Texas Southern President Reportedly Reaffirms Push for Lowery Hours After Players Rally for Chatman
One day before Texas Southern’s Board of Regents is scheduled to vote on new athletics leadership, men’s basketball players and…
TSU Alumni Take Their Case for Tony Wyllie to FOX 26 Ahead of Wednesday’s Vote
Two days before Texas Southern’s Board of Regents meets to vote on a new athletics director and a new men’s…
Texas Southern Board of Regents to Vote Aug. 19 on New Athletics Director and Men’s Basketball Coach
Update, Aug. 14: Defender Network college sports editor Terrance Harris reported on X Friday afternoon that, according to sources, the…
North Carolina A&T Names Katreshia Louis-Verrett Its New Athletics Director
A Familiar Face Returns to Lead Aggie Athletics North Carolina A&T has its next athletics director, and she already knows…
Howard Tops $1.1 Billion Four More Schools Join the $100 Million Endowment Club
Updated on August 10th, 2026. The club of HBCUs with nine-figure endowments just got bigger. Four public HBCUs crossed the…
Monta Ellis Is Alcorn State’s New Men’s Basketball General Manager
Alcorn State men’s basketball has added one of the most accomplished professional players ever produced by the state of Mississippi…
Lawsuit Claims Alabama A&M Withheld Summer Pay From Faculty Coordinators and Chairs
A longtime Alabama A&M University faculty member has filed a proposed class action lawsuit against the university’s president and two…
From Aid Awards to Athletics: What A&T’s Audit Means for the Money Behind the Aggies
North Carolina’s state auditor released its annual financial audit of North Carolina A&T State University in July, and the headline…
The Congressional Black Caucus Is a No on the Revised Protect College Sports Act
Updated August 6th, 2025. Two days after the Senate Commerce Committee released revised text of the Protect College Sports Act,…
What the NCAA’s Fifth-Year Court Losses Mean for NC A&T, Hampton, and HBCU Sports
By the NCAA’s old math, Bryson Ogletree was done. The North Carolina A&T guard started his college career at South…
The Revised Protect College Sports Act Puts $1 Billion on the Table for HBCU Sports Media
The Senate Commerce Committee released the revised text of the Protect College Sports Act on Tuesday, days after the SEC…
MEAC Commissioner Sonja Stills Receives Five-Year Contract Extension
MEAC Commissioner Sonja Stills has agreed to a five-year contract extension that will keep her leading the conference through 2031,…
Alabama A&M Becomes the First HBCU Football Program to Land a Jersey-Patch Sponsor
When the Bulldogs take the field this fall, their jerseys will carry something no HBCU football uniform has carried before:…