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BIRMINGHAM – The Southwestern Athletic Conference has announced its 2008-09 basketball television schedule, highlighted by a matchup of last season’s men’s regular season and tournament champions, and ending with both the men’s and women’s tournament […]

SAN FRANCISCO — (AP) Mike Singletary became the San Francisco 49ers’ interim head coach Tuesday, replacing his coaching mentor Mike Nolan.Singletary’s appointment gives the NFL seven black head coaches, matching the most in league history. […]

While Black Latino players in Major League Baseball, like David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez, are a dime a dozen, American-born Blacks are a bit harder to find. But this year’s World Series between the Tampa […]

JSU’S head football coach, Rick Comegy indicated a few weeks ago that he would hire someone he was already familiar with to be his next wide receivers coach. He not only did just that, he […]

W. C. Gorden said he had been to the “mountain top” during his enshrinement into the National Football Foundation’s College Football Hall of Fame last weekend. The ceremony took place at The University of Notre […]

Special to The Mississippi Link INDIANAPOLIS – Tony Dungy is certain Peyton Manning’s left knee will be ready for the Colts’ season-opener. Heck, the Colts coach said he thinks Manning might even play during the […]

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) _ The National Football League is increasing its monitoring of on-field player activities to ensure that no one is flashing the hand signals of street gangs. The Los Angeles Times […]

HOUSTON (AP) _ Rockets general manager Daryl Morey said Wednesday that Tracy McGrady is happy in Houston and was surprised at how reports characterized his interest in being traded to Detroit. Morey spoke a day […]

Perhaps it’s just coincidental, but Alcorn State’s new Athletic Director Darren Hamilton has hired his “home girl” as his women’s basketball coach. The University announced on Tuesday that former Tennessee Volunteer and WNBA player Tonya […]

The Oakland A’s announced Monday that they had agreed to terms with two more players from the 2008 First-Year Player Draft that was held on June 5 and 6. Rashun Dixon, a catcher and the […]