Going to an HBCU is a tremendous opportunity to grow as a person… the most I remember from Bowie State, the professors that really poured into you and believed in you and wanted nothing but the best for you. [At HBCUs] the professors and the environment that you get, the self belief that you get
Alabama A&M head football coach Connell Maynor’s legendary status as a player in HBCU football is already cemented. He led both Winston-Salem State and North Carolina A&T to respective conference championships. As a head coach, he is building his legacy, having led Winston-Salem State to back-to-back BOXTOROW HBCU national championships in 2011 and 2012, and
Dawson Odums is excited for his new challenge, the challenge of being the head football coach at Norfolk State. He leaves Southern after nine seasons where he compiled a 63-32 record, won a SWAC championship, four SWAC Western Division titles and produced some NFL players including BOXTOROW All-American defensive back Danny Johnson who is with
boxtorow.com Two years ago, USA Today asked my to give my top 100 NFL players who played at HBCUs. I accepted the challenge even knowing that a lot of the players I had never seen play before. One of those players was former Oakland Raiders and Baltimore Colts great tight end Raymond Chester. The former
Ryan Smith has done something that no North Carolina Central Eagle before him has done. Win a Super Bowl. The former NCCU All-American talked with Donal Ware about what it meant to be part of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and winning the big game, what it was like on the boat parade and what he
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
The actor may be the son of Denzel Washington, but he’s making his own mark, having been nominated for a Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award for his role in Blackkklansman. He stars in the new major motion film Tenet. Washington talks with Donal Ware about his days at Morehouse as a student and
2020 continues to be a tough year as the HBCU community and baseball mourns another loss. Lou Brock, an alum of Southern University, who played for the Chicago Cubs and most notably for the St. Louis Cardinals, passed away September 6 at the age of 81. Mr. Brock was inducted into the Baseball Hall of
“I’m proud to be a Morehouse man.” Those were the words spoken by Academy Award winning director Spike Lee as he spoke to BOXTOROW host Donal Ware. Lee spoke about being a third generation Morehouse man and about how his father was a freshman at MC when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a senior.
Cal Ripken is one of the greatest players in baseball history and his name is still legendary in little league baseball. Donal talks with the Baseball Hall of Famer and 19-time All-Star about how the Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation is partnering with other organizations to help feed people during the COVID-19 pandemic, about The Streak,