By Myles Salley-Holland The countdown to the 2019-2020 NBA season is officially underway. The dramatic, paradigm-shifting offseason is finally over, the quest for an NBA championship is up for grabs, leaving the championship race wide open. For the first time in recent seasons, and to many fans’ approval, there is no clear-cut championship favorite. After…
Gabriel Savage, Staff Writer The SIAC Cross-Country Championship meet was held in Rock Hill, SC on October 25th. Our Maroon Tigers, after months of preparation, traveled 237 miles to put their hard work to the test. Members of the cross-country team can often be sighted running endlessly in the grassy fields, south of the Edwin…
Kaleb Martin, Staff Writer Gather around football fans and alumni of the great Morehouse College. It’s time once again to come back home and enjoy good food from tailgating and good ole Maroon and White football. This year for Homecoming, the Morehouse College Tigers (2-5) will host the Benedict College Tigers (0-6) Saturday at 2…
Cai Johnson, Staff Writer On Thursday, September 5, Morehouse College President, David A. Thomas, and Interim Director of Athletics, Javarro Edwards, introduced Morehouse’s newest athletic program: Volleyball. Looking to launch in the 2020-2021 school year, Morehouse College Men’s Volleyball team will be competing in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC). The volleyball program will receive…
Ron Thomas, Adviser Dick Barnett taught sports management at St. John’s University for four years, so it made sense that many of his comments over Hall of Fame weekend seemed to be directed more toward students than toward the audience that was filled with senior citizens. At Thursday’s press conference, the former Tennessee A&I and…
Torrence Banks, News Editor The Maroon Tiger football team got the opportunity to play against the Alabama A&M Bulldogs in the first annual Black College Football Hall of Fame Classic. The game was played in Tom Benson Hall of Fame stadium in Canton, OH. “It was a huge honor for us to be…
Ron Thomas, Adviser At a time when it’s rare for an NBA team to draft a player from an HBCU and black-college teams are deep underdogs during March Madness, it’s easy to forget that into the 1980s HBCUs contributed many historically significant and outstanding players to the sport of basketball. Two impactful former NBA players…
Cai Johnson, Contributing Writer The Morehouse College Lacrosse Club Team started off their season in brilliant fashion with a 19-10 win over Dalton State. With a new season comes new players, and those players announced their presence flashily by combining for 13 of the 19 goals in the game. More importantly, the sensational play from…
By Jarrett Cook, Staff Writer “We all we need, we all we got. Morehouse!” This is the chant that could be heard from the Maroon Tigers locker room after they won their last home game. The chant could not be a better way to describe the success the Maroon Tigers enjoyed this regular season….
