Two former HBCU basketball players allegedly refused to cooperate in an NCAA gambling investigation. Former North Carolina A&T basketball players Ryan Forrest and Landon Glasper reportedly ignored multiple requests to participate in the investigation, such as sitting for interviews and disclosing financial documents, per a report by David Purdum of ESPN. The investigation into the suspicious gambling activity began
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Meet Ke’Shawn Alexander, a two-time HBCU graduate who turned his lifelong passion for STEM into an AI-powered travel intelligence tool that gives travelers a single, optimized departure time recommendation. A native of Washington, D.C., who now lives in Atlanta, Alexander says his love for travel was often complicated by the traffic-clogged highways leading to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, AFROTECH reports. After
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The Tuskegee ESPN handcuffing incident returned to the spotlight during the SIAC men’s basketball championship after ESPN aired footage of the controversial moment involving Tuskegee head coach Benjy Taylor earlier this season. Tuskegee athletic director Reginald Ruffin did not hold back in his reaction, criticizing the network for replaying the footage during one of the biggest games
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By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON — Internal Supreme Court divisions over how the high court has frequently ruled in favor of the Trump administration in emergency situations spilled out into public Monday with liberal Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson and conservative Justice Brett Kavanaugh locking horns. The court’s conservative majority has on a regular basis blocked lower court
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By Associated Press Travelers complained of long waits Sunday — lasting hours in some cases — at security checkpoints at airports in Houston and New Orleans, which officials blamed on a government shutdown of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The estimated wait time at the standard security checkpoint at the William P. Hobby Airport
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The Gateway Center Arena opened the 2026 Pepsi SWAC Basketball Tournament on Monday with both women’s and men’s first-round action, as 24 teams (12 women and 12 men) from the Southwestern Athletic Conference compete for conference championships and automatic bids to the NCAA Division I Tournament. The six-day tournament, running through March 14, is being
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The connection between HBCU football and the broader college football landscape was on full display this week as the Deion Sanders Prairie View visit unfolded in Boulder. Deion Sanders welcomed the coaching staff from Prairie View A&M Panthers football to observe operations within the Colorado Buffaloes football program, offering the SWAC staff a rare behind-the-scenes look at
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By Scott Wong DORAL, Fla. — President Donald Trump described the war in Iran as “short term” Monday — suggesting the 10-day conflict that has roiled the Middle East could be nearing its end while also warning of intensifying strikes if a key oil route is restricted. “We took a little excursion because we felt we had to do that
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By Monica Lewis Howard University’s men’s and women’s basketball teams have both captured Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) regular season championships, marking the first time since 1987 that both Bison basketball programs have achieved this feat in the same season. The historic milestone was secured following victories on Thursday at Norfolk State to close out the
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By Owen Auston-Babcock The Georgia district that sent Marjorie Taylor Greene, once a fierce defender of Donald Trump, to Congress is now deciding how to replace her — and whether to let the president make the pick. Voters are heading to the polls for a special election Tuesday in Georgia’s 14th Congressional District where all candidates
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