Last October, Perkins made history as the first openly active gay HBCU football player. He made the announcement in a social media post that went viral.
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The HBCU icon of the week is Jackson State’s W.C. Gordon, a quintessential husband, father, Christian man of God, educator and highly acclaimed and accomplished football coach. Born in Nashville. Tennessee on June 30, 1930, Coach Gordon took his heavenly flight on October 23, 2020. Between those years represented by the dash, he left an indelible legacy that surely stands the test of time.
Not winning a game in Miami placed the Heat in an untenable, desperate situation that required a must win – win or go home. I observed two combatants willingly put it all on the line, leaving nothing in reserve. Last night in Denver the better team won: more talented, more athletic, and more driven.
The FAMU Sports Hall of Fame will hold its 47th Enshrinement Weekend from Friday, September 22 through Saturday, September 23 on the University campus. Venue and Ticketing details will be released shortly.
Florida A&M University’s football field at Bragg Memorial Stadium could soon have a new name in honor of NFL Hall of Famer Ken Riley — and the same goes for FAMU’s softball field that is expected to be named after former head softball coach Veronica Wiggins.
Even though the back-to-back Black national championships and NCAA I-AA (FCS) championship are mentioned, it often seems like other schools would revere a coach with those credentials more than he has been at FAMU. On the FAMU campus, there needs to be some respect put on Rudy Hubbard’s name.
On June 5, 2023, the Los Angeles Lakers and representatives of bibigo® foods hosted their inaugural ‘Lakers Town’ community event in Koreatown. The event featured a new Lakers mural by artist, Jonas Never, and appearances by Los Angles Lakers legends, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, James Worthy, A.C. Green, and Robert Horry, as fans and community members celebrated the unveiling of a mural that celebrates some of the dynamic duos in Lakers history.
The families of Negro League baseball players are calling for a national day of recognition and attention for the Negro Leagues, the Black ball-players who were excluded because of race from Major League Baseball teams. The descendants have come together to form the Negro Leagues Family Alliance (NLFA), established in February.
Florida A&M University Vice President and Director of Athletics Tiffani-Dawn Sykes recommended name changes to the football field, softball field, and football locker room earlier this year and was unanimously approved Thursday, June 8, at the FAMU Board of Trustees meeting.
From my perspective, the Miami Heat lost game one of the NBA finals because of a failure to convert open three point shots combined with a subpar performance by Bam Adebayo. Though not particularly confident regarding outcome, l waited patiently for game two Sunday, hoping for a different result based on my game one observations.