Pete Richardson has one game remaining in his 17th season as Southern's head football coach. With one year remaining on his contract, Southern University football coach Pete Richardson met Wednesday morning with Athletic Director Greg LaFleur and Cha… more »

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The Bayou Classic - always so much more than a football game with its job fair, battle of the bands and fan festival - brings joy not only to the fans but to the city. There are the thousands of people filling the city's hotels and… more »

NEW YORK -- For the third straight football season, Black Athlete Sports Network and DWCommunications, LLC -- the company that produces "From The Press Box To The Press Row" -- will put out an HBCU All-America team (pre-season and post season) and a wee… more »

Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - In the Southwest Athletic Conference, there are the battles both on the field and away from the gridiron. Teams such as Jackson State and Prairie View would love to challenge themselves in the FCS playoffs, even at… more »

The Southwestern Athletic Conference announced its 2009 Football Preseason Honors Tuesday, headlined by Southern QB Bryant Lee voted the Preseason Offensive Player of the Year, and Grambling State DL Christian Anthony voted Preseason Defensive Player of… more »

Two returning Walter Payton Award candidates, Weber State quarterback Cameron Higgins and Elon wide receiver Terrell Hudgins, and two newcomers to the list, Southern quarterback Bryant Lee and Albany running back David McCarty, have been added to the wa… more »

The Southern Jaguars will open the season for the second consecutive season away from home against a FBS team, in the University of Louisiana-Lafayette on Sept. 5, before coming home for the remainder of the month of September. SU plays three straight h… more »

Three summers ago, the athletic directors of all 10 Southwestern Athletic Conference schools agreed to move to a seven-game conference football schedule, rather than the nine-game schedule that had previously been used. The thinking was the creation… more »

In 2008, Louisiana Tech played six home football games for the first time since 1982. The Bulldogs also played road games in Kansas, Idaho, Hawaii, New York, California and New Mexico. As a member of the Southland Conference in 1982, the Bulldogs pla… more »

The Southwestern Athletic Conference has announced its four-game Thursday football schedule for the upcoming 2009 season. All televised Thursday games will be shown live on ESPNU, beginning on Oct. 1 with Univ. Arkansas-Pine Bluff hosting Alcorn Stat… more »

A.W. Mumford Stadium started to empty out. Most players, splattered with water and mud, retreated to a set of shower heads. A few others lingered on the field. Southern University’s spring football finale had wrapped up Saturday, and the Jaguars d… more »

Since spring football began at Southern, 37 days have passed. The Jaguars have been through 14 practices, dozens of short film sessions, exams, spring break and enough sprains and bruises to keep Tylenol in business for a while. The grand finale i… more »

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 »

Exactly one week after the Bayou Classic, there were no Southern football players traipsing in and out of Jesse Owens Hall, ready to watch game film or get their latest assignments from coaches. After all, there were no more games. No more assignment… more »

Coach told Rattlers not to let penalties rattle them. BATON ROUGE, La. — This time there was no late field goal — just trickery and LeRoy Vann's magic. Vann retuned a punt 60 yards for a touchdown to ignite two quick strikes by FAMU in the fourth… more »