By Anthony McClean, Editor In Chief Emeritus NEW HAVEN — Before we take a peek at this weekend’s slate of games, we’d be remiss if we didn’t take a look back at some of last week’s major upsets. When Delaware State defeated South Carolina State and Norfolk State beat N.C. Central, it ended two of […]
Read more "HBCU Football Spotlight: Week Nine"ATLANTA — The Black College Football Hall of Fame (BCFHOF) has announced its Class of 2018. Seven inductees were selected from a list of 25 Finalists who had been determined earlier by the BCFHOF Selection Committee. The Class of 2018 includes Harold Carmichael (Southern), Raymond Chester (Morgan State), Thomas “Hollywood” Henderson (Langston University), Leo “Lincoln Locomotive” Lewis (Lincoln (Mo)), Greg Lloyd […]
Read more "2018 Black College Football Hall of Fame Class Announced"By Anthony McClean, Editor In Chief Emeritus NEW HAVEN — Slowly but surely, the championship chase in HBCU football is starting to evolve. Last weekend, we saw a battle of unbeatens in the CIAA between Bowie State and Virginia State. While there’s another mini showdown in the CIAA this weekend (we’ll get to that a bit […]
Read more "HBCU Football Spotlight: Week Eight"By Anthony McClean, Editor In Chief Emeritus NEW HAVEN — There are four unbeaten teams left in HBCU football as week seven begins. Two of them will meet each other in a key CIAA Northern Division matchup at Rogers Stadium in Petersburg, Va. In one corner sits the 6-0 Bulldogs of Bowie State, in the […]
Read more "HBCU Football Spotlight: Week Seven"By Anthony McClean, Editor In Chief Emeritus NEW HAVEN — As we step into the first weekend of October, the phrase “To be the man, you must beat the man” will be the prevailing theme. Two games, in particular, speak to this common refrain. In Dallas, Grambling State (4-1, 1-0 SWAC) and Prairie View (2-2, […]
Read more "HBCU Football Spotlight: Week Six"By Anthony McClean, Editor In Chief Emeritus NEW HAVEN — As most schools are either beginning or continuing a stretch of conference games over the next few weeks, there’s one non-conference matchup that catches our eye heading into the weekend. The 20th edition of the Chicago Football Classic offers an intriguing matchup between a pair […]
Read more "HBCU Football Spotlight: Week Five"By Anthony McClean, Editor In Chief Emeritus NEW HAVEN — While some schools still have a non-conference game left on their early schedule, week four is the first full week of conference play for most HBCU schools this Saturday. It began in earnest Thursday in Durham as defending MEAC champion N.C. Central hosted South Carolina […]
Read more "HBCU Football Spotlight: Week Four"By Anthony McClean, Editor In Chief Emeritus NEW HAVEN — As the HBCU football season enters its third week of play, seven schools remain unbeaten. Two teams in both the SIAC (Albany State and Clark Atlanta) and CIAA (Bowie State and Virginia State), one in the MEAC (North Carolina A&T), as well as independents Tennessee […]
Read more "HBCU Football Spotlight: Week Three"By Anthony McClean, Editor In Chief Emeritus NEW HAVEN — For the second time in as many weeks, another hurricane and its impending fury have been the cause for changes the HBCU football schedule. As of press time, Saturday’s game between South Carolina State and Charleston Southern at Orangeburg was canceled. The game was postponed […]
Read more "HBCU Football Spotlight: Week Two"By Richard Kent NEW YORK — It was the most unlikely of days ending with one of the most unlikely of coincidences. American Sloane Stephens defeated Anastasija Sevastova, a very game Latvian, 6-3, 3-6, 7-6, behind some clutch net play and despite being down a break in the 3rd and deciding set. And then […]
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