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The Presidents Cup announced the six teams set to compete in the inaugural Charlie Sifford Centennial Cup, slated for August 29, 2022, at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte. Johnson C. Smith University will serve as the host school for the event, which will showcase top Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) men’s golf programs in a Presidents Cup competition during the event’s media day.
He recently helped donate 200,000 meals to the United Food Bank during a community service event. His teammates, D.J. Humphries, Joe Walker, Eric Smith, Dennis Gardeck, Koda Martin, Antoine Wes-ley and Markus Golden, joined him in presenting a $40,000 check to the food assistance-focused nonprofit.
Tuskegee head football coach and athletic director Reginald Ruffin said he received deaths over a social media post stating that Nick Saban and Alabama should possibly consider scheduling in-state games against FCS HBCU programs.
Division 1 head coaches have pouted and bemoaned losing recruits to NIL deals for months. Their discontent hit a crescendo when Power 5 schools were “out-recruited” by Jackson State University when highly-touted five-star recruit Travis Hunter committed to the HBCU program.
Coaches Beef as NIL Disrupts the System Nobody Wants to Leave The Plantation Except the Slave
Caleb Campbell and Kouraje Johnson of the University of Fort Lauderdale Track & Field turned in All-American finishes at the NCCAA Outdoor Track & Field National Championships hosted by Greenville University in Greenville, Ill., this past weekend. Campbell, a junior from Miramar, Fla., turned in a runner-up finish in the 400-meter dash with a time of 49.12 seconds to earn All-American honors in the event. Brennen Bargesser of Bethal (Ind.) won the race with a time of 48.60 seconds.
Roy is a 1950 graduate of Anderson High School in Anderson, Indiana. He also excelled at track, football, and basketball in high school. He was a member of a record setting 880 relay team as well as setting individual records in the high jump & high hurdles. He went on to earn a bachelor’s degree in Physical Education from the Florida A&M University and a master’s degree from Ball State University.
James Ashcroft, Major Hazelton, Nathaniel James, and Eugene Milton, donning their orange National Rattler “F’ blazers, were the guests of honor at the 2022 Penn Relays as they were enshrined into the elite class of athletes to earn a space on the Penn Relays Wall of Fame.
In a win against the Seattle Mariners last night, Houston Astros manager Dusty Baker made history, becoming the first Black manager to win 2,000 games. He’s the 12th manager overall to reach that milestone.