The 2023 Final Four is poised to be the land of the unknown. UConn is the only team still standing with a national championship to its name. Neither Creighton nor San Diego State has ever been to a Final Four. Prior to last Friday, Florida Atlantic had never even won an NCAA tournament game as a program. […]
Throughout the University of Miami basketball’s dream season, Jordan Miller was always kind of an afterthought. […]
Florida A&M has hired former NFL wide receiver Chad Johnson as an ambassador and consultant, the school announced Wednesday. […]
Willis Reed, who dramatically emerged from the locker room minutes before Game 7 of the 1970 NBA Finals to spark the New York Knicks to their first championship and create one of sports’ most enduring examples of playing through pain, died Tuesday. He was 80. […]
The groundwork for the rebirth of the program at Florida’s oldest HBCU actually was laid in May of 2021 when officials from THE PLAYERS Championship went to EWU’s Jacksonville campus to announce a $50,000 donation from the tournament. […]
Program to provide path to professional golf for junior and collegiate golfers from diverse backgrounds […]
The Tuskegee men’s basketball team traveled to Fort Lauderdale, more specifically Nova Southeastern University in Davie to participate in the Division II South Regional against number two seed West Alabama. When Oscar Braynon, president of the South Florida Tuskegee Alumni Club, confirmed that our Golden Tigers would be flying to Fort Lauderdale, he immediately contacted the athletic director and Head Coach Bennjy Taylor and an entourage of 23 coaches, players, administrators and managers to arrange and confirm that SFTAC would provide dinner that Friday evening. […]
Advancement of Blacks In Sports Announces 2023 Coaches Watchlist “As part of our mission to help advance Blacks in sports, it is important to recognize some of the best in the business as voted by their peers,” said ABIS founder Gary Charles. “Congratulations to all of the coaches who were selected to our 2022-2023 Basketball Watchlist. […]
Since the dawn of time Black women have been the voice of change. Through their determination and knowledge they have sparked momentum to trailblaze a path for future generations of women, and sports are no different. Black women have made their mark in the industry breaking barriers to give all women and people of color a place in athletics, even before the passing of Title IX, which was made to put an end to sex-based discrimination. Let’s kick off Women’s History Month with four athletes that influenced the games we know today. […]
In the end, Sykes’ brutal honesty is much needed. Fixing things often requires growing pain. Nonetheless, repair is never easy. It takes a team effort and it takes investment in repairs. FAMU’s Investing in Champions campaign was an absolute game changer for the department. It was the first major initiative that fostered investment beyond the transactional sale of tickets and parking. Over time the financials of it have needed to be adjusted, but the core of the initiative is vital to the success of the FAMU Department of Athletics. […]
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