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 »

Rod Broadway needed no time at all to restore Grambling State to the lofty level the Tigers' followers expect the team to reach - well, outside of Grambling's last three games. An 0-3 finish, including a loss to Jackson State's Tigers in the Southwes… more »

ITTA BENA, Miss. -- Charles "Chuck" Prophet, former athletic director and sports information director for Mississippi Valley State University, died around midday on Friday in the Greenwood Leflore Hospital in Greenwood, Miss. He was 67. Prophet… more »

You won't find Willie Totten vacationing during the dog days of June. The Mississippi Valley State head football coach and the rest of his staff are hard at it preparing for the 2008 season. Each of the coaches will get a short break in early July, b… more »

The last time that Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium was filled to its official capacity of 60,492, your trusty scribe had a reasonably full head of hair. Consider the photo of the bald guy below Exhibit A in today's column. For anyone looking se… more »

GRAMBLING — Until this week, Douglas Porter was most often referred to as a former assistant under Grambling State’s mythical Eddie Robinson. Porter stood, without complaint, inside the dark outline of that coaching legend’s shadow — despite having a… more »

When Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie was taken as the 16th pick of the NFL draft on Saturday, it was a fitting culmination of a journey that began on what might have looked like a bumpy, unpaved road to nowhere. Rodgers-Cromartie wasn't on the college ra… more »

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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 »

LOS ANGELES, CA -- The Developmental Football League announced the placement of the first five players selected to be eligible for the DFL Draft to be held June 16-17, 2008. The players named today are the beginning of a steady stream to be revealed th… more »

With a little help from South Carolina State, the rematch of last year's FAMU/Southern game became a reality. Southern and Florida A&M will play football in 2008 after all. The schools, with the help of South Carolina State, came to an agreeme… more »

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- As a record-setting superstar quarterback at Grambling State, Doug Williams enjoyed all the glory and fame that goes with being a shark swimming in a kiddie pool. As a head coach at his alma mater, Williams lived in the underbell… more »

The All-American Football League, a for-profit, professional football league, held their inaugural draft on Saturday, January 26th. In that draft were 47 alumni of schools who played Football Championship Subdivision football (formerly known as I-AA fo… more »