Category: Sports

South Carolina women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley had a lot to celebrate on her 54th birthday May 4. In nearly 25 years of coaching collegiate basketball Staley has earned three national titles in seven years and catapulted the Gamecocks from a middle-of-the-pack SEC team to a national powerhouse program for women’s basketball. For Staley’s former...

The Oklahoma City Thunder are past being contenders for a No. 1 pick or lottery selection in the NBA draft. Drafting such talented players as forward Chet Holmgren, wing Jalen Williams and guard/forward Josh Giddey over the last three years has changed the fortunes of a franchise now in the second round of the NBA...

Creating content in the midst of grief can profoundly impact what you produce. This is especially true for authors like Michael Arceneaux, who published his third book, I Finally Bought Some Jordans, while navigating the loss of friends and family and the devastating pain that came with it. As Arceneaux noted, “Grief sends your mind...

Creating content in the midst of grief can profoundly impact what you produce. This is especially true for authors like Michael Arceneaux, who published his third book, I Finally Bought Some Jordans, while navigating the loss of friends and family and the devastating pain that came with it. As Arceneaux noted, “Grief sends your mind...

I first heard about the Rhoden Fellows Initiative as a sophomore at North Carolina A&T State University. I had never had an internship and was eagerly searching for one. The fellowship’s description looked perfect for me, and I wanted nothing more than to be a Rhoden Fellow. A few weeks after I applied, I received...

Ten years before I became a Bison at the original HU, my sister Tamika was a student there. Honestly, I never thought about applying to Howard University until my family started praising the school as my senior year in high school approached. But as someone who has lived in Arlington, Virginia, her entire life, attending...