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Report: Crowdfunding Drives For College Football Player In Critical Condition Shut Down Over Fear Of NCAA ViolationsTennessee State sophomore Christion Abercrombie suffered a devastating head injury in the first half of his team’s loss to Vanderbilt Saturday. According to Tennessee State head coach Rod Reed, Abercrombie suffered the injury while “taking on a block” during an otherwise typical football play, and c...

Arkansas Women's Tennis Team Schedules Six Matches In One Day Against Cupcake Opponent To Earn Tournament Eligibility [Update]Arkansas women’s tennis had a surprisingly strong run in the SEC Tournament last week, making it all the way to the semifinals despite finishing 11th in regular season conference play. It was enough of a run to give the school hopes of an at-large bid in the upcoming NCAA tournament, if not for one ...

Tennessee State Player Expelled From School For Punching Out Coach During GameTennessee State defensive end Latrelle Lee was kicked off the team and then kicked out of the university altogether, after twice punching the Tigers’ head strength coach T.J. Greenstone during Saturday’s game....

Duke's Grayson Allen Draws Foul Without Being Touched

In the photo above, Tennesse State’s Darreon Reddick is quite literally watching Duke’s Grayson Allen go by. He should’ve observed the unwritten-but-well-known Duke Buffer Zone of at least five feet; he got whistled for the foul on Allen....

Tennessee State Finishes Game With Only Four Players On The Court

Southern Illinois beat Tennessee State 84-67, scoring 31 of their points at the free throw line. That many fouls was a big problem for Tennessee State. Marcus Roper fouled out with 8:36 left, Demontez Loman fouled out with 5:12 left, Xavier Richards fouled out with 2:40 left, and finally Jay Harri...

Tennessee State Ends Murray State's Undefeated Season By Flopping Its Way To Victory

A technical foul called on Murray State's Ed Daniel—one that resulted from a clear flop that the referees had ample time to view on replay—helped Tennessee State upset Murray State and end the Racers' dream of an undefeated season....

Woe Is The Illini

The Tennessee State Tigers are 4-8, with losses to Belmont, Akron, Colorado State and Southeast Missouri State. It was once known as the Tennessee State Agricultural and Industrial State Normal School for Negroes. Oprah Winfrey went there. And yesterday, they beat our Illini at the Assembly Hall in ...