HBCU EXTRAS

U.S. News and World Report has published their top Historically Black College or University (HBCU). Several of the North Carolina 11 HBCU schools made the top 15. How did they rank the schools? This U.S. News ranking measures the quality of the undergraduate education at historically black colleges and universities. They have a full breakdown […]

Montravias King, an Elizabeth City State University senior, was elected to serve on the Elizabeth City council last night after overcoming challenges to his right to run for the position and attempted voter suppression of the college students that supported him. King’s fight gained national attention in August when the Rachel Maddow Show highlighted his campaign as part of […]

Dr. LeRoy Walker, a historic leader in the U.S. Olympic movement and a hugely accomplished coach and educator in North Carolina, died Monday in Durham, his home for more than 60 years. He was 93. The grandson of slaves, Walker led the U.S. Olympic Committee from 1992 to 1996, shepherding the Summer Games staged in […]

Biltmore Hills Park – Tennis is serious. When I arrived at Biltmore Hills Park, I wasn’t so sure that a football games wasn’t going on. With all of the yelling and “motivational speak” that was going on and at times “unintentional” taunting, this could not be tennis. That is how the game is played especially […]

By Donal Ware SAN ANTONIO, Tex. – And then there was one. The Shaw Lady Bears came back from an 11-point halftime deficit to claim an 88-82 overtime victory over No. 2 ranked Ashland to claim Shaw’s first national championship in any sport. “This is what Coach recruited us for,” said Shaw senior center Aslea […]

By Donal Ware Boxtorow.com SAN ANTONIO, TX – It was 8:15 a.m. on Sunday morning when the charted flight carrying the two-time defending CIAA and Atlantic Regional Champion Shaw Lady Bears left from Raleigh-Durham International Airport with its final destination to San Antonio. For the last eight years, the Shaw women’s basketball program has been […]

By Donal Ware Going into last year’s CIAA Tournament there was no team that was a clear cut favorite, so much so that the top three seeds all lost in their first game. The championship game featured fourth overall seed Shaw against a lower seeded Livingstone squad with the Bears winning the championship game 72-69 […]

By Donal Ware On Thursday night the Shaw Bears have an opportunity to do something that hasn’t been done in 25 years. The Bears, who are undefeated in CIAA play and are ranked No. 9 nationally in the NABC Division II Coaches poll and No. 1 in the Boxtorow National Division II/NAIA HBCU Basketball Poll, […]

Three North Carolina schools ranked nationally by Donal Ware The defending CIAA Champion Shaw Bears are a unanimous #1 selection in the Boxtorow National Division II/NAIA HBCU Top 10 Basketball Poll. Winston-Salem State’s loss to Saint Augustine’s on Saturday enabled the Bowie State Bulldogs to grab the #2 spot. WSSU fell to #3. Tougaloo and […]

By Donal Ware It’s that time of year again. The battle for Raleigh. The rivalry between Shaw and Saint Augustine’s is the CIAA’s answer to the NC State/North Carolina rivalry and dates back to 1907. And despite the fact that the schools are separated by less than two miles, most competitions over the years have […]

North Carolina A&T running back Mike Mayhew and Winston-Salem State running back Nicholas Copper highlight the Boxtorow National HBCU Football All-American Team. Mayhew, the MEAC Co-Offensive Player of the Year, led the league in rushing with 1,120 while also rushing for nine touchdowns. The Charlotte native averaged 4.8 yards per carry and rushed for 100 […]

by Donal Ware Boxtorow.com Three days after one of the most successfully attended CIAA Football Championship Games in history – where 10,127 people saw the Winston-Salem State Rams defeat the Elizabeth City State Vikings 38-18 – what appeared to be one of the most successful stints as a commissioner in collegiate athletics came to an […]