Seventh year Grambling head coach Broderick Fobbs is quick to remind one that the Tigers, during his tenure, have one two SWAC championships and an HBCU national championship. 2016 was the last year for both and while the Tigers have been competitive, it has not won a SWAC championship in three years. With a veteran
1/26/21 HBCU Football Daily Podcast: Tennessee State
The Tennessee State Tigers are hoping to reverse their fortunes when the spring football season kicks off for them on February 21. TSU went 3-9 in 2019 and was beset by injuries. Eleventh year head coach Rod Reed talks with Donal Ware about the challenges of preparing the Tigers for the spring season and the
1/25/21 HBCU Football Daily Podcast: North Carolina A&T
The North Carolina A&T Aggies are the three-time defending HBCU national champions. Like all teams, the Aggies have been affected by COVID. Last week it was announced that BOXTOROW All-American cornerback Mac McCain is going to forgo spring and prepare for the NFL Draft. But the Aggies received some good news as All-American running back
HBCU Legends Series Podcast: Rudy Hubbard
Former Florida A&M head football coach Rudy Hubbard is now a College Football Hall of Famer as the announcement of the 2021 class came last week. Hubbard led the Rattlers to the first ever played I-AA (now known as FCS) championship in 1978. Hubbard sat down for an in-depth conversation with Donal Ware and talked
FROM THE PRESS BOX TO PRESS ROW Podcast: 1/16/21
Donal talks gives his NFL playoff predictions, talks NBA and the James Harden trade, talks with Grind City Media senior editor Mike Wallace, and talks with former Florida A&M head football coach and newly College Football Hall of Fame inductee Rudy Hubbard. Click to download or listen to the podcast.
FROM THE PRESS BOX TO PRESS ROW Podcast: 1/9/21
Donal is joined by Arkansas-Pine Bluff head men’s basketball coach George Ivory, gives his NFL playoff predictions, and talks College Football Playoff. Click to download or listen to the podcast.
BOXTOROW w/ Donal Ware Goes One-on-One: Robert Covington
It’s been a whirlwind two years for former Tennessee State star Robert Covington who has been with four NBA teams in that time frame. He is currently with the Portland Trail Blazers, having been traded from the Houston Rockets on November 22, a month before the start of the season. Covington talked openly with Donal
FROM THE PRESS BOX TO PRESS ROW Podcast: 12/19/20
Donal talks with Grambling head men’s basketball coach Donte’ Jackson and with Prairie View A&M head men’s basketball coach Byron Smith. He also talks College Football Playoff including a scenario where the Group of 5 need to split from the Power 5 and he gives his Week 15 NFL predictions. Click to download or listen
FROM THE PRESS BOX TO PRESS ROW w/ Donal Ware on ESPNU Radio on SiriusXM: 12/18/20
Donal talks with Grambling head men’s basketball coach Donte’ Jackson and with Prairie View A&M head men’s basketball coach Byron Smith. He also talks College Football Playoff including a scenario where the Group of 5 need to split from the Power 5. Download or listen to the podcast.
LeVelle Moton: More than just NCCU’s basketball coach
LeVelle Moton’s story – from growing up poor in Raleigh, NC to becoming one of the best and most respected college basketball coaches in the country – has been well chronicled. So respected that when UNC’s head men’s basketball coach Roy Williams needed a game for his team, he called Moton and after a “five-minute