Jackson State baseball coach Omar Johnson and North Carolina A&T baseball coach Ben Hall.
Six set to be guests on BOXTOROW’s annual draft show
boxtorow.com BOXTOROW will present its 12th annual draft show this weekend as six former HBCU football players will be guests on FROM THE PRESS BOX TO PRESS ROW w/ Donal Ware this weekend. 2016 BOXTOROW All-Americans Javancy Jones of Jackson State, Jessamen Dunker and Ezra Robinson of Tennessee State will be guests. Dunker and Robinson also participated in
Success, exposure for Savannah State comes too late
by Donal Ware boxtorow.com Savannah State University moving down from Division I to Division II is the right move. And it’s probably something that should have happened sooner. The school announced on Monday that it was reclassifying from Division I to Division II because of financial reasons. SSU athletics director Sterling Steward told the Savannah
BOXTOROW HBCU NFL Draft Chronicles: Tarik Cohen
by Donal Ware boxtorow.com Some of the information was taken from a story I wrote for the News and Observer which ran on November 17, 2016. The 2016 football season did not end the way former North Carolina A&T star running back Tarik Cohen would have liked. The Aggies lost to archrival North Carolina Central
Wright named Player of the Year, leads BOXTOROW All-America Team
boxtorow.com With South Carolina winning the women’s Division I national championship ending the season, BOXTOROW releases its annual All-America teams. Alabama State forward Britney Wright was named BOXTOROW Division I Women’s National Player of the Year. This is also the third year in a row Wright was named BOXTOROW First Team All-America. Wright was also
Cole named BOXTOROW Player of the Year, All-Americans announced
boxtorow.com With Final Four Week as the backdrop, BOXTOROW releases its annual men’s Division I All-America teams. North Carolina Central redshirt-senior guard Patrick Cole was named BOXTOROW National Player of the Year. The Newark, N.J. native was named MEAC Player of the Year last month and helped to lead the Eagles to the MEAC regular season
BOXTOROW Goes One on One Podcast: LeVelle Moton
North Carolina Central head men’s basketball coach LeVelle Moton has led the Eagles to the second MEAC Tournament championship in four seasons as the Eagles defeated Norfolk State 67-59 on Saturday. The Eagles enter the NCAA Tournament as a No. 16-seed and will face fellow 16-seed UC Davis on Wednesday in Dayton, Ohio. Moton
Melendez starts new chapter at FIU
boxtotow.com FIU athletics director Pete Garcia has made splashy hires since taking the position at FIU in 2006. He hired former NBA great Isaiah Thomas as his head men’s basketball coach in 2009. More recently he hired former University of Miami and Cleveland Browns coach Butch Davis as his head football coach and even took
Tarik Cohen, Darius Leonard, Lenard Tillery lead BOXTOROW college football All-America team
Boxtorow.com From December 12, 2016 Twenty-nine players were selected to the 10th annual BOXTOROW All-America team. BOXTOROW has administered the All-America team since 2007 and the voters are comprised of media members from around the nation that cover HBCU football. The offense is headlined by top vote-getter, North Carolina A&T senior running back Tarik Cohen,
BOXTOROW’s HBCU Football Year-in Review 2016
Like the rest of college football, it was a case of the haves and have-nots. We are seeing quite a few bowl games taking place where teams are barely bowl eligible. Such was the case in HBCU football in an unusual year where every team in the SWAC’s Eastern Division had a losing record, for