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
It’s been a whirlwind two years for former Tennessee State star Robert Covington who has been with four NBA teams in that time frame. He is currently with the Portland Trail Blazers, having been traded from the Houston Rockets on November 22, a month before the start of the season. Covington talked openly with Donal
Donal Ware talks with the most well-known host of College GameDay talks about the state of college football, his thoughts on the first College Football Playoff Ranking, some of the storylines in college football admidst COVID-19 and shares his thoughts on who he thinks will ultimately be in the College Football Playoff.
Former North Carolina A&T star left tackle Brandon Parker knows the importance of playing for the Silver and Black in the National Football League. Drafted in the third round of the 2018 NFL Draft, Parker started 11 games for the Raiders as a rookie. Then in 2019, just three. In 2020 he began the season
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
With Tiger Woods taking the world by storm by winning the Masters, there are certain players that had to lay the foundation for Woods. Lee Elder is one of those players. Elder became the first Black player to play in the Masters, doing so in 1975, just like Charlie Sifford and Peete Brown laid the
North Carolina A&T track and field star Kayla White certainly doesn’t lack for confidence. The senior from Miami, Fla. won the 200m and finished second in the 60m hurdles at the NCAA Division I Women’s Indoor Track and Field Championships in Birmingham, Ala., March 8 and 9. For her performance, she was named NCAA Division
As the CIAA Tournament begins in Charlotte next week, there are a few questions that linger for the Shaw men’s basketball team. Can it advance beyond the quarterfinal round after securing its third consecutive Southern Division title? The next question is will this be the first and last CIAA Tournament for Bears guard Amir Hinton,
Campbell senior guard Chris Clemons is one of the best men’s basketball players in the country that you’ve never heard of. Last season he was fourth in Division I in scoring, averaging 24.9 points per game. In three years, he’s Campbell’s all-time leading scorer and is second in Big South Conference history. During the 2016-17
It’s rare that a rookie in the National Football League comes in and dominates, particularly defensively. And one that comes from a small school. That is exactly what former South Carolina State star and Indianapolis Colts linebacker Darius Leonard is doing. As a matter of fact, he is picking up where he left off at