-American head coach. In this Final Four, the players are still not being paid for their countless hours of […]

2018 Preseason All-MEAC Baseball Honors Announced

NORFOLK, Va. — Bethune-Cookman junior Danny Rodriguez was named the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Baseball Preseason Player of the Year and teammate Anthony Maldonado was named Preseason Pitcher of the Year, the conference announced Monday. All awards were voted on by the conference’s head coaches and sports information directors. Rodriguez was the Most Outstanding Player of the 2017 MEAC Baseball Championships […]