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The South Florida Basketball Association will hold its 2023 Annual Legendary Charity Luncheon on Wednesday, Jan. 18th, between 10 am – 2 pm. This celebration will be held at The Club at Boca Pointe, in Boca Raton, FL attracting hundreds of guests from South Florida and around the country. “We are thrilled to be honoring this amazing group of leaders and advance our philanthropic mission,” said Jerry Donner, President of the South Florida Basketball Association.

     Florida A&M football’s special teams coordinator Chili Davis has been selected to deliver a presentation at the 2023 American Football Coaches’ Association convention following his first season with the Rattlers.

     More often than not, sports transcends the normal rhetoric that people engage in when things are in a normal mode.  Hamlin was not a top name NFL player, but his appearance on the international stage caused folks of all colors, races and creeds to unite in being humane toward him and his cause.   We see it over and over, especially in sports.  While sports are just games, the effect and reach of it is far from that.

     Deyian, the epitome of a student/athlete, has a 5.4 weighted gpa, making his academic and athletic goals extremely viable. His uncle, Curtis Wells and I, plan to follow his progress hopefully to the state. The WG posed several questions to Deyian to get a glimpse into his psyche as a young student/athlete, and his thoughtful, insightful responses reveal much about his personal character.

     “We are excited to hear that Ed Reed has been named the head football coach at Bethune-Cookman. Ed is one of the best to ever wear a Miami Hurricanes uniform and has served as a great mentor to our student athletes over the past three years. He will do a tremendous job with the Wildcats program and the entire Miami family wishes him well,” stated University of Miami Director of Athletics Dan Radakovich.

Buffalo defensive back Damar Hamlin remained in critical condition Tuesday after the Bills say he suffered a cardiac arrest on the field following a tackle hour earlier, leading to the indefinite postponement of Buffalo’s pivotal Monday night showdown against the Cincinnati Bengals.

     When the Pro Football Hall of Famer announced he would be leaving Jackson State University, where he has coached the football team since 2020, to become head coach at the University of Colorado Boulder, many ardent fans and supporters reacted with dismay and disbelief – particularly his fans and supporters from the Black community.

Lorenzo White, one of the greatest running backs in the history of college football, is finally getting his due.
Elected into the College Football Hall of Fame in January, White’s name was added to Michigan State’s Ring of Fame on the east upper deck at Spartan Stadium earlier this season and he will be recognized during Saturday’s Homecoming game against – appropriately enough – Indiana. White’s signature Spartan performance, and his favorite game-memory as a player, came against the Hoosiers in a milestone victory that clinched the 1987 Big Ten championship and sent MSU to the Rose Bowl for the first time in 22 years.

The Miami Dolphins Football UNITES™ program and Air Pros USA, a leading residential and commercial air conditioning services company and the official Air Conditioning partner for the NFL team, came together to provide new a/c units for those in need in the community.

    The last two years, basically the SWAC title for football has been decided on Labor Day, for all practical purposes.  FAMU and Jackson State played in the Orange Blossom Classic in 2021 and 2022 and both ended with the Rattlers losing and being on the outside looking in for the rest of the season.