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. (Rest in peace to Tavaris. Was writing
FROM THE PRESS BOX TO PRESS ROW Podcast: 4/11/20
Donal talks with star gospel singer Kierra Sheard who plays the role of her mother Karen Clark Sheard in the Lifetime Channel biopic The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel. She also reveals and talks about her grandparents being affected by COVID-19. NFL Draft hopeful Chris Rowland of Tennessee State and Alabama State head baseball
FROM THE PRESS BOX TO PRESS ROW Podcast: 4/4/20
Donal talks with Bethune-Cookman head women’s basketball coach Vanessa Blair-Lewis. He also discusses the impact of COVID-19 on HBCU athletics budgets. Click to download or listen to the podcast.
FROM THE PRESS BOX TO PRESS ROW Podcast: 3/28/20
Donal has an in-depth conversation with North Carolina Central head men’s basketball coach LeVelle Moton and also gives his thoughts on on Cam Newton and Jameis Winston. Click to download or listen to the podcast.
FROM THE PRESS BOX TO PRESS ROW Podcast: 3/21/20
Prairie View A&M head men’s basketball coach Byron Smith is Donal’s guest. With no NCAA Tournament, we take a listen back to an interview with legendary coach John Chaney. Plus National Football League free agency talk. Click to download or listen to the podcast.
FROM THE PRESS BOX TO PRESS ROW Podcast: 3/14/20
NFL Network analyst Steve Wyche joins Donal to talk CBA, Tom Brady and free agency. Also conversations with Miles head men’s basketball coach Fred Watson and Xavier (La.) head men’s basketball coach Alfred Williams. Click to ownload or listen to the podcast.
BOXTOROW on SiriusXM Podcast: 3/7/20
Donal talks with civil rights leader and NNPA (National Newspaper Publishers Association) president and CEO Dr. Ben Chavis about the state of Black Newspapers as well as the Wilmington Ten. Also our Women’s History Month listen back with gymnast Simone Biles. Click to download or listen to the podcast.
FROM THE PRESS BOX TO PRESS ROW Podcast: 3/7/20
Winston-Salem State head men’s basketball coach Cleo Hill, Jr. stops by after the Rams won the CIAA Tournament championship. Plus Donal gives his thoughts on the North Carolina A&T/North Carolina Central basketball game which determined the men’s MEAC regular season championship. Click to download or listen to the podcast.
FROM THE PRESS BOX TO PRESS ROW Podcast: 2/29/20
MEAC Commissioner Dr. Dennis Thomas joins Donal for a discussion about North Carolina A&T leaving the MEAC and the state of the MEAC. Donal also talks about the Fury-Wilder fight. Click to download or listen to the podcast.
FROM THE PRESS BOX TO PRESS ROW Podcast: 2/15/20
BOXTOROW covered Daytona 500 Media Day and Donal caught up with numerous drivers including Bubba Wallace, Aric Almirola, Martin Truex, Jr., William Byron, and Cole Custer. Click to download or listen to the podcast.