HBCU
Fashion
24 hours, two job titles: How Tuskegee guard Joirdyn Smith balances basketball and styling
Smith has built a client roster that spans the WNBA, NFL and college sports while juggling classes, practices and life as a student-athlete
HBCU
For Howard and Tennessee State, the NBA HBCU Classic is an audition
With NBA veterans John Wall, Robert Covington and Nolan Smith in leadership roles, both programs see All-Star Weekend as a chance to showcase their players on one of basketball’s biggest stages
Sports
North Carolina A&T’s new athletic director: Anyone, regardless of their gender, is capable of doing this job
Katreshia Louis-Verrett is the second woman in school history to serve in the role
Sports
New Tuskegee soccer programs provide opportunity for athletes to compete while fulfilling HBCU dreams
University fields men’s and women’s soccer teams for the first time in its 145-year history
Television
HBCU alums turned actors bring their own college experiences to roles in ‘A Different World’ sequel
Memories of Morehouse, Howard and North Carolina A&T helped shape grads’ portrayals
Sports
Alabama A&M quarterback Quad Brown, the ‘Unc’ of HBCU football, believes he has more left to prove
Now in his eighth season of college football, he says: “I’m fulfilling my purpose. I’m going to continue to do that until God tells me, ‘All right, it’s time to put the football down'”
Sports
8 memorable ‘money game’ upsets in HBCU football
Traditionally, guarantee games have meant big losses but big checks for HBCU programs. During these past matchups, the underdogs prevailed
Television
‘A Different World’ finds its next generation
The iconic HBCU sitcom returns after 33 years with new students, familiar faces and the same commitment to Black stories.
Sports
Norfolk State alum Diamond Johnson’s goal is the WNBA. The Upshot League may help her get there.
She finished the new domestic league’s inaugural season as its second-leading scorer
Sports
Howard’s new coach gets first win, but MEAC/SWAC Challenge shows team has work to do
Bison quarterback Ja’Shawn Scroggins shines while the run game and secondary struggle during Ted White’s debut at the helm of his alma mater’s football program
Comic Books
How The Ink Alliance and Sanford Greene are creating new pathways into comics
By supporting Black-owned comic shops and mentoring emerging artists, they’re helping build a stronger pipeline for the next generation
Sports
What Allen Iverson and HBCUs have to do with the US Open
From Naomi Osaka’s Allen Iverson tribute to Taylor Townsend’s HBCU-inspired look, two stars are bringing personal cultural influences onto the US Open stage
Sports
These HBCU football players have the talent to leave their mark on the game this season
Here are 11 standouts in the MEAC, SWAC and CAA whose names are worth remembering
Sports
Erick Hunter has spent years proving people wrong. Now he’s doing it in Detroit
The former Morgan State standout has turned years of doubt into motivation as he fights for a spot on the Lions’ 53-man roster.