boxtorow.com With these unique times and the start of football season less than two weeks away – in February – the first HBCU poll of the 2021 college football spring season was released Tuesday and the three-time defending HBCU national champion North Carolina A&T Aggies take the No.1 spot in the BOXTOROW HBCU FCS preseason
For 15 years, BOXTOROW has ranked the top 10 HBCU FCS recruiting classes. The classes will be revealed this weekend on the nationally syndicated radio program FROM THE PRESS BOX TO PRESS ROW. Two find out the top 10, listen to the weekend edition of FROM THE PRESS BOX TO PRESS ROW on one of
boxtorow.com The 2021 spring college football season is right around the corner and media members from across the country have selected the 2021 BOXTOROW HBCU Preseason Spring Football All-America Team. Defending BOXTOROW HBCU national champion North Carolina A&T leads the way with five selections. Arkansas-Pine Bluff has three selections a piece. This is the 14th
by Donal Ware boxtorow.com To my HBCU family, Makur Maker is out indefinitely. The Howard guard/forward, a former five-star recruit from California, is reportedly the most highly rated recruit to ever sign at an HBCU. The thing is, we know that’s not true. Great high school players have always played at HBCUs, going back to
Michael Strahan is one of the biggest personalities on television. He is seen on ABC on Good Morning America and $100,000 Pyrimad and on FOX on FOX NFL Sunday. Oh, and he was a pretty good football player too. The Pro Football Hall of Famer spoke with BOXTOROW host Donal Ware about his days at
by Donal Ware boxtorow.com When five-star recruit Makur Maker announced his commitment to Howard University on Twitter around 4 a.m. ET on Friday, picking the Bison over UCLA, Kentucky, Memphis and others, the HBCU world was on fire and the term HBCU – Historically Black Colleges and Universities – was as hot as it’s been.
Five-star basketball recruit Makur Maker has committed to Howard University. Really. Maker chose Howard over UCLA, Kentucky, Memphis, and others. At around 4 a.m. this morning, Maker Tweeted: “I was the 1st to announce my visit to Howard & other started to dream ‘what if.’ I need to make the HBCU movement real so that
In light of George Floyd, the social justice movment and more high profile high school student-athletes mentioning HBCUs as an option, radio personality and BOXTOROW host Donal Ware talks about the formation of an HBCU superconference to compete at the FBS level. Click to download or listen to the podcast.
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
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.