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In a special three-part series, theGrio teamed up with Nicole Bailey, interior designer and founding owner of The Agorá Co., to help three students at Morgan State University upgrade their dorm…
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A former Coppin State University (CSU) basketball player is taking legal action against the school, claiming that an assistant coach sexually assaulted and blackmailed him. As the Baltimore Brew…
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With a hefty résumé including a 13-year stint as head coach at Bowie State University in Maryland, three Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association conference championships and multiple CIAA coach of the year honors, Morgan State…
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LAS VEGAS — It’s 5 a.m. on Friday and Norfolk State basketball coach Robert Jones desires a few more hours of sleep. But there’s a 5:30 a.m. national television hit to do, which would be fine if not for the 13-hour travel day from…
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ATLANTA (AP) — Deion Sanders was sentimental before his final game at Jackson State, and those emotions grew after coming up short in the Celebration Bowl for the second-straight year.…
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ATLANTA — Exactly six years after North Carolina Central left the Celebration Bowl in tears after a one-point loss to Grambling State, coach Trei Oliver and the Eagles left Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Saturday with a happier outcome.…
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Leading teams to Cricket Celebration Bowl is a familiar process for newly named Jackson State University head coach T.C. Taylor.  Taylor was the offensive coordinator for North Carolina Central’s Eagles in 2016 during their first…
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Jackson State University head football coach Deion Sanders and North Carolina Central University head football coach Trei Oliver each are vying for their school’s first Cricket Celebration Bowl win. Both teams are looking to improve…
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T.C. Taylor is getting a major promotion: The Jackson State University assistant football coach will succeed his boss, Deion Sanders, taking over the football program at JSU and becoming its 22nd…
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When the players from Jackson State and North Carolina Central universities arrive at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta for the Cricket Celebration Bowl, their pregame routines will consist of warmup stretches, position drills – and…
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