BOXTOROW host Donal Ware talks about the murder of George Floyd. He also speaks to SWAC commissioner Dr. Charles McClelland about the possibility of the SWAC 2020 football season beginning on time, keeping the athletes safe, financial effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the 2019-20 SWAC season, the financial viability of SWAC, and about the
The Southwestern Athletic Conference has one of the biggest fan bases in college football, with games generating crowds in excess of 70,000 people. Football is big business for SWAC and its member institutions. But with the COVID-19 pandemic still happening, will SWAC start football on time and with fans in the stands? BOXTOROW host Donal
Since 2006, BOXTOROW has talked with HBCU football players who have a chance to hear their names called in the NFL Draft. That first year, we spoke with several players including Antoine Bethea (Howard), and Tavaris Jackson (Alabama State) who both went on to be drafted that year. In the midst of COVID-19 the draft
Since 2006, BOXTOROW has talked with HBCU football players who have a chance to hear their names called in the NFL Draft. That first year, we spoke with several players including Antoine Bethea (Howard), and Tavaris Jackson (Alabama State) who both went on to be drafted that year. (Rest in peace to Tavaris. Was writing
Donal talks with star gospel singer Kierra Sheard who plays the role of her mother Karen Clark Sheard in the Lifetime Channel biopic The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel. She also reveals and talks about her grandparents being affected by COVID-19. NFL Draft hopeful Chris Rowland of Tennessee State and Alabama State head baseball
For 14 years, BOXTOROW has ranked the top 10 HBCU FCS recruiting classes. I will reveal the classes this weekend on the nationally syndicated radio program FROM THE PRESS BOX TO PRESS ROW. The two best HBCU FCS classes were Tennessee State and Florida A&M. I will give you a sneak peek by reviewing these
by Donal Ware As 2019 dissipates and 2020 is right upon us, BOXTOROW lists its big stories of the decade in HBCU sports. These aren’t in any particular order. Give us your thoughts and some stories that were big to you from 2010-2019. Twitter: @boxtorow Facebook: box2row WSSU plays in national championship game: Connell
Donal has a full show as New Orleans Saints starting left tackle and former Arkansas-Pine Bluff star Terron Armstead, and Buffalo Bills defensive lineman and former North Carolina A&T star and BOXTOROW Willie Davis Defensive Player of the Year Darryl Johnson, Jr. stop by. Also North Carolina Central head football coach Trei Oliver, Miles head
Bethune-Cookman Quarterback Akevious Williams 6-2, 188, Redshirt-Senior, Madison, Fla. Completed 24-of-36 passes for 274 yards with two touchdowns and no interceptions and rushed for 28 yards and another score as the Wildcats defeated Norfolk State 35-22 to remain undefeated in the MEAC and stay atop the conference standings. Williams has accounted for 1,448 total yards
Elizabeth City State Quarterback Kedrick Patterson 6-0, 200, Sophomore, Winston-Salem, N.C. Completed 18-of-27 passes for 335 yards with five touchdowns and no interceptions as the Vikings defeated Lincoln (Pa.) 34-18 on homecoming in Elizabeth City, N.C. Patterson is now second in the CIAA in with 16 touchdown passes.