Five-star basketball recruit Makur Maker has committed to Howard University. Really. Maker chose Howard over UCLA, Kentucky, Memphis, and others. At around 4 a.m. this morning, Maker Tweeted: “I was the 1st to announce my visit to Howard & other started to dream ‘what if.’ I need to make the HBCU movement real so that
In light of George Floyd, the social justice movment and more high profile high school student-athletes mentioning HBCUs as an option, radio personality and BOXTOROW host Donal Ware talks about the formation of an HBCU superconference to compete at the FBS level. Click to download or listen to the podcast.
by Donal Ware boxtorow.com The MEAC is officially in trouble. Those are the words I said on last week’s FROM THE PRESS BOX TO PRESS ROW. I prefaced it by saying if the MEAC loses another school. The MEAC has lost another school. Bethune-Cookman announced late Thursday that it will join the SWAC beginning in
Listen to the podcast. BOXTOROW, a subsidiary of DWCommunications, LLC, is bringing back its HBCU Football Daily Podcast for the fourth year beginning Tuesday, June 16, 2020. Hosted by FROM THE PRESS BOX TO PRESS ROW host Donal Ware, the podcast previews in-depth all 52 HBCU football programs in a daily (Monday – Friday) podcast,
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
BOXTOROW is announcing the All-Americans of the 2020 Division I women’s basketball season. Norfolk State guard Chanette Hicks was named BOXTOROW National Player of the Year. Hicks led the MEAC and was 12th in Division I in scoring (20.0), and was second in Division I in steals (4.9). She also led the conference in assists
Despite the season not being fully completed due to COVID-19, the 2019-20 season was still memorable and exciting. With that, BOXTOROW releases its 12th annual Division I men’s college basketball All-America teams. Hampton guard Jermaine Marrow has been named BOXTOROW Division I National Player of the Year for the second year in a row. Marrow,
South Carolina State Guard Rayshawn Neal 5-10, Junior, Greenville, S.C. Averaged 20 points, 5.5 assists, 6.0 rebounds, and shot 60 percent from the field in two wins for the Bulldogs last week overDelaware State and Coppin State. In the victory over Coppinb State, Neal scored 21 points, grabbed 10 rebounds, and handed out 12 assists
by Donal Ware boxtorow.com This is the 14th year of BOXTOROW’s Top 10 HBCU FCS Recruiting Class Rankings. Recruiting at HBCUs has really stepped up, to the point that HBCUs are regularly landing recruits that would go to small to mid-sized FBS programs. While Morgan State didn’t make this list, second-year head coach Tyrone Wheatley
Norfolk State Guard La’Deja James 5-8, Redshirt-Senior, Virginia Beach, Va. Averaged 31.5 points, 6.5 rebounds, 4.5 assists, 3.0 steals, and shot 59 percent from the field in two wins for the Spartans last week. With the victories, the Spartans remain tied for first place in the MEAC (Bethune-Cookman). Against North Carolina Central, James poured in