Jackson State, Bowie State Tabbed to Repeat as League Champions by HBCU-PSMA

By Anthony McClean, Editor-In-Chief Emeritus With the 2022 college football season just a few weeks away, the fearless prognosticators from the HBCU-Pro Sports Media Association are looking at a familiar pair of schools to be back amongst the elite. SWAC Champion Jackson State and CIAA Champion Bowie State have been picked by HBCU-PSMA to defend […]

MEAC Announces 2022 Football Preseason All-Conference Honors, Predicted Order of Finish

By MEAC Media Relations NORFOLK, Va. – Norfolk State running back J.J. Davis and South Carolina State defensive end Jeblonski Green have been named Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Offensive and Defensive Preseason Players of the Year, presented by TowneBank. All awards and the predicted order of finish were voted on by the MEAC’s head football coaches […]

SWAC Announces 2022 Preseason All-SWAC Football Team and Predicted Order of Finish

BIRMINGHAM – The Southwestern Athletic Conference announced its 2022 Preseason All-SWAC Football selections and Predicted Order of Finish during SWAC Football Media Day at the Sheraton Hotel in Downtown Birmingham. The Preseason All-SWAC teams, Individual Winners, and Predicted Order of Finish was voted on by the league’s head coaches and sports information directors. Jackson State’s Shedeur […]

Aggies tabbed as preseason favorites to win Big South football crown

From BASN Wire Services CHARLOTTE – The respect for the North Carolina A&T football program still exists. The Aggies will head into the 2022 season as the Big South Conference favorites. In a preseason poll of Big South head coaches, the Aggies received six first-place votes and 60 points total to earn preseason favorite recognition. The […]

2022 All-OVC FB Preseason Team Announced; TSU Picked Fourth In Poll

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. — The Tennessee State University football team was well represented on the All-OVC Preseason Team with eight players named to either the offensive or defensive teams, as announced at OVC Media Day at the Cool Springs Marriott. The Tigers were selected to finish fourth in the preseason poll that was conducted by league head coaches […]

CIAA Announces 2022 Preseason Football All-Conference Team and Predicted Order of Finish

By CIAA Media Relations CHARLOTTE, NC – The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) unveils the 2022 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 […]

SIAC announces 2022 football preseason honors

By SIAC Media Relations ATLANTA – This year’s Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) preseason team features 29 returning players from the 2021 SIAC Football All-Conference team, led by Dionte Bonneau of Albany State University who was selected as this year’s Preseason Offensive Player of the Year alongside Andrew Farmer, Lane College, who was tabbed as the […]

The HBCU Flavor Of The New USFL

By Anthony McClean, Editor-In-Chief Emeritus When the original United States Football League (USFL) began back in 1983, former HBCU standouts like Boston’s Johnnie Walton (Elizabeth City State), Chicago’s Trumaine Johnson (Grambling State), and Tampa Bay’s Eric Truvillion (Florida A&M) were among some of the initial stars of the league. Nearly four decades later as the […]

Players Announced To Attend NFL HBCU Combine

From BASN News Wires New York – The NFL in partnership with the Senior Bowl, has announced the names of players that will attend the 2022 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Combine presented by Microsoft Surface, which will be held Friday, January 28 – Saturday, January 29, at the University of South Alabama Jaguar Training Center in […]

Alabama A&M and Albany State retain top spots in HBCU-PSMA week two football polls

Coach Connell Maynor and his Alabama A&M Bulldogs claim the number one ranking in the HBCU-Pro Sports Media Association Black College Football Poll for the second consecutive week. The 2020 spring Black College Football Champions are followed by the surging Jackson State Tigers and Arkansas Pine-Bluff ranking third. Florida A&M and Alcorn State round out […]

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