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Ohio Valley Conference Postpones Fall Olympic Sports but Not Football

The Ohio Valley Conference said it has decided it is postponing the start of competition in fall Olympic sports until Sept. 17, but the decision doesn’t include football “due to existing contractual matters.” The conference also said it will conduct conference-only competition in women’s soccer and volleyball. The competitive schedules for winter and spring sports […]

July 23, 2020

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SWAC Postpones All Fall Sports, Says Football Training Will Begin in January

The Southwestern Athletic Conference announced the postponement of all scheduled fall sports contests due to COVID-19 and said it has “started the process of formalizing plans” to hold these contests in the spring. Specifically, the conference said football training will begin in January 2021, ahead of a planned seven-game conference schedule. “Each member institution will […]

July 21, 2020

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Colonial Athletic Association Cancels Fall Football Amid Pandemic

The Colonial Athletic Association has decided to cancel football this coming fall due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The conference’s 12 members though will be allowed to pursue their own schedules, said ESPN. “The institutions of the Colonial Athletic Association recognize that we compete in a Conference made up of ten distinctive institutions that are located […]

July 20, 2020

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Ivy League Becomes First D-I Conference to Suspend All Sports Until 2021

The Ivy League on Wednesday suspended all sports until 2021, including fall football, in response to health risks posed by the continuing COVID-19 pandemic. It is the first Division I conference to do so, reports the Associated Press. “We simply do not believe we can create and maintain an environment for intercollegiate athletic competition that […]

July 9, 2020

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Morehouse College Cancels Fall Sports Amid COVID-19 Concerns

The historically Black Morehouse College has cancelled its fall football and cross country seasons in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, in light of an expected second wave of COIVD-19 predicted to begin in September. In a letter announcing the decision Friday, Dr. David A. Thomas, Morehouse’s president, cited the inability to social distance during […]

June 26, 2020

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American Athletic Conference May Limit Marching Bands, Spirit Squads for Fall Football

The American Athletic Conference (AAC) will implement “strict” football game day guidelines for marching bands and spirit squads, according to a Memphis newspaper, The Commercial Appeal. Though the AAC has not made an official announcement, an anonymous source “with knowledge of the situation” confirmed the restrictions on Wednesday. If true, the AAC would be the […]

June 25, 2020

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After Racism Allegations, a Coach to Leave U of Iowa With $1.1 Million

A University of Iowa coach will leave his position after allegations of racism. And, in a separation agreement with the university, he will get $1.11 million, which is equivalent to 15 months’ salary, reported ESPN. Chris Doyle, the university’s football strength coach, will leave effective immediately, according to the agreement signed Sunday and announced Monday. […]

June 15, 2020

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Florida A&M Board Votes to Quit MEAC and Move to SWAC

Florida A&M University’s board on Thursday unanimously voted to leave the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) and move to the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC), reported HBCU Gameday. The university will leave MEAC on June 30, 2021, and join SWAC a day later. When Florida A&M leaves, MEAC will be left with nine full members, only seven […]

June 4, 2020

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Penn State U Student Says He Was Racially Abused While Driving to Ohio

Aeneas Hawkins, an African American student from Penn State University, said on Twitter he was the target of racial abuse while on a road trip back home to Ohio on Saturday. “I’m on a road trip back home, and stopped for gas about 3 hours away. As I’m coming out of the store after paying […]

May 26, 2020

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NCAA Allows Voluntary Football and Basketball Athletic Activities on Campus Starting June 1

A National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) moratorium on all sports activities, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, will expire May 31 after the NCAA council decided that Division I football and basketball can resume on campus activities on a voluntary basis starting June 1, said CBS sports. The council extended the blanket waiver allowing teams in […]

May 21, 2020

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This HBCU President Is Strongly Against a Fall Reopening

Colleges and universities are “deluding themselves” about getting students back to campuses in the fall amid the COVID-19 pandemic, said Dr. Michael J. Sorrell, president of Paul Quinn College which is an HBCU (historically Black college or university). In a recent article in The Atlantic, Sorrell said higher education institutions “are letting their financial and […]

May 19, 2020

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Howard University Football Alum Sean D. Boynes Dies From COVID-19 Complications

Sean D. Boynes,  a three-year member of Howard University’s Bison football team (1991-93), died earlier this month of complications related to COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the coronavirus, reported HBCU Gameday. In 1993, Boynes was part of the squad that went 11-0 in their path to a first Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference title and a […]

April 15, 2020