Left to right: Tory Woodbury, Tierra Terry and Jay Butler. WINSTON-SALEM – Winston-Salem State athletics kicked off its “Restore the Standard” Tour on July 7, giving alumni, donors and supporters an opportunity to hear directly from the coaches tasked with leading Rams athletics into its next era. Billed as Coaches Corner, the

Jackson State DB Kam Sallis. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The SWAC’s football head coaches and sports information directors selected the 2026 Preseason All-Conference Teams. Alabama State quarterback Andrew Body was named the 2026 SWAC Preseason Offensive Player of the Year after earning First Team All-SWAC honors at quarterback. Jackson State defensive

Every summer I make it a point to highlight nontraditional sports before August kicks in and the HBCU sports world goes crazy. Black people are not monolithic. New generations are growing up with diversifying interests outside of the traditional football, basketball, baseball and track and field. And then there are the sports fanatics. They will watch

BOULDER, Colo. — Deion “Coach Prime” Sanders says he feels like his old — and younger — self again a year after undergoing surgery to remove his cancerous bladder. “I consider myself cancer-free,” thanks to robotic surgery that also reconstructed his bladder using part of his intestine, Sanders told The Associated

Johnson C. Smith won its first CIAA Football Championship in 55 years. The CIAA Football Media Day isn’t until July 15, but the conference already has upstaged the coaches and players. The board of directors released a teaser at the 2026 Spring Meeting last month announcing an expanded football championship format to debut in the fall. Full details

CHAPEL HILL – Flag Football Elite, a nonprofit youth flag football league co-founded by former professional athletes Cedric Peerman and Dr. Hagar Elgendy, has been invited to participate in the 2026 NFL FLAG National Championships Presented by Toyota, one of the premiere national championship events in youth flag football. The league is the only one

The Ohio Valley Conference is returning to its original name and logo beginning in the fall. The conference had merged with the Big South to form the Big South-OVC Football Association from 2023-24 and OVC-Big South Association for 2025. Tennessee State is a member of the OVC. The Tigers were the first HBCU to join a predominately white conference.

CARY – The North Carolina Courage are bringing back the highly successful Courageously Cool Summer initiative for matches at First Horizon Stadium over the next two months. Launched last year, the program received strong feedback for its features designed to keep fans comfortable and energized during the hottest months of the year. Key elements to