NEW YORK CITY – North Carolina A&T State running back Tarik Cohen was selected as the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Offensive Player of the Year, while South Carolina State linebacker Darius Leonard was named MEAC Defensive Player of the Year. The conference announced the award winners Tuesday morning at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York
Mack Named MEAC Coach of the Year, all-conference teams announced
NORFOLK, Va. – Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Champion North Carolina Central University and runner-up North Carolina A&T State University dominated the 2016 All-MEAC Football Team with 30 student-athletes between both teams. The team is voted on by the MEAC’s head football coaches and sports information directors. North Carolina A&T State’s Brandon Parker was selected as the
BOXTOROW Polls: Grambling remains No. 1, widens margin
[insert_php] /* hide author info except on post */ if (is_single()) { echo “boxtorow.com”; } [/insert_php] boxtorow.com With Grambling’s convincing 52-30 win over Southern in the Bayou Classic in New Orleans, the Tigers not only remained No. 1 in the BOXTOROW Coaches and Media Polls, but widened their margin. GSU received all but four first
News and Notes Week 13: SWAC Championship set, HBCUs out of playoffs
We have known for a few weeks now that Alcorn State would represent the Eastern Division in the SWAC championship game taking place in Houston this Saturday. With much anticipation, we were waiting to see who would represent the West. For months, we thought the Bayou Classic between Southern and Grambling would decide the West
BOXTOROW Polls: N.C. A&T falls to NCCU, Grambling new No. 1
[insert_php] /* hide author info except on post */ if (is_single()) { echo “boxtorow.com”; } [/insert_php] boxtorow.com North Carolina A&T’s reign as the top team in HBCU football has come to an end. In a game that decided the MEAC championship, the North Carolina Central Eagles defeated the Aggies 42-21 on Saturday in Durham. The
FROM THE PRESS BOX TO PRESS ROW: Saturday, November 19, 2016
Guests include NCCU football coach Jerry Mack, N.C. A&T football coach Rod Broadway
One game meant everything for Aggies, Eagles
by Donal Ware “I don’t believe what I just saw!” Those were the now very famous words exclaimed by Jack Buck in describing an injured Kirk Gibson’s dramatic Game 1 World Series walkoff homerun for the Dodgers against the A’s in 1988. After witnessing what I saw at O’Kelly-Riddick Stadium in Durham on Saturday, I
Aggie-Eagle Rivalry to decide MEAC championship
BOXTOROW National Game of the Week 1/1 North Carolina A&T (9-1, 7-0) vs. North Carolina Central 3/3 (8-2, 7-0)
Aggie-Eagle: Got to be NC
[insert_php] if (is_single()) { echo “by Donal Ware”; } [/insert_php] With so much trouble in the LBC it’s kinda hard being… Wait. There is quite a bit of craziness here in North Carolina. North Carolina is a swing state that voted for Donald Trump. We are dealing with HB2 that has had ramifications on the
Conversation w/ NCCU head football coach Jerry Mack
We had a chance to catch up with the third-year head coach who at age 36, is one of the youngest head coaches in Division I football.