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03/01/2025

New book alert: Big News! Classic Life is now available through Barnes and Barnes and Noble

Classic Life is a pictorial history of some of the most well-known and least-known Historically Black College and University Classic Football games. Travel across the country the Meadowlands to Dallas into the center of the hard-hitting action, musical halftime performances, and...

21/12/2024

Classic Life is a history of HBCU Football Classics including photos from Morgan State football playing in the Urban League Classic at the Meadowlands. Hardcover is available on Amazon. The soft cover is available on jmphotoaatl.com/books

15/12/2024

What a Saturday of football! Congratulations to the Jackson State Tigers.

T.C. Taylor achieved every head coach’s dream by leading his alma mater to a national championship and in doing so, restored the balance in HBCU football. The Tigers’ 28-7 win over South Carolina State in the Celebration Bowl gives the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) its first back-to-ba...

11/12/2024

You have 4 days to get your tickets for the rematch. Here is my take on the matchup.

Jackson State or South Carolina State will walk away with $1,000,000 Saturday afternoon. The bowl winnings are only a portion, albeit a nice portion, of what the two teams will battle for at noon inside Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Since the Celebration Bowl was established as the national title game for....

09/12/2024

Clark Atlanta battled back from a six-point first-half deficit to defeat Tuskegee in a SIAC matchup.

Clark Atlanta stormed back in the fourth period to defeat Tuskegee 62-58 at L.S. Epps Gym in Atlanta, GA. Tuskegee led for thirty minutes until CAU guard Brooklyn McKinley rained in a three from the deep corner. The sophomore guard also had a layup followed by an assist that cut the Golden Tigers’...

06/12/2024

Down in the desert

TEMPE, AZ – Redshirt sophomore Javan Robinson picked off BYU quarterback Jake Retzlaff in the final two minutes of the game to seal #21 Arizona State’s upset victory over the #14 Cougars. “We won the football game,” said head coach Kenny Dillingham. “We beat another ranked team in Mountain...

24/11/2024

CAU handled business this afternoon throttling LeMoyne Owen in an early SIAC matchup.

Clark Atlanta’s women’s basketball team used a 19-0 run to spark a 91-56 blowout of LeMoyne Owen at L.S. Epps Gym Saturday afternoon for their first conference win of the year. Atreonia Garner led the Lady Panthers’ scoring attack with 18 points. Trinity Jones and Corriana Evans were right on ...

18/11/2024

The Miles-CAU SIAC Football Championship looked like a single circle Venn-Diagram with Alabama at the center of it all. There are 100+ game and halftime photos in the gallery.

Miles College ended conference play the way it began, with a win. The Golden Bears dominated every phase of the game to defeat Clark Atlanta 53-25 in the SIAC title game Saturday afternoon at Albert J. Sloan Stadium. Success at Miles began the day Dr. George T. French was named the 14th president of...

03/11/2024

Howard University returned to the winning column with a 38-0 win over Delaware State at home on Saturday afternoon.

Ja’Shawn Scroggins led the Bison offense to its best performance of the season amassing 506 yards in a dominating 38-0 shutout of the Delaware State Hornets. Howard’s defense was equally dominating holding Del State to 116 yards of offense. Robert Jones III finished with two interceptions thanks...

29/10/2024

8 years ago an excessive celebration penalty against NC Central affected the outcome of the Celebration Bowl. Oh, the irony.

Grambling State came out on top of North Carolina Central 10-9 to bring an end to the HBCU college football season but the love carries on. From the tat of the snare to the flip of the dance team’s hair, Black College Football continues to be as tight-knit as it ever was. This is where culture and...

28/10/2024

Fort Valley State squashed Morehouse's Homecoming hopes with a 42-20 thumping. 140 photos from the tailgate, game, and halftime in the gallery.

Fort Valley State rushed for 206 yards in the second half to sour the Spel-House Homecoming with a 42-20 win over Morehouse Saturday afternoon. Singer Ari Lennox belted out tune after tune on the stage outside the fenceline of the northern end zone in celebration of the Maroon Tigers Homecoming but....

20/10/2024

Let this serve as a message to all HBCU teams: Don’t invite good teams for homecoming. Miles College laid a Jimmy Snuka smack-down on Clark Atlanta 49-28 ruining the Panthers' hopes of grabbing a share of first place and getting a win on Homecoming.

Let this serve as a message to all HBCU teams: Don’t invite good teams for homecoming. Miles College laid a Jimmy Snuka smack-down on Clark Atlanta 49-28 ruining the Panthers’ hopes of grabbing a share of first place and getting a win on Homecoming day. An invitation to be a team’s homecoming ...

13/10/2024

A warm night in the desert benefitted the Sun Devils.

TEMPE — Arizona State stunned No. 16 Utah 27-19 at Mountain America Stadium to get their first win over a ranked opponent since 2019. Cam Skattebo and linebacker Caleb McCullough led the Sun Devils charge. Skattebo rushed for 158 yards and two touchdowns, while McCullough collected 12 tackles and ...

29/09/2024

Benedict defeated Morehouse in a defensive battle.

Every score after Benedict’s touchdown in the first quarter was like sprinkles on a sundae as the defense held Morehouse to five points in a 21-5 in Atlanta. Morehouse and Benedict stepped onto the field Saturday a week after winning their first game of the season. Both did so in a similar fashion...

16/09/2024

Georgia Women's Soccer continues its winning way.

Frenzied. Georgia unleashed ninety minutes of frenzy on the pitch in Athens to outpace Washington State 4-1 on Sunday afternoon. The Cougars managed to match the Dawgs for much of the first half despite the host possessing the ball most of the minutes. “I thought today was a really solid performan...

01/09/2024

Morehouse is a lot better than the loss they suffered on Saturday and Edward Waters is a lot better than their winning performance. Peep the details and over 100 photos from the game and halftime.

Edward Waters recorded a school-record nine turnovers to propel the Tigers from DuVal to a 28-11 road victory over Morehouse in week one. It was officially the program’s first as a Division II member. First-year Morehouse College Head Coach Terrance Mathis struck first with a touchdown on the home...