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The Makur Maker experiment at Howard was never going to work and already off to a bad startWhen Makur Maker, a five-star recruit and projected NBA Draft pick, announced that he was going to play college basketball this season at Howard University — an HBCU — people said a power shift was on the horizon, especially given the racial and social uprisings that have taken place in 2020....

Biden/Harris Free-Tuition Plan Could Offer Athletes an Escape From NCAA Stranglehold What happens when free tuition and free labor collide?...

Peyton Manning Creates Scholarship For Students at Six HBCUsFuture Hall of Fame quarterback Peyton Manning will sponsor six endowment scholarships at historically Black colleges and universities in Louisiana and Tennessee through his charity foundation....

Jrue and Lauren Holiday Pledge $5.3M to Help Black Communities

Pelicans star guard Jrue Holiday and his wife, former U.S. women’s soccer standout Lauren Holiday, announced on Wednesday that they will be donating the remainder of his NBA salary for the season to multiple charities and Black-owned businesses across the country....

Who Are the Best Athletes to Come From an HBCU? We Found a Few

The decision of top college recruit Markur Maker to turn down scholarship offers from Kentucky, UCLA and Memphis to attend Howard University, in D.C., an Historically Black College and University, has put the focus on HBCUs, once home to some of the best student-athletes in the country. When souther...

5-Star Recruit Makur Maker Committing to Howard Could be Game Changer for HBCUs

Maybe Makur Maker’s decision will be the spark....

Morehouse Cancels Football Season Over Coronavirus Concerns

Morehouse College announced that the school is choosing its students’ health over dollars. The school is shutting down all fall sports....

Laura Ingraham Schooled By Benjamin Watson In Deeply Satisfying Fox News Segment

I swear that headline up there is not the result of late night Mad Libs. Patriots tight end Benjamin Watson was on Fox News with conservative shithead Laura Ingraham Monday to discuss a recent article by Jemele Hill. It became clear almost immediately that Watson was expected to share Ingraham’s sne...