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As we head into Week 11 of the college football season, Michael Vick desperately needs a win. Sure, he managed to beat in-state rival Virginia State, surviving a missed Trojan game-winning field goal at the end of regulation to ultimately drill their own game-winner in overtime. But Vick has yet to secure a victory against […]

DeSean Jackson and his Delaware State Hornets currently stand at the top of the HBCU football world. In the span of a few days, they beat one of the MEAC’s perennial powers in North Carolina Central and then reigned supreme in a prime-time clash against former teammate-turned-rival, Michael Vick, and his Norfolk State Spartans at […]

The Utah State Aggies and the VCU Rams are set to face off in an early-season showdown hosted by the G-League’s Texas Legends. The game will take place at the Comerica Center in Frisco, Texas, on Friday, November 7th, at 7:00 PM CST/8:00 PM EST. The game will serve as a key early-season test as […]

Last Thursday, Michael Vick and DeSean Jackson made history in Philadelphia. The two former NFL stars, now HBCU coaches, faced off for the first time at Lincoln Financial Field, home of the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles. From the moment that Michael Vick and DeSean Jackson started their coaching careers at their respective HBCUs, we […]

Jackson State got back on track Saturday with a commanding 41-16 victory over Florida A&M in Tallahassee. The win was pivotal, as a loss would have thrown the SWAC East championship race into utter chaos; with the victory, JSU re-establishes control over its destiny. The Tigers entered the game without starting quarterback Jacobian Morgan, who […]

The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Golden Lions secured a historic 40-21 victory over Southern University on Saturday, dealing the Jaguars their seventh consecutive loss of the season. The defeat is particularly painful for Southern, marking their first loss to UAPB since the Spring 2021 football season. Previously, they hadn’t lost to the Lions […]

UAPB pulls off a miraculous victory over Memphis, scoring 25 points in the fourth quarter to notch their first win of the season. The win marks UAPB’s first against Memphis since November 2011 and was secured by an incredible 25-10 scoring surge in the final quarter. The Lady Lions entered halftime trailing by 10 points, […]

Following their huge victory over Michael Vick’s Norfolk State, DeSean Jackson’s Delaware State Hornets will once again take center stage as their upcoming matchup against the Morgan State Bears has been moved to a national ESPN network. The pivotal MEAC contest was originally scheduled for Saturday, November 8th, with a likely broadcast on ESPN+. However, […]

The highly anticipated football matchup between Michael Vick’s Norfolk State Spartans and DeSean Jackson’s Delaware State Hornets did more than just become the genesis a coaching rivalry between the two former NFL stars. The matchup generated a substantial financial windfall for both institutions. Here’s my reporting on attending the game this am on @breakfastclubam pic.twitter.com/4rtB8kUZGs […]

In a highly anticipated coaching showdown that had been months in the making, DeSean Jackson’s Delaware State Hornets emerged victorious over Michael Vick’s Norfolk State Spartans with a 27-20 final score at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia. The score was way closer than the game was, as the flow was ultimately dictated by Delaware State’s […]

DeSean Jackson’s rapid turnaround of the Delaware State football program —one of the biggest stories of the season —will soon be chronicled in a new independent docuseries. Jackson’s inaugural year as the head coach of the Hornets is the subject of the documentary series titled Inside the Hornets’ Nest. The project is co-directed by Jon […]

Former Miss Clark Atlanta University Shekinah Burden has officially joined the cast of the highly anticipated second season of the Netflix original reality competition series, Squid Game: The Challenge. Netflix recently revealed the roster for the upcoming season of the game show, which pits 456 players against one another. Squid Game: The Challenge is a […]

Controversy continues to follow the cast of Love Island Season 7, which aired this past summer on Peacock. The latest drama involves former Islanders Huda Mustafa and her boyfriend, Louis Russell, who appeared to react insensitively to a racial slur directed at former co-star Olandria Carthern during a recent social media livestream. View this post […]

A former HBCU football player has scored a huge, landmark victory against the NCAA in court. Per a report by CBS Sports, Former South Carolina State defensive back Robert Geathers and his wife, Debara Geathers, have been awarded $18 million in a civil trial after a jury found the NCAA was negligent in failing to […]

Just a week ago, I viewed the Florida A&M-Jackson State game as an immediate win for the Tigers. The Rattler-Tiger rivalry has been engaging over the past few seasons, featuring what we all believed would be a compelling coaching rivalry between Deion Sanders and Willie Simmons. Unfortunately, it never happened, as Sanders bolted for Colorado […]

The upcoming battle between Alabama State and Prairie View A&M is perhaps the most important SWAC contest of the weekend. It features two teams that have long toiled in the shadows of others over the past few years—whether it was FAMU and Jackson State in the SWAC East, or Southern in the SWAC West. This […]

The matchup between Michael Vick’s Norfolk State Spartans and DeSean Jackson’s Delaware State Hornets at Lincoln Financial Field is the defining nexus point in the ongoing celebrity coaching experiment. Both former Eagles are on two different paths in their first year: DeSean Jackson, the scrappy upstart, and Michael Vick, the known quantity who’s struggling out […]

I was an early admirer of Deion Sanders’ success on and off the field in his coaching career, but I have consistently been loud in my criticism of his style of coaching. From the start, I’ve maintained that his over-reliance on the transfer portal in the FBS—without sufficient high-level game planning on offense and defense—would […]

In America, sports are a powerful source of cultural unity and interest, a fact Georgia gubernatorial candidate Jason Esteves clearly understands. The State Senator and avid basketball player—a 6’6″ front-court player who uses his size to dominate open runs—launched his mid-April campaign with a compelling basketball-themed commercial aptly called “Underdog”. As Esteves explained in our […]

In a game that was worthy of the huge Las Vegas stage, Grambling State pulled off a huge 26-24 upset over the defending SWAC Champion Jackson State Tigers. Grambling has struggled mightily this season, while Jackson State has consistently been the best team in HBCU football. Heading into the game, many HBCU fans and football […]

The Alabama State Hornets emerged victorious once again in the Magic City Classic, decimating SWAC East rival Alabama A&M, with a final score of 56-13. The game was put out of reach almost immediately, thanks to a relentless scoring attack by the Hornets’ offense in the first and second quarters. Alabama A&M momentarily found pay dirt […]

North Carolina A&T secured its second win under first-year head coach Shawn Gibbs in a thrilling CAA victory, overcoming Campbell University 28-24 thanks to a stunning fourth-quarter comeback fueled entirely by explosive special teams plays. Campbell opened the scoring with an eight-minute drive capped by a 34-yard touchdown pass from Camden Sixkiller to Trayjen Llanas-Wilcox, putting […]

Jackson State star quarterback Jacobian Morgan exited the Las Vegas HBCU Classic against Grambling State on Saturday evening with an apparent lower leg injury. Morgan started the game, completing three of six passes for 63 yards and adding a seven-yard rush before he was replaced by Parker Stofa. JSU QB JaCobian Morgan in a walking […]

South Carolina State brutally crashed Michael Vick’s first homecoming as the Norfolk State head coach, dismantling the Spartans in a decisive 51-20 rout. While Norfolk State showed initial promise in the first quarter, the Bulldogs dominated the rest of the game, scoring an insurmountable 35 points in the second quarter alone to seize control. Norfolk […]

In a game that has reshaped the MEAC championship race, DeSean Jackson and the Delaware State Hornets stunned North Carolina Central, in a 31-24 victory to crash the Eagles’ homecoming. The win didn’t just vault the Hornets into the top spot in the MEAC after the first year of conference play; it broke a 48-year […]

ESPN’s First Take was broadcasting live from Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama, promoting the 2025 Magic City Classic presented by Amazon, and Cam Newton provided a moment sports fans are unlikely to forget. The scene unfolded during a segment where the Alabama State and Alabama A&M mascots raced in a 40-yard dash. Following the Alabama […]

The HBCU world is reeling after Southern University fired Terrence Graves after a shaky 1-6 start to the season. Southern University Athletics Director Roman Banks made the decision on Monday after openly musing about it during the post-game press conference following the Jaguars’ homecoming loss to Prairie View A&M and following Graves’s appearance on Monday […]

As the MEAC football slate kicks off this Saturday, there should be no debate that North Carolina Central is the conference’s best team. Sure, the Eagles have faced several teams that aren’t deemed as contenders in the early season, as Florida A&M & Southern are in disarray on the football field, and North Carolina A&T […]

As I scrolled through social media recently, looking for topics to cover on HBCU Pulse and ClutchPoints, I noticed a firestorm erupting around a new web series from Keke Palmer’s Key TV Network called Southern Fried Rice. The show centers on KoKo Johnson, an Asian American young woman who was adopted and raised by a […]

In a move that shocked and perplexed the HBCU football world, Terrence Graves was fired as head coach of Southern University following his appearance on the SWAC Coaches Call and even filming his weekly coaches show. Despite Southern’s 17-3 loss to Prairie View A&M and Southern University Athletic Director Roman Banks’s rather intriguing post-game presser, […]

When the schedules were released this spring, the Norfolk State vs. South Carolina State matchup was one I circled immediately. It was set to be an iconic showdown: the first MEAC game for Michael Vick as head coach of Norfolk State, squaring off against Chennis Berry, a celebrated coach who successfully set the standard for success […]

Before Norfolk State starts its MEAC slate of games, Michael Vick confirmed that he made changes to his coaching staff. Vick confirmed the rumors during Monday’s MEAC Coaches Call. “We obviously, in this game, have to look for opportunities to grow and get better and put our players in the best situation possible, and my […]

As Norfolk State starts its MEAC conference slate, Michael Vick is relying on quarterback Otto Khuns to give the team the bost it need to power them to success. Per Vick’s comments on the MEAC Coaches Call, he believes that this will be Khun’s “most important five games of his life.” “This is a very […]

DeSean Jackson and Delaware State have had an amazing start to the season, emerging from the non-conference slate with a 4-3 record. Under Jackson, the team is off to its best start since the 2007 season and is in serious conversations to be a contender in the MEAC this year. The first true test of […]

Trei Oliver and North Carolina Central look poised for another championship run but, with a homecoming matchup against DeSean Jackson’s Delaware State Hornets, they aren’t looking too far ahead. Jackson has buit a formidable Delaware State team that drew the attention of Oliver, who expressed his respect for what the Horents were doing in Monday’s […]

Southern University has announced that Terrence Graves has been fired as head coach of Southern University. The move is shocking, as it comes hours after Graves appeared on the SWAC Coaches Call and addressed the conversation around his possible termination. “We’ve talked. We always have conversations every week,” Graves he said during the call. “And […]

So, ESPN’s College Gameday is heading to Vanderbilt University this Saturday for the Commodores’ matchup against Missouri and a lot of people are upset. Vanderbilt has been an amazing story this season, currently sitting at 6-1 following a tremendous rise last season that included a breakthrough win over Alabama. This year, they’ve continued their momentum […]

Update: Terrence Graves has been fired from Southern University. This aticle was written following his apperance on the SWAC Coaches call. He was relieved on Monday evening. Read more here. It looks like Terrence Graves is staying at the helm of Southern University football for right now. After a interesitng press confernce by Southern University […]

After a few days of speculation, Tremaine Jackson addressed his name being linked to the vacant UAB coaching position on Monday’s SWAC Coaches Call after the program fired Trent Dilfer. Jackson is coming off of a huge victory over Southern University on Saturday, virtually opening up the team’s path to a division title and an […]