Hamline University football coaches and players allowed reporters to observe their practices and meetings, highlighting the importance of hard work, teamwork, and leadership.
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Black College Sports Weekly: Quarterback competition, MEAC and SWAC season openers
Howard’s preseason training camp saw a three-way quarterback competition, with redshirt sophomore Ja’Shawn Scroggins eventually winning the job.
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Gopher senior lineman sees multi-businesses in his future
Jalen Logan-Redding, a fifth-year senior defensive lineman at Minnesota, is a self-taught photographer who plans to start his own photography business and is determined to play in the NFL.
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St. Thomas seniors are friends, roommates, team leaders
David Ayeni and Hope Adebayo, two senior members of the University of St. Thomas football team, are key contributors to the team’s success and are focused on improving their game and winning the Pioneer Football League championship.
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UMES volleyballers know how to put on a good show
The University of Maryland Eastern Shore has a thriving women’s volleyball program, which is the top sport on campus each fall.
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Black College Sports Weekly: MEAC and SWAC begin 2024 football season
The MEAC and SWAC conferences are set to begin their 2024 football season this week.
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Black college volleyball competes at national level
Howard University’s volleyball team, led by Coach Shaun Kupferberg, has become one of the top teams in the MEAC conference.
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Jimmy Williams: A tribute to U of M’s first Black head basketball coach
Jimmy Williams, the University of Minnesota’s first ever Black head men’s basketball coach, died at the age of 77 after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease.
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St. Kate’s Rhodes nominated for NCAA Woman of the Year award
St. Catherine’s Jaycee Rhodes has been nominated for the NCAA Woman of the Year and DIIICA Student-Athlete of the Year Awards.
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NIL becomes college sports’ free agency
The new era of NIL and free agency is transforming college sports, with coaches adjusting to the changing landscape.
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Gopher hoopsters in summer workouts
The Minnesota men and women’s basketball teams are in the midst of their summer workouts.
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HBCU team inducted into Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame
The first and only Black college team to play for a national championship, the 1982 Cheyney State Lady Wolves, was inducted into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame as Trailblazers of the Game.
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Blacks in volleyball: ‘We are starting to see a lot more young Black girls’
Marquette’s Carsen Murray and Sierra Ifill highlighted the growth in diversity in college volleyball with two sistahs on each side of the net in the April 13 spring exhibition.
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Black coach shares pride in Mankato’s championship season
Minnesota State Mankato’s women’s and men’s basketball teams won their respective NCAA Division II championships.
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Boys’ state tournament featured outstanding players
Minnetonka, Totino Grace, Breck, Cherry, and Minneapolis South all won state titles in their respective classes.
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President Biden, VP Kamala Harris, and second gentleman release March Madness brackets
President Biden, Vice President Harris, and Second Gentleman Emhoff released their March Madness brackets, recognizing the legacy of women’s college basketball and the growing popularity of women’s sports.
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DEI under fire nationwide: Critical Conversations panel discusses the implications
DEI was the overall theme of a recent “Critical Conversations” panel discussion held on the first day of the Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament in downtown Minneapolis.
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Minneapolis holds historic Big Ten men’s basketball tournament
Minneapolis is the epicenter for Big Ten basketball this week, with 107 Black players, 30 Black coaches, and 8 local former prep stars.
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Purdue triumphs over Northwestern in exciting Big Ten WBB tournament opener
Purdue and Minnesota both won their opening games at the 2024 Big Ten WBB tournament in Minneapolis, with Purdue outscoring Northwestern 43-33 in the second half and Minnesota outlasting Rutgers 77-69.
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Tommies ready for Summit League tourney
St. Thomas’ men’s and women’s basketball teams are participating in the Summit League postseason tournament in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and the HBCU Athletic Conference is rebranding as the HBCU Athletic Conference in July.