Former North Carolina A&T star left tackle Brandon Parker knows the importance of playing for the Silver and Black in the National Football League. Drafted in the third round of the 2018 NFL Draft, Parker started 11 games for the Raiders as a rookie. Then in 2019, just three. In 2020 he began the season
FROM THE PRESS BOX TO PRESS ROW w/ Donal Ware on ESPNU Radio on SiriusXM: 10/30/20
Donal talks about Bethune-Cookman canceling athletics for the remainder of the season and how this may affect the MEAC and will other schools, more specifically mid-major and FCS program cancel athletics. He also gives his Week 8 NFL predictions and Indianapolis Colts starting nose tackle Grover Stewart stops by. Click to download or listen.
FROM THE PRESS BOX TO PRESS ROW Podcast: 10/3/20
Donal talks NBA Finals ratings and going up against NFL games, gives his Week 4 NFL predictions and a conversation with LA Dodgers first base coach George Lombard, who speaks about his mother who is white and was part of the Civil Rights Movement as well as talking about being an MLB manager. Click to
FROM THE PRESS BOX TO PRESS ROW Podcast: 9/26/20
Donal shares his thoughts on the hiring of Deion Sanders by Jackson State. He also gives his Week 3 NFL predictions and talks about the legacy of Gale Sayers. Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Devin Bush, Jr. joins the show Plus NBA and Breonna Taylor talk. And talk about and music throughout the program highlighting A Tribe
FROM THE PRESS BOX TO PRESS ROW Podcast: 9/19/20
Donal talks with UNC head men’s basketball coach Roy Williams about his legacy, his relationship with Dean Smith, John Thompson, and Gene Budig and about the Black Lives Matter video produced by the UNC men’s basketball program. He also talks with actor John David Washington about his role in the film Tenet, about his time
FROM THE PRESS BOX TO PRESS ROW Podcast: 9/12/20
A listen back to a 2014 interview with former baseball Lou Brock who passed away on September 6. Also Donal talks NBA and gives his Week 1 NFL predictions. Click the link to download or listen to the show.
FROM THE PRESS BOX TO PRESS ROW Podcast: 9/5/20
Donal talks about the legacy of Chadwick Boseman and replays part of his 2014 appearance on FROM THE PRESS BOX TO PRESS ROW. He also talks about the legacy of John Thompson. Steve Wyche of NFL Network joins the show to talk NFL, Boseman and Thompson. NASCAR driver Kyle Busch also joins the show to
FROM THE PRESS BOX TO PRESS ROW Podcast: 7/25/20
Former UFC light heavyweight and heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier joins Donal. He also talks with Carolina Hurricanes head coach Rod Brind’Amour. John Lewis, C.T. Vivian, NFL and Washington Football Team talk all part of the podcast. Click to download or listen to the podcast.
BOXTOROW w/ Donal Ware Podcast
One of the world’s great banjo players and musicians Rhiannon Giddens talks with Donal about her career, growing up in Greensboro, NC and attending famed Dudley high school, the misnomer about Black folks and country and blue grass music, about her illustrious Grammy-winning career, and about how she and her family are faring during the
NFL: Draft HBCU players (so they can get paid)
by Donal Ware It was another disappointing draft for HBCU football. It seems like we have this conversation every year. Once upon a time, HBCUs were the place to find talent. But that hasn’t been the case lately. Sure, Tytus Howard from Alabama State was selected in the first round by the Texans last year