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VUU, VSU left mark on NFL

HBCU grads sidelined at NFL Draft

Nowadays, the NFL seems to have overlooked HBCU athletes. None were selected in the most recent draft and just one was called in the past three years. Current NFL rosters only average about one HBCU player per team.

Devin George races with ambition, talent

While he’s far, far from the finish line, Devin George has high hopes of following in the tire tracks of Denny Hamlin and Bubba Wallace.

Getting the party started

It’s time for baseball fans to start humming, “Take me out to the ball game.”

NSU ends season with CIT championship

There was no place like home this basketball season for Norfolk State University.

Owens left mark on campus and above the rim at H-SC

Former basketball star Ed Owens is now Mayor Owens.

Joyner out at Hampton

Edward “Buck” Joyner, who served as Hampton University basketball coach in three different conferences, has been fired.

One word says it best: ‘Mahomes!’

Chiefs win Super Bowl on Mahomes’ clutch play

Give the man a cape. He’s become the “Superman of the Super Bowl.” Patrick Mahomes now has three Super Bowl MVPs to go with a trio of Super Bowl victories following Kansas City’s 25-22 win over San Francisco on Feb. 11 in Las Vegas.

Mahomes, Purdy in NFL spotlight

Meet the “odd couple” of Super Bowl quarterbacks. Greatness, from the get-go, was predicted for Kansas City’s Patrick Mahomes, not so for San Francisco’s Brock Purdy, the longest of the longshots.

Chiefs, 49ers primed for Super Bowl rematch

This year’s Super Bowl matchup features franchises with plenty of experience on football’s grandest stage.

VUU men get big win against rival

Virginia Union University has known hard times this basketball season, but the way Coach Jay Butler sees it, “We’re 1-0 ... 1-0 with nine to go.” The CIAA Northern Divi- sion title is determined by divisional record and VUU started divisional play with a convincing 54-44 win at Virginia State as part of the Freedom Classic Festival.

Smith says ‘anchors aweigh’

Basketball standout Kyah Smith has proven to be in ship-shape as a college freshman. The native Richmonder and former L.C. Bird High of Chesterfield star is making waves at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md.

Coaching legend Lou Anderson dies at age 87

Louis “Lou” Anderson Jr., who spent most of his adult life coaching football and, more importantly to him, influencing the lives of young men, died Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. Mr. Anderson was 87 and had been in an assisted living facility for several years.