Dragons won four games in four days to earn a trip to the NCAA Tournament
Rob Knox
Rob Knox is an award-winning professional and a member of the Lincoln (Pa.) Athletics Hall of Fame. In addition to having work published in SLAM magazine, the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Washington Post, and Diverse Issues In Higher Education, Knox enjoyed a distinguished career as an athletics communicator for Lincoln, Kutztown, Coppin State, Towson, and UNC Greensboro. He also worked at ESPN and for the Delaware County Daily Times. Recently, Knox was honored by CSC with the Mary Jo Haverbeck Trailblazer Award and the NCAA with its Champion of Diversity award. Named a HBCU Legend by SI.com, Knox is a graduate of Lincoln University and a past president of the College Sports Communicators, formerly CoSIDA.
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Both programs are confident in their ability to make plenty of noise during March
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Howard and Norfolk State are meeting for the third straight year in the MEAC Tournament championship with plenty of talented newcomers playing a key part.
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Diamond Johnson’s heart and passion helped her return to her hometown roots
It’s bigger than basketball for Johnson, who is happy, healthy and home
Everybody needs to know about Cheyney State
Under legendary coach C. Vivian Stringer, Cheyney State remains the only HBCU to appear in a NCAA championship game. This is the 1982 team’s story
HBCU Notebook: North Carolina Central is scoring and soaring
The latest HBCU notebook catches readers up on North Carolina Central’s success, Jackson State’s perfect January, and other updates.
After conquering adversity, sizzling Grizzle is home at FAMU
Ahriahna Grizzle competes with a quiet swagger and a savage fury
