Former Jackson State and NFL star Walter Payton will have another award presented in his honor when JSU and Hampton play in the fourth annual MEAC/SWAC Challenge in Orlando, Fla., on Aug. 31. The two teams kick off at 1 p.m. inside the Citrus Bowl. T… more »

West Viriginia's staff has veterans from FCS national champions, and FCS schools around Virginia. MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - Here in the war room at West Virginia University, the newly assembled football staff is building its offense, but the braintrust has… more »

Tonight, FAMU head football coach Joe Taylor will celebrate George Small Small as he receives the Mike Campbell top assistant award at the All-American Football Foundation's Banquet of Champions in Tampa. "I'm humbled," Small said. "I'm quite excited… more »

Nationally-aired games on cable television and playing in the month of November. Those two factors have served as good omens for the South Carolina State football team under head coach Oliver “Buddy” Pough. Since 2002, the Bulldogs are a perfect 14-0… more »

Hampton gains a former FBS player at defensive end and is poised to add a former FBS wide receiver. Hampton University added a Division I-A transfer to its continually growing list, and appears poised to add even another. Pirates coach Jerry Holme… more »

Meet Ray Ray McElrathbey. No, not the reserve running back for the Clemson Tigers and the inspiring feel-good story. The new face of the Howard University football program. You remember Ray Ray. The Clemson football player who was granted custody of… more »

IRVING – This was before Marion Barber signed his seven-year extension and while first-rounder Felix Jones and fourth-rounder Tashard Choice were practicing for the first time with the Dallas Cowboys. Owner and general manager Jerry Jones reminded an… more »

As college football fans check schedules for the upcoming season, there will be head-scratching among those following programs in the Football Championship Subdivision, formerly Division I-AA. Three of the seven FCS programs in Virginia (Richmond, Li… more »

Fourth Annual Event Features Jackson State vs. Hampton on Aug. 31 in Orlando. JACKSON, Miss. - Tickets for the 2008 MEAC/SWAC Challenge presented by Disney will go on sale Sunday, June 1, through various distributors, including Ticketmaster and Antho… more »

Tim Edwards one day may regard his term as a coach at Florida A&M in much the same way his boss Joe Taylor remembers the years he spent in the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association. While Taylor credits the oldest historically black confer… more »

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Hampton, Georgia Southern and Idaho. What is this ? Ohio State’s 2007 nonconference football schedule ? Delaware, Maine and Montana. Must be the top of the NCAA Division I hockey poll, right ? OK, you’ve probably figured it ou… more »

DAVIE - The Dolphins were on the clock Sunday morning and … traded the first pick of the third round to the Lions for their 66th pick, two spots later. With that pick, the Dolphins drafted yet another defensive end, 6-foot-5, 294-pound Kendall L… more »

This USA Today columnist talks about how Historically Black Colleges & Universities - still - produce great NFL talent. Historically black colleges and universities have produced two of the greatest players in NFL history — Jackson State running… more »

Hampton QB Princeton Sheperd will be competing against former Mountaineer DaVon Fowlkes to start in the CFL. Saskatchewan Roughriders have signed import receivers DaVon Fowlkes, Roosevelt Kiser and Princeton Shepherd to one-year plus an option contra… more »

After a solid spring, Jerry Holmes is confident the Pirates can make a run at the MEAC title. HAMPTON - — Now the fun starts. That's the word from Jerry Holmes, new head football coach at Hampton University. Spring football is over, so Holmes has… more »