Mr. George, who completed both his high school and college work at Morris Brown, graduating in the Class of 1930, was a stellar performer at guard on both the Purple Wolverine basketball and football teams during the late 1920’s. He did his graduate work at Atlanta University and received his masters degree from New York University.
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In the NFL, legacy often travels through bloodlines, and for DJ Williams, that legacy runs deep through HBCU history. The son of Doug Williams, the first Black quarterback to win a Super Bowl, DJ is carving out his own path in the league. But it’s not one forged under center, but rather with a headset. The former Grambling quarterback has officially been named the full-time quarterbacks coach of the Atlanta Falcons.
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — USA Today noted that Canady’s impact on the field was immediate and unmatched. Despite suffering a minor injury, she helped lead Texas Tech to its first Big 12 regular-season and conference titles
One of the most durable players in NFL history − though he was perhaps best known for an infamous blunder − has died.
The Jackson State University placekicker, who became the first woman to score in an HBCU football game, is now officially going pro. Armenta has signed with the Mississippi Panthers of the Women’s National Football Conference (WNFC), marking yet another chapter in her mission to change the game—for women, for athletes, and for HBCUs.
Fisk University’s gymnastics program — the first in HBCU history — is shutting down.
A California high school track star who won the 400 meters in the state championship was disqualified and stripped of her title over a post-victory celebration.
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The team fired Tom Thibodeau Tuesday, the team confirmed in a statement.
Andrey Martinez’s two-out, three-run home run to straightaway centerfield gave Bethune-Cookman a walk-off come-from-behind 11-9 win over Florida A&M in the championship game of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) Baseball Tournament on Sunday afternoon at Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Alabama.