boxtorow.com FIU head baseball coach Mervyl Melendez had a solid first year in 2017 as the head baseball coach at FIU, as the Panthers went 31-27. Melendez, a Bethune-Cookman graduate and one of the few HBCU graduates to coach at a non-HBCU on the Division I level, got his debut off on the right foot
Gary Blackston 6-2, Jr., Baltimore, Md. Averaged 30.5 points, 6.5 assists, six rebounds and made 18-of-18 free throws in two victories for the Panthers last week. Presented by North Carolina Mutual
Singer Leah LaBelle and her husband former NBA player Rasual Butler were killed in one-car crash in California early Wednesday morning. LaBelle appeared on season 3 of Idol, alongside Jennifer Hudson and Fantasia, back in 2004 and was later signed to Epic Records, in a joint deal between Jermaine Dupri’s So So Def Records and Pharrell’s I
Christian Mekowulu 6-9, r-Jr., Lagos, Nigeria Averaged 26 points, 9.5 rebounds and two blocks per game on 59.2 percent shooting from the floor in helping lead the Tigers to two victories last week. Presented by North Carolina Mutual
Arkansas Pine Bluff Guard Martaveous McKnight 6-4, Junior, Wallas, Miss. Averaged 32 points, five rebounds, 5.5 assists and 2.5 steals per game on 59 percent shooting from the floor last week in victories over Prairie View A&M and Alcorn State. McKnight scored 39 points, grabbed six rebounds, handed out five assists and had three steals
Comedian Tony Rock is the host of Black Card Revoked on BET and he joins Donal Ware to talk about. Plus former Hampton head football coach Connell Maynor was introduced as the new head coach at Alabama A&M on Tuesday and he joins us as well. This Friday 6p ET/5p CT/3p PT on SiriusXM Channel
Grambling Guard Shakyla Hill 5-7, Jr., Little Rock, Ark. Averaged 16.3 points, 9.7 rebounds, seven steals and six rebounds per game on 52.8 percent shooting from the floor last week. She also grabbed national headlines by recording 15 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists and 10 steals in Grambling’s 93-71 victory over Alabama State on January
As part of DWCommunications, LLC/BOXTOROW partnership with Memphis Grizzlies/Grind City Media, the Wallace and Ware HBCU Football Podcast was born. Watch the final episode from the Celebration Bowl.
Former Grambling star Chester Rogers went undrafted in 2016. He signed as a free agent with the Indianapolis Colts and was a long shot to make the roster where the Colts were deep at wide receiver. Rogers put the work in and made the 53-man roster to open the season. In year one, he showed
Former Aggie running back praises N.C. A&T, shines in National Football League by Roscoe Nance Special to boxtorow.com The Chicago Bears, one of the NFL’s most storied franchises, have a rich tradition of outstanding running backs. From Red Grange, to Bronko Nagurski, to Willie Galimore, to Walter Payton, some of pro football’s most dangerous ball-carriers