FAMU Baseball Jamey Shouppe. FAMU head baseball coach Jamey Shouppe talks with Donal Ware about the Rattlers season. Donal also talks about the legacy of Archie “Gunslinger” Cooley, and talks NFL Draft and NBA Playoffs. Download or listen.
FROM THE PRESS BOX TO PRESS ROW Podcast: 5/27/23
Tribute to Jim Brown. BOXTOROW pays homage to the life and legacy of Jim Brown with a replay of a conversation with him. Plus Donal Ware talks NBA Playoffs and a tribute to Memorial Day weekend. Download or listen.
FROM THE PRESS BOX TO PRESS ROW Podcast: 5/20/23
Power Book’s Woody McClain. Donal Ware talks with Woody McClain, who plays the role of Cain in Power Book II: Ghost. McClain is a Florida A&M alum and was a member of the Marching 100. He also talks with Alabama State head baseball coach Jose Vázquez and North Carolina Central head softball coach Cat Tarvin. Download
FROM THE PRESS BOX TO PRESS ROW Podcast: 5/13/23
Bethune Cookman’s Johnathan Hernandez. Donal Ware talks to Bethune-Cookmsn head baseball coach Jonathan Hernandez about the Wildcats program. Donal also talks NBA Playoffs. Download or listen.
FROM THE PRESS BOX TO PRESS ROW Podcast: 5/6/23
HBCU NBA Playoff talk. Donal Ware talks about the lack of HBCU players selected in the NFL Draft. He also talks NBA Playoffs and talks NBA with Mike Wallace, senior editor of Grind City Media. Download or listen.
Lack of HBCU players drafted into NFL is getting old
HBCU NFL Draft commentary by Donal Ware It’s the same old story when it comes to HBCUs and the NFL Draft. Jackson State cornerback Isaiah Bolden was the only HBCU player taken in this year’s NFL Draft. He was taken in the last round (seventh), 245th overall, by the New England Patriots. That makes a
FROM THE PRESS BOX TO PRESS ROW Podcast: 4/29/23
XFL talk Reggie Barlow. Donal Ware talks with DC Defenders head coach Reggie Barlow about the Defenders’ season and playing the Seattle Sea Dragons for the Northern Division title. Barlow is the former head football coach of the Alabama State Hornets and the Virginia State Trojans. He also talks NBA Playoffs and NFL Draft. Download or
8/9/22 HBCU Football Daily Podcast: FSU head coach Richard Hayes
The Fayetteville State Broncos have been in the CIAA championship game the last four years and have lost all four games. Is this the year the Broncos get over the hump? FSU head football coach Richard Hayes talks with Donal Ware about the upcoming season and expectations. Down load or listen.
FROM THE PRESS BOX TO PRESS ROW Podcast: 5/7/22
The lead from season 25 of The Batchelor, Matt James joins Donal Ware to talk life post The Batchelor, his new book, girlfriend, Rachael Kirkconnell, growing up in Raleigh, NC, and the Panthers and Saint in the NFL Draft. Donal also talks about the lack of HBCU players drafted in the NFL Draft and NBA.
Cheaper labor? Why the NFL prefers to sign HBCU players as free agents
by Donal Ware Now that the NFL Draft is behind us, there seems to be a tenor of “satisfaction” with just four HBCU players being taken. While that is four more than the embarrassingly low of zero taken in last year’s draft, should we now throw a party? There had been years where the number