WPLG Local 10 is proud to announce a multi-year broadcast partnership with HBCU GO Sports, the nation’s leading media provider for America’s 107 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Through this agreement, WPLG will become the exclusive South Florida broadcast home for HBCU GO’s live coverage of regular season football and men’s basketball games. This partnership
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When the Jordan Brand Classic returned to the nation’s capital for its 23rd anniversary, five Howard University students stepped into the spotlight—this time behind the camera. The students—Harmony Bailey, Chase Drewery, Curtis Merritt, Faith Mulosmanaj, and Chris Nwafor—produced a compelling mini-documentary titled “Greatness in the Making.” The film, now available on the Jordan Brand’s @Jumpman23 YouTube channel, captures
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Dr. Alecia Heffner-Crump, a proud alumna of Dillard University, Louisiana’s oldest HBCU, is a tenured higher education professional, an advocate for STEM, and a groundbreaking change agent. With her recent publication, Lead with Fire: How to Inspire, Influence, and Elevate in a Changing World, she offers invaluable leadership insights poised to transform the professional landscape for
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Alabama A&M University has made history by naming Thai Floyd as the first woman to serve as the football team’s full-time play-by-play announcer. Alabama A&M is an HBCU in Huntsville, Alabama, and competes in the SWAC. Floyd will call Bulldogs games throughout the 2025 season. A proud Florida A&M alumna, she brings years of experience as a broadcast journalist. Most
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On Friday, July 11, the rising Florida A&M baseball sophomore was named the HBCU Swingman Classic’s Most Valuable Player after leading the National Team to a 7-4 victory over the American Team at the Atlanta Braves’ Truist Park. The rising sophomore hit a two-run, game-tying homerun to left center in the seventh inning to spark the
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After students were forced out of their homes and communities due to the U.S. Department of Labor‘s interruption of operations, two HBCUs in Georgia are coming together to assist those heavily impacted. As Blavity reported, many Job Corps enrollees depend on their centers for more than just hands-on training in fields like welding, nursing and carpentry. They count on on-campus housing, meals and
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By Megan Lebowitz Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Sunday that President Donald Trump wants the Federal Emergency Management Agency “remade” rather than dismantled entirely. “I think the president recognizes that FEMA should not exist the way that it always has been. It needs to be redeployed in a new way, and that’s what we did
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The Trump administration on Thursday opened a civil rights investigation into the hiring practices at George Mason University, expanding a national campaign against diversity policies to Virginia’s largest public university. The Education Department said it is responding to a complaint from multiple professors at George Mason who accuse the university of favoring those from underrepresented
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Alex Maganda, a 2018 Morehouse College graduate, is being held in a Texas detention center after a traffic violation led to his apprehension by immigration authorities. Maganda came to the U.S. from Mexico at 5 years old, according to his attorney. But his detainment has his loved ones worried the Dallas resident could be deported.
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By Jesse Pound U.S. equity futures slid early Monday as Wall Street contends with continued tariff risks and second-quarter earnings on deck. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 140 points, or 0.3%. S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures also dropped 0.3% each. President Donald Trump said Saturday that the U.S. will impose 30% tariffs on the European Union and Mexico starting Aug.
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