The Red Lobster Band of the Year competition is heading into its fourth year, and some familiar HBCU marching bands are starting the 2026 season near the top.
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MJ is a 2019 graduate of Red Bank Catholic High School in Red Bank, New Jersey. He excelled on the gridiron as a three-year starter at wide receiver and defensive back, helping lead the 2018 team to a state championship, the school’s first undefeated team at 11-0 in 58 years. Not only did MJ earn All-Conference and All-State honors, but his innate leadership qualities also led to his being named team captain. In addition, he was selected to the Jersey Shore All-Academic Team, attesting to his academic acumen and accomplishments.
A fortuitous meeting between Kirk Patrick, former Hollywood Hills football player, and me led to a nostalgic walk down memory lane, allowing us to revisit the glory days of football in Broward County, particularly the state champion Hollywood Hills Spartans led by Dick Saitrick and the Big 5 Conference, schools competing athletically for the first time: Cooper City, Boyd Anderson, Piper, Coconut Creek and South Plantation. I trust it brings back some fond memories as we prepare for another football season in some unique and strange times in America.
We all know that mental health is a serious problem in our country, impacting every segment of society. For some, that rationale doesn’t apply to Black Americans. If it did, explaining the very recent hanging deaths of nine Blacks in America by suicide would conceivably be more palatable. We do a lot of dumb, unimaginable things, but suicide by hanging ain’t one of them. 47’s racist policies, anti-immigrant vitriol, and the egregious assault on Black America have openly encouraged the evil remnants of the past to reemerge in the most sinister, deleterious manner—taking Black lives. And they are doing so with impunity.
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As the calendar turns toward the heart of August, football season is no longer on the horizon — and the intensity is rising in South Florida as the Miami Dolphins officially transition into full padded practices.
Kierra Williams transformed Jamaica’s fortunes at the 69th Caribbean Amateur Golf Championship on Wednesday, producing a five-stroke improvement to vault from sixth place into a three-way tie for the lead after the second round at Royal Blue Golf Course.
B-CU has plenty of questions to answer before the start of the 2026 campaign when they play at UCF for a Thursday night game on Sept. 3.
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