boxtorow.com The 2019 college football season is right around the corner and media members from around the country have selected the 2019 BOXTOROW HBCU Preseason All-America Team. Twenty members of last year’s postseason All-America Team are included on the preseason team including nine players that were freshmen or sophomores in 2018. Defending SWAC champion Alcorn
BOXTOROW 4th Countdown to Kickoff
BOXTOROW hosted its fourth Countdown to Kickoff live from Zweli’s Kitchen in Durham, NC. The radio show provided a forum for seven coaches from North Carolina institutions who play HBCU football to come together for fellowship and football talk. The annual event has become somewhat of a summit. So much so that local televsion stations
BOXTOROW to host 4th Countdown to Kickoff in Durham
Click here to watch. FROM THE PRESS BOX TO PRESS ROW will hold its fourth Countdown to Kickoff college football preview radio show Saturday, July 20 from 12-2 p.m. live from Zweli’s Kitchen located at 4600 Durham-Chapel Hill Blvd #26, Durham, NC 27707. The show is presented by Harlem Beer NC. The event will feature
HBCU Football Daily Podcast returns for third year
Listen to the podcast. BOXTOROW, a subsidiary of DWCommunications, LLC, brings back BOXTOROW w/ Donal Ware HBCU Football Daily Podcast for the third year beginning Wednesday, June 19. Ware will preview all 51 HBCU football programs in a daily (Monday – Friday) podcast, leading up to the kickoff of the HBCU football season, which begins
Shaw’s Hinton named Player of the Year, leads BOXTOROW D2 All-America Team
As Northwest Missouri State won the Division II national championship on Saturday bringing the season to an end, BOXTOROW releases its 11th annual Division II All-America teams. Shaw guard Amir Hinton was named BOXTOROW Division II Player of the Year. In his first season at Shaw, Hinton, a junior from Philadelphia, Pa., led Division II
BOXTOROW National Player of the Week: Shareka McNeill, again
Virginia Union Guard Shareka McNeill 5-6, Sophomore, Charlotte, N.C. With her hometown of Charlotte as the backdrop, McNeill had a record-setting CIAA Tournament in leading the Lady Panthers to their third CIAA Tournament championship in four years. She averaged 44.7 points, 2.0 steals, 2.7 rebounds, shot 62 percent from three-point range and 55 percent from
BOXTOROW National Player of the Week: Tyre Gathright
Saint Augustine’s Guard Tyre Gathright 6-4, Sr., Wilmington, N.C. Averaged 33 points, 2.5 rebounds, shot 59 percent from the field, and 59 percent from three-point range in two wins for the Falcons next week. Garhright scored 40 points against Livingstone last week. Gathright is third in the CIAA in scoring (20.8), sixth in field goal
BOXTOROW Podcast: One and done for Hinton?
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,
BOXTOROW National Player of the Week: Dasia Harris
Livongstone Guard Dasia Harris 5-7, Guard, Silver Spring, Md. Had a career high 41 points on 19-of-31 shooting, eight assists, six steals and four rebounds in the Lady Blue Bears victory over Shaw. Harris is second in the CIAA in scoring (21.4) and leads the conference in steals (2.9)
BOXTOROW National Player of the Week: Amir Hinton
Shaw Guard Amir Hall 6-5, Junior, Philadelphia, Pa. Hinton averaged 33.7 points, 3.0 assists, and 2.0 steals in three wins for the Bears last week over Livingstone, Fayetteville State, and Johnson C. Smith. Hall scored 40 points on 15-of-21 shooting in the victory over JCSU. Hinton leads all NCAA players in scoring (31.6), is shooting