boxtorow.com With Final Four Week as the backdrop, BOXTOROW releases its annual men’s Division I All-America teams. North Carolina Central redshirt-senior guard Patrick Cole was named BOXTOROW National Player of the Year. The Newark, N.J. native was named MEAC Player of the Year last month and helped to lead the Eagles to the MEAC regular season
boxtorow.com Four players from HBCUs participated in this year’s NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis. North Carolina A&T running back Tarik Cohen, Tennessee State offensive lineman Jessamen Dunker, South Carolina State offensive lineman Javarius Leamon and Tennessee State defensive back Ezra Robinson were four of the 330 invitees to the Combine. The Combine is broken down by
by Donal Ware boxtorow.com Tennessee State has the best recruiting class amongst Division I HBCUs. Again. For the second year in a row and third time in five years it was clear after extensive research of the 22 schools that the Tigers class was No. 1. As a matter of fact, TSU is perennially in
by Donal Ware With 11 seconds remaining in the game between the Portland Trailblazers and the Philadelphia 76ers on Friday night, 89% free throw shooter Damian Lillard stepped to the line for his second free throw after knocking down the first. He missed. The 76ers were down 92-90 at home at that point. Ersan Ilysova
Boxtorow.com From December 12, 2016 Twenty-nine players were selected to the 10th annual BOXTOROW All-America team. BOXTOROW has administered the All-America team since 2007 and the voters are comprised of media members from around the nation that cover HBCU football. The offense is headlined by top vote-getter, North Carolina A&T senior running back Tarik Cohen,
Like the rest of college football, it was a case of the haves and have-nots. We are seeing quite a few bowl games taking place where teams are barely bowl eligible. Such was the case in HBCU football in an unusual year where every team in the SWAC’s Eastern Division had a losing record, for
[insert_php] /* hide author info except on post */ if (is_single()) { echo “boxtorow.com”; } [/insert_php] Fourteen times before, the Grambling State Tigers were named national champions. Now make it fifteen. By virtue of its 10-9 victory over North Carolina Central in the Celebration Bowl on Saturday, Grambling was named 2016 HBCU national champions in
BOXTOROW host Donal Ware gives his final grades for the 2016 football season to the teams in the SIAC, CIAA, MEAC, SWAC and to Tennessee State. The grades for each team are listed below. Listen to BOXTOROW on a radio station near you to see why he gave these grades. Please give us your thoughts
BOXTOROW National Game of the Week 3/3Tennessee State (4-0, 1-0) vs. Eastern Illinois (3-2, 1-1) Tennessee State has won its first four games of the season for the first time since 2012, the year before they made an appearance in the FCS playoffs which to that point they hadn’t done in 14 years. The Tigers
The Tennessee State Tigers continue to roll as they are now 4-0 on the season after their 34-30 win over UT Martin on Saturday. The last time the Tigers started 4-0 was in 2012 when they actually started the season 7-0, finishing 8-4. The Tigers have had tremendous success under TSU alum Rod Reed in