By: G. Napier Barnes III It’s the first week of October. By now teams are beginning to separate in their conference standings. Good teams began to float to the top. Not so good teams began to sink into “wait until next year” mode. Still a few teams will hang around hoping a win here, and […]
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By: G. Napier Barnes, III. Football is the King of intercollegiate sports especially on HBCU campuses. Most football programs are revenue generating. Some programs can even “carry” a schools’ entire athletic department. But because of Title IX, which came into effect in the early 1970’s, women’s sports are just as important on college and university
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By: G. Napier Barnes, III. One thing that really bothers me is when I meet a young person and they tell me that they are going to (put any college here) to play football (or any other sport). Naw partner, you’re NOT going to college to play a sport! You’re going to college to get
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By DL White “Juneteenth is a movement, not a moment,” affirmed District 5 SupervisorAdelita Grijalva, echoing the mantra of Tucson Juneteenth President Larry Starks. In a (4-1) vote on September 6, the Board voted to approve the annual recognition of Juneteenth. Juneteenth acknowledges the day in which Union troops entered Galveston, Texas in 1865 to
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By: G. Napier Barnes, III The very first Black College Intercollegiate football game was played way back on December 27th 1892. The Livingstone College Blue Bears hosted Biddle College (now Johnson C Smith University) on a snowy day in western North Carolina. It has been documented that Livingstone team members put up money to buy
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Smooth. Soulful. Songstress. Three words that best describe the artist Erin Stevenson, a powerhouse vocalists who’s toured with the likes of Janet Jackson, Justin Timberlake, Duran Duran and more! Stevenson is all set to open the stage and bring nothing but good vibes to San Diego’s premiere venue, Jazz at The Creek on Saturday, September
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By: G. Napier Barnes III Before we get into this weeks’ topic, I would like to share with you a conversation I had last week with one of my mentors, Mr. Harold Harris of Richmond, Virginia. Mr. Harris, affectionally known as “Jug Head” is a graduate of Allen University (SIAC) located in Columbia, South Carolina.
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EXCLUSIVE: Shark Tank’s Daymond John and Kevin Hart are teaming up with Audible Originals, that perfectly embodies the spirit of Black Business Month. Each of their stories to success can be heard in an audio series.
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CBS Studios/NAACP Production Venture and The Black List today announce a new initiative to discover episodic writing talent whose work authentically represents the Black experience. CBS/NAACP’s production partnership, run by Sheila Ducksworth, will offer a WGA-minimum script deal to one of the writers identified by this initiative. The Black List will assist CBS Studios/NAACP in
Fresh Glass, a lifestyle series highlighting women and BIPOC innovators in food, beverage, and entrepreneurship, debuts September 15 at 8:30pm on KPBS. Created by Cassandra Schaeg and Theresa Hoiles, viewers will join Schaeg on adventures to wineries, breweries, and businesses created by women and BIPOC entrepreneurs. From the first Native American woman winemaker and her wife creating
