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February 5, 2024
Delaware State University announces plans for facility upgrades
Delaware State University recently announced upgrades and replacements for its athletic facilities. During a recent meeting, school president Tony Allen and athletic director Alecia Shields-Gadson detailed the projects that have been approved. One...
September 27, 2023
Armenta becomes first woman to play in HBCU D1 football game
Following a rash of injuries to the team's kicker position, Jackson State University looked to the women's soccer team for support. They turned to Leilani Armenta, a freshman defender on the women’s soccer team who possessed high school experien...
January 23, 2023
Ed Reed Out as Head Coach at Bethune-Cookman
As it turns out, former NFL champion Ed Reed will not be the head coach of the Bethune-Cookman football team. About a month after the university announced Reed, a former All-Pro NFL safety with the Baltimore Ravens, as the new leader of its footba...
December 13, 2021
Div. II Bluefield State & Div. III Huntingdon Adds Women’s Wrestling
Bluefield State Athletics announced another new sport on Dec. 6 – women's wrestling. The announcement comes after 12 new sports, including men's wrestling, were added in fall 2020, bringing Bluefield State to 23 varsity sports to meet Title IX comp...
May 24, 2021
HBCU Tennessee State May Add Men’s & Women’s Hockey
Tennessee State University could become the first historically black institution to have varsity men's and women's ice hockey teams. A feasibility study is exploring the possibility that would also make the university the first in the state to establ...
Girls who play sports report 5 times higher levels of meaning and purpose compared to those who never played.
Study: Sports play critical role in promoting girls’ mental health
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A new study on mental health by the Women's Sports Foundation found gi...