By: Rece Allen, Sports Producer Cedric Taylor III and Amir Banks, two childhood friends who carried on their family legacies at Morehouse, are now roommates and teammates on the Morehouse Maroon Tigers basketball team. The relationship between their fathers, who are Morehouse Men, sparked their friendship and has continued as they start their college…
By: Elijah Pinckney, Staff Writer This upcoming spring will be the third season of Morehouse College lacrosse following Covid-19, hopefully to be followed by more to come. In early 2021, Sebastian Gordon, a now-graduating senior, helped relaunch the lacrosse team into its first season after the pandemic settled. Gordon re-engaged the program by…
Image via Maroon Tiger Gaming By: Daniel Smith, Staff Writer The rise of esports on college campuses has allowed gamers a place to call home, while having a community of fellow gamers around them. Morehouse has not had a large esports community in recent years until two Morehouse students took it upon themselves…
Photo via: @__kollin By: Justin Darden, Sports Producer In a game where each team struggled to score, Talladega College relied on their high-intensity pressure defense to secure the 54-47 win over Fayetteville State University. This win secures Talledga’s undefeated weekend at the HBCU ALL-Star Challenge in Atlanta, Georgia. At the beginning of this…
Photo via: @__kollin By: Rece Allen, Sports Producer On the second day of the HBCU All-Stars Challenge in Forbes Arena, the Shaw University Bears won over the LeMoyne-Owen College Magicians. The Bears’ dominant second half was the catalyst to the team’s victory, along with a highlight reel dunk to boost the team’s momentum. …
Photo via: @ming.pix By: Auzzy Byrdsell, Editor-in-Chief The Maroon Tigers secured their first win of the season over the Fayetteville State University Broncos 55-75 in their first game in the HBCU All-Stars Challenge in Forbes Arena last night. This snaps a four-game losing streak and brings a new energy with this season’s new…
Photo via @ming.pix Written By: Justin Darden, Sports Producer The intensity in Forbes Arena was through the roof from start to finish. In a game of runs, Deleware State University’s even-keeled approach to the game sealed the 71-63 win over Grambling State University. Both side’s fanbases showed up, yelling at referees and cheering on…
Photo via @ming.pix Written by: Justin Darden, Sports Producer A game controlled by Livingstone College in the first half quickly fell into LeMoyne-Owen College’s control, leading to a double-digit win for LeMoyne-Owen College. The second game of HBCU All-Star Challenge weekend in Atlanta, Georgia, did not disappoint, with Lemoyne Owen winning 79-67. Each team…
Photo by: Carson Ming By; Kobe Scales, Sports Editor Talladega College and Shaw University kicked off the second annual ATL Has Something to Say HBCU All-Stars Challenge in a defensive battle down to the wire. Talladega pulled out the win with two crucial stops at the end of the game, leading to a final…
By: Miles Johnson, MT Alumni June 10, 2022 was a day I’ll never forget. I was heading into my senior year at Morehouse College and I received an email notification from Professor Ron Thomas. The Chair of Morehouse’s Journalism in Sports, Culture and Social Justice program. The day had finally come. I became a…
