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Howard’s 1993 team put me on the HBCU sports path

Thursday, June 19, 2025

By Bonitta Best

Former Howard star quarterback Jay “Sky” Walker was officially inducted into the Black College Football Hall of Fame earlier this month in Atlanta. Walker, whose birth name is Jewel Jacobia Walker, has carved out quite a sports broadcasting career since his playing days ended. He doesn’t know me from Adam, but it’s because of him

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SPORTS SHORTS

Wednesday, June 18, 2025

By Compiled by staff

RALEIGH * Women Wellness Kickball League’s game day is June 22, 3 p.m., Worthdale Park, Sunnybrook Road. Contact: Tina at 919-219-6651. * Rocket League Championship Series esports tournament is June 26-29, Lenovo Center, 1400 Edwards Mills Road. * 4th Annual Mentoring Youth Camp is June 28, NC State Close King Indoor Facility. Sponsorships needed.

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Former NCAT pitcher now shares the game he loves with his love

Tuesday, June 17, 2025

By NCAT Sports Information

GREENSBORO – Former North Carolina A&T right-hander Evan Gates is trying to make it to the big leagues. Well, check that. The Gateses are trying to make it to the big leagues. Gates, 27, is a member of the Double-A San Francisco Giants affiliate Richmond Flying Squirrels. He is also married. He met the former Emily Barber in 2021 while playing in

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South Carolina State great earns top honor

Thursday, June 12, 2025

By College Corner

South Carolina State great Cobie Durant earned the 2025 Black College Football Pro Player of the Year Award presented by the NFL Players Association. CC hasn’t stopped laughing yet. Newly hired Florida A&M Athletic Director Angela Suggs was arrested Monday on multiple felony criminal charges. Why is CC laughing? We don’t have the time or

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MEAC football is on the clock for 2025

Thursday, June 12, 2025

By Bonitta Best

The MEAC needs a football comeback in 2025. The conference has lost the last two Cricket Celebration Bowls, which crowns the HBCU national champion, and the last three MEAC-SWAC Challenges, which opens the HBCU season. Whether it’s just a blip or something more serious remains to be seen, but the MEAC office should be doing the happy dance on its

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NCFC Youth unveils custom adidas jersey for a youth soccer club

Wednesday, June 11, 2025

By Staff Reports

RALEIGH – North Carolina FC Youth, the largest youth soccer organization in the state, in partnership with adidas and Soccer.com, has unveiled the first-ever, bespoke, custom-designed adidas jersey co-created with a youth soccer club. This historic collaboration took place over 12 months and serves as an inaugural test case for the process of

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Triangle pickleball tournament smashes goal toward ALS cure

Tuesday, June 10, 2025

By John McCann, Special To The Tribune

DURHAM — The goal was generating $25,000 toward finding a cure for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS. Roger Gore’s Acing ALS Triangle 2025 Round Robin shattered that in early June. “We’ve raised $33,000 and still have till the end of June to hit a new goal of $35,000,” Gore said. All proceeds benefit the ALS Therapy

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Purposeful Pickleball: Acing ALS Triangle 2025

Friday, June 6, 2025

By John McCann, Special To The Tribune

Roger Gore DURHAM — Roughly $2,300 shy of a $25,000 goal toward finding a cure for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, Roger Gore is looking for a few more individuals to help ace his annual pickleball tournament. The Acing ALS Triangle 2025 Round Robin, June 6-8, at Bethesda Park honors Gore’s late brother-in-law. “ALS destroyed my

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