Russell Athletic, a major supplier of sports apparel to collegiate and professional sports teams, is facing an all-out blitz from campus activists. Twenty-five U.S. colleges have cut ties to Atlanta-based Russell over alleged abuse of workers’ right… more »

Fourteen schools. Two divisions. One conference. That's the direction the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference has set for itself in announcing last week that the league has lifted a moratorium on expansion. The MEAC, which includes Norfolk State and H… more »

The Hampton University Department of Athletics has released its 2009 football schedule and the 11-game slate includes six games at Armstrong Stadium on the HU campus. According to HU athletics director Lonza Hardy Jr., among the highlights of this ye… more »

UNI's Kurt Warner, TSU's Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, and Hofstra's Willie Colon expected to start. Former FCS players on the NFL's Super Bowl teams this Sunday: Pittsburgh Steelers Head Coach Mike Tomlin, William & Mary Assistant Coach Am… more »

Donovan Rose will take over for Jerry Holmes, who was fired after one season at Hampton. Jerry Holmes' tenure at Hampton lasted just one season. Holmes was dismissed as the Pirates' head coach on Monday and replaced with veteran assistant Donovan… more »

Wearing a uniform similar to the one he will don next season for the University of Maryland, running back Caleb Porzel stood near midfield after today's inaugural Maryland Crab Bowl all-star game and began to reel off the names of several of his future… more »

Last game: Season opener. JSU defeated Grambling 42-31 in SWAC Championship. Sunday: vs. Hampton in MEAC/SWAC Challenge at Orlando, Fla. TV: ESPN2 Radio: JSU Network (WOAD-1300 AM) On Offense The biggest name on the offensive side of th… more »

For the second year in a row, South Carolina State has been voted the preseason favorite to win the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference championship, much to Buddy Pough's surprise. The Bulldogs received 272 points in the poll of MEAC coaches and sports… more »

Jerry Holmes never has been to Vegas or Atlantic City. He doesn't play Texas Hold 'Em with the fellas. He won't even drop a five-spot for kicks when the Lotto jackpot hits nine figures. In short, Hampton University's new Big Whistle isn't a gambler,… more »

NORFOLK, Va. — For most of the two hours or so that the MEAC football kickoff luncheon lasted, Dennis Thomas quietly sat on the stage. He seemed to be admiring his work. That more than 200 people packed a conference room at the Sheraton Waterside was… more »

NORFOLK - It all seemed so familiar at first, to the point where you started to wonder, "Maybe the guy didn't leave after all." Upon entering the ballroom for the MEAC football kickoff news conference, Joe Taylor paused for a moment, then - just as h… more »

Hampton is picked to finish fourth, Norfolk State third in the five-team championship race. NORFOLK - — South Carolina State is the favorite to win the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football title. That is, if you believe the ballots cast by confer… more »

NORFOLK, Va. — FAMU's new football coach Joe Taylor has left some kind of legacy in the Hampton Roads area. He received one of the loudest applauses when he was introduced Friday at the MEAC football season kickoff luncheon. But even bigger is the ha… more »

Joe Taylor looks to resurrect Florida A & M's football fortunes, just as he did Hampton's. Joe Taylor is more of a jazz than a rock guy. But his 20-day road trek during the late spring and early summer — stops in Atlanta, Miami, Orlando, Tampa an… more »

HAMPTON—Vernon Bryant, a graduate of Southampton High School and Hampton University, has signed a contract with the National Football League's St. Louis Rams as an undrafted free agent. Bryant graduated from HU in May with a bachelor's degree in spor… more »