Aggie-Eagle Rivalry

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 […]

Rod Broadway went out on top as a college football coach. He led North Carolina A&T to the Black college national championship and a perfect 12-0 season in 2017. He is now retired and living at the beach. He may be retired as a football coach, but not as an advocate for student-athletes. Donal Ware […]

by Donal Ware On the day of the College Football Playoff National Championship, a coaching legend is retiring. When North Carolina A&T head football coach Rod Broadway officially announces his retirement at a press conference on Tuesday (his longtime defensive coordinator Sam Washington will be named as the new head coach), he will be leaving […]

HBCU Football Daily Podcasts 12/5/17 Takeaway Tuesday: Wallace and Ware HBCU Football Daily Podcast 11/28/17 HBCU Football Daily Podcast: Takeaway Tuesday 11/17/17 BOXTOROW HBCU Football Daily Podcast Aggie-Eagle Rivalry Preview 11/13/17 HBCU Football Daily Podcast: Monday Quarterbacking 11/7/17 HBCU Football Daily Podcast: Takeaway Tuesday 11/6/17 HBCU Football Daily Podcast: Monday Quarterbacking 10/31/17 HBCU Football Daily […]

by Donal Ware boxtorow.com GREENSBORO – Originally, Saturday’s Aggie-Eagle rivalry in Greensboro was supposed to be for the MEAC championship. But Bethune-Cookman spoiled that last week with a Hail Mary that was answered defeating the Eagles 13-10 in Durham. Still, anytime the Aggies and Eagles get together it should a great game. Except, Saturday’s game […]

by Donal Ware Hail Mary (pass). It is defined in football as a very long forward pass, made in desperation with only a small chance of success. Bethune-Cookman was able to execute said Hail Mary Saturday as Larry Brihm’s 48-yard heave found Keavon Mitchell in the end zone with no time on the clock as […]

by Donal Ware “I don’t believe what I just saw!” Those were the now very famous words exclaimed by Jack Buck in describing an injured Kirk Gibson’s dramatic Game 1 World Series walkoff homerun for the Dodgers against the A’s in 1988. After witnessing what I saw at O’Kelly-Riddick Stadium in Durham on Saturday, I […]

BOXTOROW National Game of the Week 1/1 North Carolina A&T (9-1, 7-0) vs. North Carolina Central 3/3 (8-2, 7-0)

[insert_php] if (is_single()) { echo “by Donal Ware”; } [/insert_php] With so much trouble in the LBC it’s kinda hard being… Wait. There is quite a bit of craziness here in North Carolina.  North Carolina is a swing state that voted for Donald Trump.  We are dealing with HB2 that has had ramifications on the […]

We had a chance to catch up with the third-year head coach who at age 36, is one of the youngest head coaches in Division I football.

NBA Game 7 Talk. Donal Ware talks Pacers/Thunder in Game 7 of the NBA Finals. He also talks with DC Defenders head coach Shannon Harris and musician Kevin Olusola about his collaboration with the Howard University Showtime Marching Band. Download or listen. Sports. Interviews. Media.

Trade KAT for KD? Donal Ware talks Pacers/Thunder NBA Finals series, should the Knicks trade Karl Anthony Towns for Kevin Durant, and about the Knicks tactics in searching for their next head coach. Plus, talk about the late Anada Lewis Download or listen. Sports. Interviews. Media.

Johnson headlines women’s All-Americans boxtorow.com Norfolk State guard Diamond Johnson has helped lead the Spartans to three-straight MEAC Tournament championships and a No. 4 ranking in the Women’s Mid-Major Top 25 poll. Johnson’s play this season has earned her the HBCU National Player of the Year award as she leads a list of 15 named […]

Harper leads DI All-Americans. boxtorow.com With the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament set to begin on Tuesday, the 17th HBCU Division I college basketball All-America teams presented by BOXTOROW were released on Monday. Howard true freshman guard Blake Harper has been selected HBCU National Player of the Year and has also received the inaugural […]

Hinds leads D2 All-Americans. boxtorow.com With conference tournaments wrapped up and NCAA Regional play set to begin this week, the 16th annual Division II HBCU All-America teams powered by BOXTOROW are released. Bluefield State guard Jordan Hinds has been named HBCU Division II Player of the Year. The senior from Tamarac, Fla., helped lead Big […]

BOXTOROW at Super Bowl LIX. After 15 years, BOXTOROW makes its return to the Super Bowl and will be covering Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans. Check our X/Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and YouTube pages for coverage beginning Wednesday, February 5. BOXTOROW the radio show will also air on the weekend edition (February 7-8) of […]

Media Poll Week 3. boxtorow.com For the first time this year, there is a unanimous No. 1 as the Florida A&M Rattlers were voted so in the HBCU Media Poll released on Monday. This unanimous selection was despite a bye week for FAMU. There were mixed results in terms of wins and losses for the […]

HBCU Scoreboards Week 2   Thursday, September 5, 2024

7th Countdown to Kickoff BOXTOROW will hold its 7th Countdown to Kickoff college football preview show on Saturday, July 20 at Sticks and Vines located at 6905 Fayetteville Rd Ste 203, Durham, NC 27713. The Meet and Greet with the coaches begins at 5:00 p.m. and showtime is at 6:00 p.m. The event will feature […]

BOXTOROW: Countdown to 20 Two decades in, BOXTOROW still breaking down sports, breaking news A little off the top: Simone Biles and Steph Curry were golden during the 2024 Olympics. Snoop Dogg’s quips at the Games were platinum. Yet before making themselves available to the media in Paris, each of them years prior jumped on […]

Dearth of HBCU Players by Donal Ware boxtorow.com Another year of the NFL Draft and yet another disappointing outcome for HBCU players. For the second time in four years, not one single HBCU player was drafted. Zero. Zilch. Nada. The teams can draft who they want and it’s not a matter of just drafting players […]

BC Tigers unanimous No.1. boxtorow.com For the second year in a row, the Benedict Tigers finished atop the final HBCU Division II Coaches Poll powered by BOXTOROW. The Tigers’ selection was unanimous. CIAA champion Virginia Union, who was No. 2 for the second half of the season finished No. 2, with CIAA runner-up Fayetteville State […]

BOXTOROW HBCU Superlative Awards. boxtorow.com The HBCU college football regular season is over. There is a bowl game left to be played which will help determine the HBCU national champion. It is now award season. The HBCU college football All-America team was announced on Monday. Now, North Carolina Central quarterback Davius Richard and Tennessee State […]

Stephen A. Smith speaks. In a perfect world, believe it or not, you almost would have preferred that your dad is gone, rather than be there and not be present. Stephen A. Smith on the relationship that he had with his father growing up. There is only one Stephen A. Smith. His book Straight Shooter […]

When John first mentioned about about being in a dark place and wanting to commit suicide, I was taken aback. I knew in that moment, that this was something really big. Didn’t know it would be as big as it became. It showed that even top athletes have mental health challenges and he knew he […]

by Donal Ware Now that the NFL Draft is behind us, there seems to be a tenor of “satisfaction” with just four HBCU players being taken. While that is four more than the embarrassingly low of zero taken in last year’s draft, should we now throw a party? There had been years where the number […]

Jimmie Allen is a star on the rise. The Milton, DE native received New Artist of the Year at the Country Music Awards in November. He sat down with BOXTOROW host Donal Ware to talk about winning the award, gave an update on his daughter who was hospitalized, talked about his time as a student […]

boxtorow.com Bowie State received its highest ranking ever at No. 2 with the media, while Jackson State remains No. 1 in both the BOXTOROW Coaches and Media Polls. Prairie View A&M lost to Mississippi Valley State on Saturday, resulting in its third straight loss, but remained in the top five in both polls. Despite its […]

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 […]

You can find BOXTOROW w/ Donal Ware on three SiriusXM stations. ESPNU Radio on SiriusXM on channel 84, H.U.R. Voices SiriusXM Channel 141 and H.B.C.U. SiriusXM Channel 142. BOXTOROW w/ the Radio BOSS The old saying goes, entertainers want to be athletes and athletes want to be entertainers. BOXTOROW Radio w/ the Radio BOSS Donal Ware blends […]

Taraji P. Henson is one of the great actresses of our time. The Academy Award nominee got a first break, playing the role of Yvette in the John Singleton film Baby Boy. She has since played in movies such as Hustle & Flow, Talk to Me, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button opposite Brad Pitt […]

boxtorow.com DWCommunications, LLC, whose subsidiaries include the nationally syndicated sports talk radio program FROM THE PRESS BOX TO PRESS ROW w/ Donal Ware, also known as BOXTOROW, announces its partnership with Grind City Media, a subsidiary of the NBA’s Memphis Grizzlies. As part of the partnership, BOXTOROW and Grind City Media will collaborate on a […]

Pacers Thunder NBA Finals. Donal Ware talks Pacers/Thunder Game 1, Tom Thibodeau’s firing by the Knicks and who the next coach may be. Download or listen. Sports. Interviews. Media.

NBA Pacers Knicks talk. Donal Ware talks about the Knicks/Pacers series, OKC Thunder, and he talks about the CIAA Tournament renewing in Baltimore and whether the tournament has lost some of its luster. Download or listen. Sports. Interviews. Media.

NBA has no showman. Donal Ware talks about the Knicks blowing Game One against the Pacers in the NBA Eastern Conference Finals and the Timberwolves/Thunder series. He also asks where are the showmen in the current NBA? It’s a Memorial Day weekend of BOXTOROW so that means music from back in the day. Download or […]

FAMU Coach Jamey Shoupe. Donal Ware talks with Florida A&M head baseball coach Jamey Shouppe about the Rattlers chances to secure first place going into the SWAC Tournament. Donal also talks about the future of the Golden State Warriors, and about the 2025 NFL schedule. Download or listen. Sports. Interviews. Media.

Grambling Coach Davin Pierre. Donal Ware talks with Grambling head baseball coach Davin Pierre about the Tigers season, winning the SWAC Tournament championship last year, and about recruiting and the transfer portal. Donal also talks Draymond Green and his angry black man comments, whether the Warriors have a chance with Stephen Curry, and Knicks Celtics. […]

Bethune-Cookman coach Jonathan Hernandez. Donal Ware talks with Bethune-Cookman head baseball coach Jonathan Hernandez. The Wildcats are atop the blackcollegebaseball.com poll. Donal also talks lack of HBCU players in the NFL Draft, Shedeur Sanders, Luka, LeBron, and Lakers. Download or listen. Sports. Interviews. Media.

Jason George Draft Talk. Donal Ware talks with actor Jason George about his Philadelphia Eagles, his role in Grey’s Anatomy, and his acting career. Donal also gives his thoughts on Shedeur Sanders not being drafted in the first round. Download or listen. Sports. Interviews. Media.

ESPN Draft Jordan Reid. Donal Ware talks with ESPN NFL Draft analyst Jordan Reid about the prospects of former Jackson State and Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders, if there is not doubt as to former Incarnate Word, Washington State, and Miami quarterback Cam Ward being picked No. 1 by the Tennessee Titans, and as to if […]

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 […]

Rod Broadway went out on top as a college football coach. He led North Carolina A&T to the Black college national championship and a perfect 12-0 season in 2017. He is now retired and living at the beach. He may be retired as a football coach, but not as an advocate for student-athletes. Donal Ware […]

by Donal Ware On the day of the College Football Playoff National Championship, a coaching legend is retiring. When North Carolina A&T head football coach Rod Broadway officially announces his retirement at a press conference on Tuesday (his longtime defensive coordinator Sam Washington will be named as the new head coach), he will be leaving […]

HBCU Football Daily Podcasts 12/5/17 Takeaway Tuesday: Wallace and Ware HBCU Football Daily Podcast 11/28/17 HBCU Football Daily Podcast: Takeaway Tuesday 11/17/17 BOXTOROW HBCU Football Daily Podcast Aggie-Eagle Rivalry Preview 11/13/17 HBCU Football Daily Podcast: Monday Quarterbacking 11/7/17 HBCU Football Daily Podcast: Takeaway Tuesday 11/6/17 HBCU Football Daily Podcast: Monday Quarterbacking 10/31/17 HBCU Football Daily […]

by Donal Ware boxtorow.com GREENSBORO – Originally, Saturday’s Aggie-Eagle rivalry in Greensboro was supposed to be for the MEAC championship. But Bethune-Cookman spoiled that last week with a Hail Mary that was answered defeating the Eagles 13-10 in Durham. Still, anytime the Aggies and Eagles get together it should a great game. Except, Saturday’s game […]

by Donal Ware Hail Mary (pass). It is defined in football as a very long forward pass, made in desperation with only a small chance of success. Bethune-Cookman was able to execute said Hail Mary Saturday as Larry Brihm’s 48-yard heave found Keavon Mitchell in the end zone with no time on the clock as […]

by Donal Ware “I don’t believe what I just saw!” Those were the now very famous words exclaimed by Jack Buck in describing an injured Kirk Gibson’s dramatic Game 1 World Series walkoff homerun for the Dodgers against the A’s in 1988. After witnessing what I saw at O’Kelly-Riddick Stadium in Durham on Saturday, I […]

BOXTOROW National Game of the Week 1/1 North Carolina A&T (9-1, 7-0) vs. North Carolina Central 3/3 (8-2, 7-0)

[insert_php] if (is_single()) { echo “by Donal Ware”; } [/insert_php] With so much trouble in the LBC it’s kinda hard being… Wait. There is quite a bit of craziness here in North Carolina.  North Carolina is a swing state that voted for Donald Trump.  We are dealing with HB2 that has had ramifications on the […]

We had a chance to catch up with the third-year head coach who at age 36, is one of the youngest head coaches in Division I football.