*An Atlanta-based company is set to partner with ESPN to launch a new sports, education, entertainment and lifestyle channel dedicated to the 105 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) across the US. The HBCU Network is currently negoti… more »

Six members of the defending SWAC champions from Prairie View A&M, including their all-conference backfield of quarterback K.J. Black and running back Donald Babers, are part of the 2010 BoxToRow.com/BASN HBCU Preseason All-American team. The pre… more »

NEW YORK – The Hampton University athletics program was tabbed as the top-ranked NCAA Division I Historically Black College & University (HBCU) program on Monday, based on the final standings of the 2009-10 Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup. The D… more »

Open Letter to the HBCU Conferences - Please Post & Pass Along The following letter was sent to each of the HBCU Conference Commissioners on Thursday 24 June 2010 . As an Alum & Fan I was concerned about the direction in which HBCU sports wer… more »

On paper, it seemed brilliant and simple. The Legacy Bowl would pit the champions of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference and the Southwestern Athletic Conference -- against each other. Airing on ESPN, it would guarantee a $3 million payout to be spli… more »

NEW ORLEANS – Former NFL and Southern University stars Isiah Robertson and Aeneas Williams will be the newest inductees to the Allstate Sugar Bowl’s Greater New Orleans Sports Hall of Fame the organization announced on Saturday. The official induction w… more »

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The Heritage Bowl, pitting schools from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) and Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) will be restored under the name of the "Legacy Bowl". This report comes to College Sporting News through… more »

Rough patches of grass are noticeable on the A.W. Mumford Stadium field, even on this dry day last summer. Stump Mitchell had never seen A.W. Mumford Stadium when he agreed to take over as Southern football coach. When he got there, he quickly lea… more »

It's not unusual for players to change positions in football. But it is rare for a player to move from one position to another and instantly become a star. That's exactly what happened to Jason House, Southern University's outstanding free safety. Ho… more »

Odie Posey, a member of the Southern University Sports Hall of Fame and one of the most accomplished football players in school history, has died, the university announced Wednesday. A running back for legendary coach A.W. Mumford, Posey arrived in 1… more »

The 2010 MEAC/SWAC Challenge presented by Disney will pit the Delaware State Hornets from the MEAC against the Southern University Jaguars from the SWAC on Sunday, Sept. 5. The yearly event, which features teams from two prominent Historically Black Col… more »

The stadium has been the site of many historical games and events, but now it’s use and appeal is slowly fading away It is a Saturday afternoon in early October and some 11,000 football fans are sitting in the stands of Mississippi Veterans Memorial… more »

As the longtime president at Morgan State, Earl Richardson would, at first glance, seem to be a man who had all sorts of cross words for Stump Mitchell. After all, Mitchell was the football coach there from 1996-98, and his overall record — a mere 8-… more »

Mitchell is the Assistant Head Coach/Running Backs Coach for the NFL's Washington Redskins. Southern University and A&M College has offered its head football coaching position to Lyvonia "Stump" Mitchell, the Assistant Head Coach/Running Backs co… more »

Richardson compiled a record of 134 wins and 62 losses in his 17 year tenure at SU Southern University Athletic Director, Greg LaFleur, has announced that the University has relieved head football coach, Pete Richardson and his staff, of their duties… more »