I’ve always said, coming up in this process, I’ve always kept my head down and tried to be the best in the role that I was in. Actually interviewing with multiple teams and going through that process… you just know you feel something in your gut and when it’s right, it’s right. Brad Holmes on
BOXTOROW Preseason Poll: Alabama A&M No. 1 as Bulldogs, teams prepare for full season
boxtorow.com COVID-19 forced teams to postpone the 2020 season to spring of 2021 where only 10 HBCU Division I teams participated. The Alabama A&M Bulldogs went undefeated in the spring on their way to winning their second SWAC championship and first ever HBCU national championship after finishing No. 1 in the BOXTOROW Coaches Poll. The
FROM THE PRESS BOX TO PRESS ROW Podcast: 8/7/21
Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes joins Donal Ware to talk about Lions training camp, Matthew Stafford trade, his days as a PR intern and executive with the Rams and about his time as a football player at North Carolina A&T. Donal also talks NBA free agency and Jadakiss and the Verzuz battle. Click to
BOXTOROW 2021 HBCU college football preseason All-America team
boxtorow.com Alabama A&M quarterback Aqeel Glass, Southern defensive end Jordan Lewis, and Alabama State running back Ezra Gray have been selected to the BOXTOROW preseason HBCU college football All-America team, leading a contingent of 30 players. Reigning national champion Alabama A&M also had two other players make the team including wide receiver Abdul-Fatai Ibrahim and
A&T director of track and field programs Duane Ross on BOXTOROW
We’re extraordinary. We’re champions because we are an HBCU. Our culture. Our people. Who we are… my kids hear this day in and day out: you were born to be kings and queens and don’t forget that… everytime they slip up and use it (the term HBCU) in an incorrect way, it’s for us to
FROM THE PRESS BOX TO PRESS ROW Podcast: 6/19/21
SportsCenter Los Angeles host Stan Verrett and North Carolina A&T director of track and field programs Duane Ross join Donal Ware on the FROM THE PRESS BOX TO PRESS ROW Podcast. Click to download or listen to the podcast.
The NFL has a problem drafting HBCU players
by Donal Ware boxtorow.com Some of the greatest football players to ever play in the National Football League played at HBCUs. HBCUs helped shape the National Football League. When Grambling’s Paul Tank Younger became the first player from an HBCU to play in the NFL in 1949, he unfortunately had to do it the way
FROM THE PRESS BOX TO PRESS ROW w/ Donal Ware on ESPNU Radio on SiriusXM: 4/30/21
Donal talks with NFL Draft hopeful Elijah Bell of North Carolina A&T, breaks down the SWAC championship game matchup between No. 1 Alabama A&M and No. 2 Arkansas-Pine Bluff and talks NFL Draft. Download or listen to the podcast.
FROM THE PRESS BOX TO PRESS ROW w/ Donal Ware on ESPNU Radio on SiriusXM
Donal talks with NFL Draft prospect cornerback Mac McCain of North Carolina A&T. He also talks with new Norfolk State head football coach Dawson Odums and an interview with another NFL Draft prospect, offensive lineman David Moore of Grambling. click to download or listen to the podcast.
HBCU NFL Draft Chronicles: Mac McCain
Very few small college and HBCU players declare for the National Football League Draft early. But former North Carolina A&T cornerback Mac McCain is not your average person. McCain declared for this year’s draft in January. He talked with BOXTOROW host Donal Ware about his decision to enter the draft early, his time at A&T,