Tag: football
We list some of the all-time great HBCU football players by...
By Donald Hunt
For the Birmingham Times
Several sensational football players have come out of the historical black colleges and universities (HBCUs). Many have gone on...
AAMU, ASU standouts from the modern era
By Solomon Crenshaw Jr.
For the Birmingham Times
Some great players from Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University and Alabama State University have participated in the Magic...
Alabama A&M and Alabama State head into The Magic City Classic...
By Donald Hunt
For The Birmingham Times
Both Alabama A&M and Alabama State University head into next week’s Magic City Classic coming off impressive victories.
Alabama A&M...
Tuskegee remains unbeaten; Miles gets back in the win column
By Donald Hunt
For The Birmingham Times
Tuskegee University’s football team continues to play at a high level. The Golden Tigers (4-0) are coming off a...
Big night for city’s high school football teams against suburban foes
By Solomon Crenshaw Jr.
For The Birmingham Times
On Saturday morning, Scotty Colson scrolled through the email from the Alabama High School Athletic Association and the...
HBCU teams in Alabama gear up for first games
Donald Hunt
For The Birmingham Times
This looks like a big year for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) football in Alabama.
In the Southwestern Athletic Conference...
Miles College Golden Bears won’t sneak up on opponents this year
By Solomon Crenshaw Jr.
Alabama NewsCenter
There has been a change in the food chain in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. After winning the 2015 league...
UAB coach Bill Clark: Yesterday’s gone, the future is now
By Wayne Hester
Alabama NewsCenter
Bill Clark never gave up when UAB President Ray Watts announced in 2014 that the school was dropping football because of...
Birmingham-Southern track and football star is off and running
By Solomon Crenshaw Jr.
Alabama NewsCenter
Jamal Watkins said having his mother present last month when he competed in the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships...
Former Alabama RB Altee Tenpenny dies in car crash
GREENVILLE, Miss. (AP) — A 20-year-old college football player was killed in a one-car crash in Mississippi, a local coroner said Wednesday.
Altee Tenpenny was...