boxtorow.com FIU head baseball coach Mervyl Melendez had a solid first year in 2017 as the head baseball coach at FIU, as the Panthers went 31-27. Melendez, a Bethune-Cookman graduate and one of the few HBCU graduates to coach at a non-HBCU on the Division I level, got his debut off on the right foot
National Player of the Week: Chancellor Johnson
Albany State Quarterback Chancellor Johnson 6-5, 240, r-Fr., Newman, Ga. Completed 20-of-21 passes for 209 yards with three touchdowns and no interceptions as Albany State defeated Tuskegee 20-7 Presented by North Carolina Mutual
Bethune-Cookman to play Florida for regional baseball championship
Last year Coastal Carolina shocked Division I baseball by winning the CWS National Championship Series. Bethune-Cookman is looking for the second year in a row to become the small school to achieve the same feat. B-CU is a long way away from that goal. The Wildcast are however a game away from winning the Gainesville Regional
Texas Southern in Baton Rouge Regional; faces LSU Friday
The Texas Southern baseball team won its second SWAC Tournament championship in three seasons two weeks ago defeating defending champion Alabama State 4-2 in 13 innings. The Tigers didn’t lose a single game in the tournament despite a 20-32 overall record, and beat the favorite Jackson State twice. For head coach Michael Robertson, who is
For Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Chris Archer, you’re never too young to give back
Tampa Bay Rays ace pitcher Chris Archer went seven innings giving up just two runs as the Rays defeated the Yankees 7-3 on opening day. Archer season gets off to a great start, unlike last year where he struggled a bit and the Rays failed to give him run support. The below article was written
Melendez starts new chapter at FIU
boxtotow.com FIU athletics director Pete Garcia has made splashy hires since taking the position at FIU in 2006. He hired former NBA great Isaiah Thomas as his head men’s basketball coach in 2009. More recently he hired former University of Miami and Cleveland Browns coach Butch Davis as his head football coach and even took