Archives for November 2005 | BlackAthlete

- High School
Coach Hammonds Has Made Big Mark On Area Youths

ASHEVILLE — Do African-American and other minority athletes need coaches of color to relate to? In an era where more and more professional athletes are failing as role models, teachers and...
- HBCU
Lady Aggies Lose Close One To Pirates

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Despite having four Aggies score in double figures, the Aggies still lost a tough 74-71 home opener to East Carolina in the Corbett Sports Center. Shareka Glover led...
- Basketball
NBA BEAT: Grabbing An Elusive Lead From Arch Rivals

SAN ANTONIO – The Los Angeles Lakers may have one of the toughest tasks in franchise history. How do they rebound from a 5-7 mark, win maybe nine of their sixteen...
- College Football
Bowie State vs. Tuskegee in Pioneer Bowl VIII

What: Pioneer Bowl V111 When: 1 p.m. Saturday, December 3 Where: American Legion Stadium, Charlotte, N.C. TV: ESPN Classic Records: Bulldogs 8-3; Tigers Series: First time playing each other Coaches” Bowie...
- Soccer
My Sportsman Choice: Thierry Henry

NEW YORK, My Sportsman Choice: Thierry Henry.If the name above is unfamiliar, we understand. This is America, after all, and Thierry Henry plys his trade across the Atlantic. Of course, if...
- College Football
Four Ways UCLA Can Beat USC’s Pair of Threes

LOS ANGELES — If anyone’s qualified to brief UCLA on how to stop a 33-game winning streak, it’s a former Bruin named Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. On Jan. 9, 1972, Abdul-Jabbar led the...
- AllSports
Ex-Bowling Green Aide Hamilton Enjoys Challenge Of Being Chicago State’s AD

CHICAGO– Darren Hamilton has learned plenty about football. First as a player at Penn State, where he lettered as a split end and was part of the 1982 national championship team,...
- AllSports
Texas Black Sports Hall Of Fame To Induct Ten Members To Mark 10th Anniversary

Dallas-The Texas Black sports Hall of Fame at the African American Museum in Fair Park will add ten new members at its annual banquet December 3, 2005.held at the Wyndham Anatole...
- Winter Games
Ralph Green: Alpine Skier

COLORADO—Ralph Green didn’t give up after he lost a leg following a random street shooting. He learned how to ski and he’s learning how to win. Coaches say he’s fearless and...
- Boxing
Commentary: Final Thoughts On Taylor-Hopkins 1

NEW YORK — When is a boxing decision a travesty and when is it not? Consider the recent Taylor-Hopkins fight. I scored the fight 7-5 for Taylor, which was the same...