Photo by Juwan Lee What the Maroon Tigers failed to execute, West Alabama excelled at as they relied on a fluent run game coupled with accurate throws from Tucker Melton. By Will Clay and Kobe Scales A tough loss on Saturday night on the new turf field with packed stands, still left hope…
Photo by News Observer The more times troubling events like this get less exposure, the more frequent they are to happen. By Clifton Dutton and Jace La Saint On Aug. 26, Brigham Young University had a game against Duke University’s women’s volleyball team. What was thought to be the normal volleyball game by…
Photo by Kollin Washington, Photo Editor The blueprint has been laid out on how to attract recruits to HBCUs and improving the athletic facilities at HBCUs put them on path to seriously compete with PWIs in the recruitment process. By Miles Johnson, Managing Editor Restoring the Edwin C. Moses Track & B.T. Harvey Stadium Football…
By Clifton Dutton, Sports Editor On October 8, Morehouse College’s Maroon Tigers football team, will be traveling to Birmingham, Alabama to take on their rivals, Tuskegee University Golden Tigers. The game will be hosted at Birmingham Legion Field. Legion Field was opened in 1927, and can hold over 70,000 fans in the stadium. Legion…
Sports Editor Miles Johnson reflects on his NBA All-Star Weekend experience. By Miles Johnson, Sports Editor It was fitting that I was born in Cleveland and it’s the same city where I started my sports journalism career. It was an honor to be invited to report on NBA All-Star Weekend by Professor Ron…
Photo by The PhinSider By Clifton Dutton Brian Flores experience with the NFL in the past few weeks had the media all over his engagements with the league. At the beginning of February, Flores filed a class-action lawsuit against the NFL and three teams for discrimination against black coaches and executives in the league. The…
Photo by Corey Guy By Corey Guy CLEVELAND – The iconic chalk toss from Ohio’s native son LeBron James kicked off the 71st edition of the NBA All-Star Game. The ovation for James was thunderous in Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse during the introduction of the starting lineups for the 2022 All-Star Game. The last time…
By Zachary Greene, Staff Writer Photo Credit — Zachary Greene B.T. Harvey Stadium is currently undergoing renovation to the track and football field, which will allow athletes to perform in better athletic facilities than before. “The track had been peeling … it was in really bad condition. We hadn’t held a home track meet…
AT&T Slam Dunk Contest falls short of the hype. Photo by AP News By Corey Guy, Sports Writer CLEVELAND – Even though the table was set for an incredible showdown between the NBA’s big-time dunkers, the 2022 Slam Dunk Contest was anti-climactic. Expectations, along with the verticals of its participants, were very high. The…
Photo by Taylore Gills By Corey Guy, Sports Writer CLEVELAND – Imagine your entire family are high-level athletes. This hypothetical is all but a reality for the Antetokounmpo family. The Antetokounmpo brothers – Thanasis, Giannis, Kostas, and Alex – are literally the definition of a basketball family. This year in Cleveland for All-Star Saturday Night,…
