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Coach Deion Sanders pledging half his salary to upgrade Jackson State football underscores the importance of HBCUs investing in their athletic facilities. As these institutions keep recruiting to...

https://blackamericaweb.com/2022/07/21/hbcus-athletic-facilities-investment/

Legacy moves.

https://blackamericaweb.com/2022/07/19/deion-sanders-salary-jackson-state-university-football-facilities/

The Tom Joyner Foundation is partnering with BetMGM to offer an Executive Series to HBCUs nationwide beginning for the fall semester.

https://blackamericaweb.com/2022/07/01/tom-joyner-foundation-betmgm-executive-series-hbcu-students/

The college sports landscape is changing. Athletes are now in control of their destiny more than ever, thanks to NIL deals which are now allowing for the playing field to be leveled quite a bit. ...

https://blackamericaweb.com/2022/05/23/makur-maker-howard/

Delaware State University's women’s lacrosse team was pulled over while returning from Florida last month by cops who had no probable cause and no reason to suspect the team had done anything w...

https://blackamericaweb.com/2022/05/10/hbcu-womens-lacrosse-team-racially-profiled/

Former NBA player J.R. Smith was named North Carolina A&T State University’s Academic Athlete of the Year.

https://blackamericaweb.com/2022/05/01/j-r-smith-hbcu-academic-athlete-of-the-year-north-carolina-at/

Josh Williams, a defensive back from Fayetteville State projected to be selected in the 2022 NFL Draft, told NewsOne in an exclusive interview that he wants to "rewrite what people think about HB...

https://blackamericaweb.com/2022/04/28/josh-williams-nfl-draft-hbcu-prospects/

Jackson State University grad Ameshya Williams-Holliday made history as the first WNBA draft pick from an HBCU in 20 years.

https://blackamericaweb.com/2022/04/17/jackson-state-university-alumna-makes-wnba-history/

Raleigh-based Saint Augustine’s University is the first HBCU to launch a women’s rowing team.

https://blackamericaweb.com/2022/04/09/saint-augustines-university-rowing-team-hbcu/

The announcement that Tennessee State will face Notre Dame in football spotlights the ongoing conversation about HBCUs playing “payout games” against Power Five teams in exchange for major mo...

https://blackamericaweb.com/2022/04/08/tennessee-state-vs-notre-dame-spotlights-payout-games/

After no HBCU players were selected in the 2021 NFL Draft, Deion Sanders is hoping to change that after hosting a HBCU Pro Day this past Monday. However, the two-time Super Bowl champ took some t...

https://blackamericaweb.com/2022/03/24/deion-sanders-calls-out-10-nfl-teams-no-show-hbcu-pro-day-jackson-state/

The NCAA tournament is arguably the biggest event in all of college athletics that brings a sizable payday for many participating conferences. But HBCUs have found themselves on the lower end of ...

https://blackamericaweb.com/2022/03/15/hbcus-ncaa-tournament/

*Major League Soccer has joined forces with several Black-owned banks in an effort to help economically disadvantaged neighborhoods.

https://blackamericaweb.com/2022/03/11/major-league-soccer-launches-partnership-with-black-owned-banks/

Hampton University is officially changing athletic conferences, again. After a few weeks of speculation, the Pirates are leaving the Big South Conference to join the Colonial Athletic Associatio...

https://blackamericaweb.com/2022/01/26/hampton-caa/

The Division II Bowie State Bulldogs had arguably the best season of any HBCU program. The squad won 12 games, went undefeated in their conference, and went further in the division two playoffs t...

https://blackamericaweb.com/2021/12/20/bowie-state-hbcu-college-football-national-champion/

Coach Deion Sanders pulled off a College Football shocker by signing top recruit Travis Hunter to Jackson State University. Hunter is the top cornerback and number 1 ranked prospect in the Class ...

https://blackamericaweb.com/2021/12/15/travis-hunter-deion-sanders-jackson-state-signing-day/

The CW has greenlit an eight-episode docuseries that will take you into the lives of the Prairie View A&M University Marching Band, which ESPN’s 'The Undefeated' ranked as the top Division I b...

https://blackamericaweb.com/2021/12/03/hbcu-prairie-view-am-university-marching-band-docuseries-the-cw/

When it comes to Paul Quinn College, a Dallas-based HBCU, many are saying the private university may have the best basketball court in America after images of the outstanding design recently went...

https://blackamericaweb.com/2021/10/20/hbcu-paul-quinn-college-basketball-court/

The NFL draft will be conducted in a virtual format, with team personnel working from their homes. In a memo sent to the 32 teams Monday and obtained by The Associated Press, NFL Commissioner Rog...

https://blackamericaweb.com/2020/04/06/nfl-going-with-virtual-format-for-upcoming-draft/

A Texas man who record himself licking ice cream at a grocery store and putting the tub back now regrets the clout-chasing move. Walmart surveillance video captured 24-year-old D’Adrien Ande...

https://blackamericaweb.com/2019/09/02/texas-man-arrested-after-licking-walmart-ice-cream-and-putting-it-back-on-shelf-video/

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Thursday named Atlanta Archbishop Wilton Gregory as the new archbishop of Washington D.C., choosing a moderate, and the first African-American, to lead the a...

https://blackamericaweb.com/2019/04/04/pope-names-moderate-gregory-as-washington-dc-archbishop/

“Just win, baby’’ was the mantra of Al Davis, the late owner of the Oakland Raiders, and it pretty much sums up Tuskegee coach Willie Slater’s sentiment after his Golden Tigers escaped wi...

https://blackamericaweb.com/2018/09/17/black-college-football-week-3-living-life-like-its-golden/

Former New York Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz has done his last cha-cha in the opponent’s end zone, as the 31-year-old announced his retirement Tuesday adding that he will be joining ESPN as...

https://blackamericaweb.com/2018/08/21/ex-new-york-giants-wide-receiver-victor-cruz-retires-from-nfl-will-join-espn-as-analyst-video/

This is definitely a trick play. A Steelers fan dressed in full uniform managed to get past security and onto the field at training camp practice in attempt to work out with the team before being...

https://blackamericaweb.com/2018/08/13/steelers-fan-sneaks-onto-field-in-full-uniform-for-practice/

Derrick Rose is the latest athlete to give back to the community in a big way. On August 1, the NBA star announced he has started a college scholarship program, which will award more than $400,0...

https://blackamericaweb.com/2018/08/03/nba-star-derrick-rose-announces-new-scholarship-fund/