PINE BLUFF — A lot of teenage boys can’t wait to get away from home after graduating from high school. All it took for Arkansas-Pine Bluff quarterback Jonathan Moore to stay was a chance to play football. Moore, who prepped at nearby Dollarway Hig… more »

DALLAS — The coaches of the Texas Southern and Arkansas-Pine Bluff football teams, along with city and state officials, gathered in the Cotton Bowl’s press box Tuesday to announce the beginning of what they hope will turn into a Dallas college football… more »

The Arkansas-Pine Bluff offense apparently didn’t get the message that head coach Monte Coleman’s first scrimmage at the school started at 6:15 p.m. UAPB running back Micky Dean gives a stiff arm to a UAPB defensive back Saturday afternoon during UAP… more »

The Southwestern Athletic Conference will kick off a new and somewhat controversial conference schedule on Aug. 30. The new format calls for seven games to decide the SWAC divisional races instead of nine. The thought process is that fewer conference… more »

Despite having only three home football games last season, the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff was ranked in the Top 25 in the nation in average attendance in the Football Championship Subdivision (formally known as Division I-AA). The Golden Li… more »

Expect to see some positively bug-eyed college football players when the Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions report for their first official practice this morning at Golden Lion Stadium. Many of them will be getting their first look at UAPB's new 27, 00… more »

In the hunt for qualified black coaches at the NCAA Division I-A level, a seemingly logical place to begin looking would be the Southwestern Athletic Conference, a Division I-AA league that is home to 10 historically black universities. But Floyd Kei… more »

Once again, in the Southwestern Athletic Conference, seven means seven, for sure, but not necessarily just seven. The 10-team Southwestern Athletic Conference is returning to its seven-game format this season — going away from making teams play all n… more »

BIRMINGHAM - Jackson State was named the preseason favorite to win the Southwestern Athletic Conference East Division at Media Day in Birmingham on Tuesday. The defending conference champions received a conference-high 105 points and 17 first-place v… more »

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — If nothing else, even if the prognostications don’t prove accurate by season’s end, the bluebloods of the Southwestern Athletic Conference — Jackson State, Southern and Grambling — have reclaimed respect with the way they played last… more »

The buzz in the SWAC this summer is all about the quarterbacks. Six of the top 10 passers from 2008 have graduated, but a few newcomers could determine who emerges as the most serious challenge for defending champion Jackson State. In terms of QBs… more »

HOUSTON — The smack talk has begun. In a taped segment on KATV, Channel 7, several Arkansas-Pine Bluff players called out their former Little Rock Central teammate, Central Arkansas offensive lineman Brad Gordon. UAPB running back Mickey Dean and… more »

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Football players have two-a-days. Football coaches have media days. Both, at some point, probably wish they were doing something else. But given the toothy, earto-ear grin Prairie View A&M Coach Henry Frazier showed when a r… more »

As the Southwestern Athletic Conference holds football media day, we check in with first-year commissioner Duer Sharp. A former interim athletic director at Grambling, Sharp previously served as the SWAC’s assistant commissioner and had a previous tenur… more »

Changes are in the mix for the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Golden Lions. The Golden Lions' successful recruiting class and eight returning starters will be the beginnings for new head coach Monte Coleman. Coleman is the same retired Washingt… more »