On Thursday, Woodie tweeted on his Twitter account, “Grateful, thankful and blessed to announce that I will be returning to my alma mater to serve as the next Head Football Coach at Bethune-Cookman University. I know we have work to do. Let’s get after it Wildcats!”
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The team made history earlier this year by becoming the first HBCU gymnastics team to compete at an NCAA event. The new docuseries tentatively titled “Flipped,’ will follow them as they compete in their historic first season.
If the culture ever needed a football coach to be a peacekeeper, it was the amazing display for the announcement of Albany State University head coach Quinn Gray. Though not as sensational as what has been going on in the HBCU coaching realm as of late, it represented who we are and a sense of normalcy. Gray, dressed in a brand new blue suit with yellow pinstripes, a yellow shirt, and a yellow and blue tie, he was manicured and stood tall representing what was pleasing to a unified Golden Ram nation.
Patrick Mahomes’ Chiefs and Jalen Hurts’ Eagles will faceoff in Super Bowl LVII. Marking the first time two Black QBswill play each other in the “big game.”
As the Grizzlies took the court, protests were happening across the city for a third straight day. A moment of silence for Nichols punctuated a somber pregame scene. The coaches and players were still grappling with what they saw in that video – “I couldn’t even make it through,” Morant admitted – and what their responsibility is moving forward.
Asked if gymnastics was just a passing fancy, he affirmed his feelings about the sport: “I have always loved gymnastics, but I never thought about it as a competitive sport; but now I see the work involved. I would like to continue in the sport even though it is not part of my school path. So I will have to see how far I can go with it.” His exponential growth spurt – 5’10”, 160 pounds -.has certainly increased his self-confidence and competitive juices while providing a healthy, mature perspective on balancing athletics and academics. While I have always been athletic and played basketball for city teams, I have never joined many organized sports. My favorite sport is basketball and my favorite athlete is Kyrie Irving, a leader on and off the court, one who symbolizes hope and inspiration.
Now, Gary has taken his talents to the world of authors with the creation of SOLE SURVIVORS. This series aims to inspire, educate, and provide awareness of the daily health challenges children and many other people across the world face with chronic health conditions. Gary’s intent is to instill the perseverance and mental guidance to live a healthy lifestyle against all odds and to communicate that diagnoses are not barriers to success, but springboards.
Though he was a Morehouse man, Howard University hosted a memorable celebration in honor of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The two-day celebration exemplified the values that the late civil rights leader espoused.
It’s no secret that cycling is an overwhelmingly white and Caucasian sport. In fact, a recent survey from USA Cycling, the national governing body of the cycling sport, found that 86% of its members identify as white or Caucasian, while only 3% identified as Black or African American.
Lovie Smith took over the mantle of Houston Texans head coach after watching the organization fire his former boss, David Culley, after just one year. Now, he’s experienced the same fate.