Paul Davis is leaving Bluefield State University after four seasons, and sources indicate to HBCU Gameday that he is likely to remain inside the CIAA. Davis announced his departure from Bluefield State this week after helping guide the program through one of
Howard University has turned the 2025-2026 school year into a statement about what an HBCU athletics department can become in modern Division I sports. The Bison did not simply have a good year. They built a year that touched nearly every corner of the athletic
In a move that could impact HBCU athletic recruiting, the NAACP is calling on Black athletes, recruits, families and fans to withhold athletic and financial support from major public universities in states it says are weakening Black voting representation. The organization announced
A successful Division II HBCU women’s basketball program has been led by men throughout the team’s history. That will change in the 2026-27 season. Ebony Tanner, who recently coached Elizabeth City State, has been named Shaw University’s new women’s basketball coach, making
By Charles Hallman Historic Wrigley Field, built in 1914 and renamed from Cubs Park in 1926, is the second-oldest active Major League Baseball stadium, located on the city’s North Side. Two weekends ago, Wrigley became the first-ever site of an HBCU baseball
The late Charlie Neal was a broadcasting pioneer and a legendary voice for historically Black colleges and universities. Neal passed away on Wednesday at age 80. For fans of HBCUs such as Mississippi Valley State, Jackson State, Alcorn State, and other schools, Neal was the person
Three HBCU content creation teams earned a prestigious honor this past week thanks to the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. NATAS, in partnership with Coca-Cola, announced three winners of the 2026 Coca-Cola HBCU Sports Production Grant. The program, in its
By Edmond W. Davis *The original Great Migration (1910-1970) was one of the most consequential movements in American history. Between approximately 1910 and 1970, millions of African Americans fled the racial violence, voter suppression, economic exploitation, lynching, segregation, and legalized humiliation of the American
Former HBCU star Diamond Johnson is carrying more than just a hot scoring streak into her new professional women’s basketball journey with the Greensboro Groove. Right now, Johnson stands as the only former HBCU player competing in the Upshot League. Through the
HOUSTON, Tx — Charlie Neal, the legendary architect of modern HBCU sports broadcasting and the lead play-by-play voice of HBCU GO, has died at the age of 81 following an illness that had sidelined him last season. Neal is survived by his wife
