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Coach Deion Sanders pledging half his salary to upgrade Jackson State football underscores the importance of HBCUs investing in their athletic facilities. As these institutions keep recruiting top athletes, there will need to be a sustained investment in their sports programs. The post Why It’s So Important For HBCUs To Invest In Their Athletic Facilities appeared first on NewsOne.
Fired Grambling State volleyball coach Chelsy Lucas says she was just following orders from the athletic director when she cut the entire team's players. The post Fired Grambling Volleyball Coach Chelsy Lucas Says She Was ‘Directed’ To ‘Get Rid’ Of Team appeared first on NewsOne.
Chelsey Lucas lost her job less than six months after accepting it.
The NCAA tournament is arguably the biggest event in all of college athletics that brings a sizable payday for many participating conferences. But HBCUs have found themselves on the lower end of the financial spectrum.
Calvin Ridley's season-long suspension for betting on games in which he didn't play is a far cry from the lenient past punishments handed down to NFL players who brutally beat women and children, for example.
Infamous former Baylor University football coach Art Briles quickly resigned as offensive coordinator at Grambling State after intense backlash from the HBCU community. Briles was fired after a wide-ranging sexual assault scandal at Baylor.
Former Miami Dolphins Head Coach Brian Flores has filed a lawsuit against the NFL and three teams, the New York Giants, Denver Broncos, and his former team Miami Dolphins, accusing them of racial discrimination.
GRAMMY-winning sibling duo Mary Mary will soon remind the world of their God-given talents on the biggest night in sports entertainment as they'll be performing a special rendition of "Lift Every Voice And Sing" during the highly-anticipated Super Bowl LVI.
After he tested positive for COVID-19, the loser squad tried to get #LeCovid popping on Twitter but ended up looking wack in the process.
If You Can’t See The Braves’ Tomahawk Chop Is Racist, Chances Are You’re Drowning In White Privilege
The "Tomahawk Chop” is racist and if you cannot acknowledge this, it means you are drowning in white privilege.
Following in the footsteps of Chris Brown's public declaration of support for Kyrie Irving's refusal to get vaccinated, boxing icon Floyd Mayweather Jr. took some time to write the 29-year-old Brooklyn Nets star a note and let him know he's got another famous face in his corner.
Malika Andrews spent the majority of the 2018-2019 season severing as a reporter covering the scoop on the Milwaukee Bucks and Chicago Bulls. She also worked at the Chicago Tribune as a reporter shortly before she joined ESPN that year.