Former Bethune-Cookman wide receiver/return specialist could do it all. In his junior season in 2018 he also led the Wildcats in rushing. But like most HBCU players, when the pandemic hit in the beginning of 2020, there weren’t many outlets where players could further show their talents. Robinson stayed in shape and earlier this month
FROM THE PRESS BOX TO PRESS ROW w/ Donal Ware on ESPNU Radio on SiriusXM
NFL Draft hopeful Jimmie Robinson of Bethune-Cookman, who ran a 4.28/40 at the HBCU Combine joins Donal to talk about his career at B-CU and his workout. Donal previews the HBCU Games of the Week and talks with Arkansas-Pine Bluff head football coach Doc Gamble. Click to download or listen to the podcast.
Remembering John Chaney: 1932-2021
We thought 2020 was a tough year in terms of loss, but 2021 has not started out any better. John Chaney, the former Temple head men’s basketball coach who did as much off the court as he did on, passed away on January 29 at the age of 89. The loss was felt around the
FROM THE PRESS BOX TO PRESS ROW Podcast: 10/31/20
Indy Colts nose tackle Grover Stewart joins Donal to talk about his career in the NFL and about his time at Albany State. Donal also talks about Bethune-Cookman canceling athletics for the remainder of the season and how this may affect the MEAC and will other schools, more specifically mid-major and FCS program cancel athletics.
FROM THE PRESS BOX TO PRESS ROW w/ Donal Ware on ESPNU Radio on SiriusXM: 10/30/20
Donal talks about Bethune-Cookman canceling athletics for the remainder of the season and how this may affect the MEAC and will other schools, more specifically mid-major and FCS program cancel athletics. He also gives his Week 8 NFL predictions and Indianapolis Colts starting nose tackle Grover Stewart stops by. Click to download or listen.
FROM THE PRESS BOX TO PRESS ROW on ESPNU Radio on SiriusXM: 10/9/20
FROM THE PRESS BOX TO PRESS ROW w/ Donal Ware on ESPNU Radio on SiriusXM show on October 10 spoke about some of the biggest stories in HBCU sports including North Carolina A&T’s announcement of its move to the Big South, Florida A&M and Bethune-Cookman leaving the MEAC to join the SWAC, and talked with
FROM THE PRESS BOX TO PRESS ROW Podcast: 5/9/20
With the passing a legendary coach Don Shula, FROM THE PRESS BOX TO PRESS ROW host Donal Ware spoke with one of the all-time great Dolphins and Pro Football Hall of Famer Lary Little, about the coach, about his career, and how Little began as a defensive lineman and turned into one of the great
FROM THE PRESS BOX TO PRESS ROW Podcast: 4/4/20
Donal talks with Bethune-Cookman head women’s basketball coach Vanessa Blair-Lewis. He also discusses the impact of COVID-19 on HBCU athletics budgets. Click to download or listen to the podcast.
Norfolk State’s Hicks leads BOXTOROW Women’s Division I All-America Team
BOXTOROW is announcing the All-Americans of the 2020 Division I women’s basketball season. Norfolk State guard Chanette Hicks was named BOXTOROW National Player of the Year. Hicks led the MEAC and was 12th in Division I in scoring (20.0), and was second in Division I in steals (4.9). She also led the conference in assists
FAMU is No. 1, in BOXTOROW recruiting rankings
by Donal Ware boxtorow.com This is the 14th year of BOXTOROW’s Top 10 HBCU FCS Recruiting Class Rankings. Recruiting at HBCUs has really stepped up, to the point that HBCUs are regularly landing recruits that would go to small to mid-sized FBS programs. While Morgan State didn’t make this list, second-year head coach Tyrone Wheatley