Sports

by HBCU Sports For the first time in 27 years, the Alabama State women’s basketball team will open the 2025-26 season with a new head coach. Freda Freeman-Jackson, who won multiple SWAC championships and was inducted into the […]

Less than 24 hours after his Norfolk State women’s team competed boldly in a first round NCAA Tournament loss at Maryland, head coach Larry Vickers has a new job. Sunday morning Vickers, who has led […]

by HBCU Sports In a nail-biting contest that came down to the wire, the Chattanooga Mocs women’s basketball team secured a hard-fought 53-49 victory over the Alabama A&M Bulldogs in the opening round of the Women’s National Invitation […]

by HBCU Sports Larry Vickers accomplished a lot in nearly a decade as Norfolk State coach. And that success — particularly over the last four seasons, including three MEAC championships and four postseason appearances mixed in […]

LUT WILLIAMS BCSP Editor Men’s and women’s tournament champions of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) were in play-in (First Four) games early this week while men’s and women’s tournament champions from the Mid Eastern Athletic […]

by HBCU Sports The Alabama State Hornets defeated the Jackson State Tigers 60-56 in the Southwestern Athletic Conference men’s basketball championship on Saturday night at the Gateway Center Arena. The No. 5 seed Hornets (19-15, 14-6 SWAC) clinched […]

by Chris Stevens Days after the conclusion of the SWAC basketball tournament, one women’s program in the conference will take a new direction. “As I step into the next chapter of my life, I am filled […]

Basketball tournaments get underway this week in Atlanta (SWAC) and Norfolk, VA. (MEAC) as these leagues determine who will advance to the NCAA Div. I Big Dances. The same two teams are on top of […]

ATLANTA – On Saturday, Miles left no doubt about which women’s basketball program is the most dominant in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. Featuring a swirling defense and offensive strikes from all over the floor, the […]

by Chris Stevens For Tennessee State football, it’s back to the drawing board after Eddie George accepted the head coach position at Bowling Green. George, the former Heisman Trophy winner and NFL running back, was successful at […]