Previous articles featuring iconic HBCU football coaches included Big John Merritt, Alonzo “Jake” Gaither, Eddie Robinson and Marino Casem. As Coach Redmond and I mused over our next selection, and after considering several worthy candidates, research led us to Vernon “Skip” McCain, a former assistant coach under at Tennessee State, who became the head coach at Maryland State ( later renamed Maryland Easter Shore) in Princess Anne, Maryland.
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Florida A&M Baseball battled in Atlanta to win their first SWAC Championship in program history to clinch an automatic bid into the 2023 NCAA Tournament and will head to Gainesville to play the Florida Gators.
Florida A&M University alum Isaiah Land and Jackson State University alum Aubrey Miller Jr. have both signed NFL undrafted free agents contracts after completing rookie minicamps.
The XFL announced it will host its second annual HBCU Showcase at Clark Atlanta University on June 17th.
Marino Casem was born in Memphis, Tennessee on June 23, 1934 and died on April 25, 2020 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He was 85 at the time of his death. Coach Casem graduated from Xavier University in New Orleans, Louisiana.
A day after his uncle posted on social media looking for help locating his nephew, Jaden Hullaby has been confirmed dead at 21 years old. The University of Texas and New Mexico, both schools where Hullaby played football, announced his death Monday. No cause of death has been reported.
Larry “Gator” Rivers, who helped integrate high school basketball in Georgia before playing for the Harlem Globetrotters and becoming a county commissioner in his native Savannah, died Saturday at age 73.
The national and global influence of Gabby Douglas (2012 Olympic Gold Medalist) and Simone Biles ( three-time All Around Champion) is remarkably impactful, especially for young, aspiring athletes of color.
Bethune-Cookman’s baseball team (27-23) took two of three games from rival Florida A&M (24-25) in Tallahassee from May 12-14.
“I’ve had the hiccups since last July and I’m getting a medical procedure done the end of this week, I think, to try to remedy it,” he said.