Donal Ware takes a look at the three games taking place this Saturday. 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
Dawson Odums, excited about Norfolk State’s future, reflects on time at Southern
Dawson Odums is excited for his new challenge, the challenge of being the head football coach at Norfolk State. He leaves Southern after nine seasons where he compiled a 63-32 record, won a SWAC championship, four SWAC Western Division titles and produced some NFL players including BOXTOROW All-American defensive back Danny Johnson who is with
HBCU NFL Draft Chronicles: Bryan Mills
Former North Carolina Central cornerback Bryan Mills played only one season for the Eagles, but he made the most of the season. He was named to the BOXTOROW HBCU Football All-America Team after tying for the MEAC lead with five interceptions and breaking up eight passes. When COVID-19 wiped out the fall 2020 season, Mills
FROM THE PRESS BOX TO PRESS ROW w/ Donal Ware on ESPNU Radio on SiriusXM: 4/9/21
Donal talks with Alabama A&M head football coach Connell Maynor about the Bulldogs’ game against Jackson State and about his acting career. Also former North Carolina Central star and National Football League Draft hopeful Bryan Mills tallks about the possibility of being drafted and about his time at NCCU. Plus, the #ESTofWWE Bianca Belair interview.
Scott, Williams lead HBCU Division I Women’s All-America Team
boxtorow.com BOXTOROW announces its All-Americans for the 2020-21 Division I women’s basketball season. North Carolina A&T guard/forward Chanin Scott and Jackson State center Ameshya Williams were named BOXTOROW National Co-Players of the Year. Scott was the only player in the MEAC in the top 10 in points (3rd), rebounds (5th), assists (4th), field goal percentage
Tarke, Warren named BOXTOROW HBCU Division I Players of the Year, lead All-America Team
boxtorow.com Coppin State, Morgan State, and Texas Southern were all atop respective division and conference standings so it makes sense that each school had multiple players named to the 13th annual BOXTOROW All-America teams for Division I men’s college basketball. Hampton guard Davion Warren and Coppin State guard Anthony Tarke were named BOXTOROW Players of
BOXTOROW w/ Donal Ware Goes One-on-One: Ryan Smith
Ryan Smith has done something that no North Carolina Central Eagle before him has done. Win a Super Bowl. The former NCCU All-American talked with Donal Ware about what it meant to be part of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and winning the big game, what it was like on the boat parade and what he
FROM THE PRESS BOX TO PRESS ROW w/ Donal Ware Podcast: 2/13/21
Donal talks with former North Carolina Central star and Tampa Bay Buccaneers Super Bowl champion Ryan Smith, talks about the MEAC canceling the spring football season, and talks with NASCAR driver Joey Logano ahead of the Daytona 500. Click to download or listen to the podcast.
LeVelle Moton: More than just NCCU’s basketball coach
LeVelle Moton’s story – from growing up poor in Raleigh, NC to becoming one of the best and most respected college basketball coaches in the country – has been well chronicled. So respected that when UNC’s head men’s basketball coach Roy Williams needed a game for his team, he called Moton and after a “five-minute