The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association kicked-off it’s 100th year on this Labor Day weekend. The biggest venue was at Dick Price Stadium in Norfolk, VA where the annual Labor Day Classic featured one of the league’s oldest and dearest rivalries, one that actually began may years ago when both Norfolk State and Virginia State Universities […]
The 2012 College Football season gets underway this week, and both the CIAA and the MEAC conferences are hard at work prepping for another exciting season of Black college football. With most of their key starters returning this year, the Rams of Winston-Salem State University are a virtual lock to win the CIAA title again. […]
He was one of the greatest at his craft. He won consistently in the CIAA, which wasn’t enough for Dave Robbins, who took the Panthers from Barcoi-Stevens Hall on Lombardy Street to National TV audiences and three NCAA Championships. Robbins was one of the winningest coaches of all time, which included 13 CIAA titles, […]
The annual college basketball game between CIAA & 804 rivals Virginia State and Virginia Union University was moved from the cozy confines of their on-campus facilities to the Richmond Coliseum 16 years ago to not only increase visibility, but to also honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday in a fitting fashion. Central VA’s […]
For we Virginia State University alums who came out in the cold, windy, and rainy weather on Saturday, the Trojans did not disappoint. Even mother nature decided enough was enough around halftime and it actually turned into a fairly nice, but chilly Homecoming on the Hill, highlighted by State’s 39-14 win over arch-rival Virginia Union. […]
A big crowd as usual expected for the 2011 Virginia State University Homecoming this afternoon on The Hill, and added incentive to attend is the opponent, the arch-rival Panthers of Virginia Union University. As the saying goes “throw records out of the window” when these two get together, doesn’t matter. The rivalry is one of […]
The Panthers of Virginia Union will miss the services of offensive lineman David Mims, who signed yesterday with the Kansas City Chiefs. The 6-8 anchor of the Panthers line hails from Charlotte, NC and is Union’s first NFL signee since 2004. In other CIAA news, the Baltimore Ravens have signed RB Walter Sanders from Saint […]
Please help Virginia Union University continuing its efforts to beautify the historic campus. VUU is in the lead of votes to win Home Depot’s Retool Your School Contest and could get awarded thousands of dollars by April 22. VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! http://homedepotretoolyourschool.com/vote-now.aspx
While we’re all celebrating VCU’s rise onto the national stage with their appearance in this weekend’s Final Four, I saw this as a teachable moment for some misinformed fans. Surely, this is HUGE for Richmond, and should the Rams prevail and win the NCAA Championship, it would be the city’s fourth, yes, fourth national hoops […]
Virginia Union University selected the 8th head basketball coach in school history yesterday, naming Luqman Jaaber, a former assistant and player for the Panthers. Jaaber, a Richmond native, was captain of Union’s 2005 national championship team and is the Panthers all-time leader in assists and steals. Jaaber replaces Willard Coker, who replaced the legendary Dave […]
Using the framework of an old Stevie Wonder song to survey the college basketball coaching landscape in the Richmond area, we’ve got one SIGNED (UR Coach Chris Mooney), one SEALED (VUU introducing new head coach tomorrow), and one soon to be DELIVERED -We Pray-(VCU Coach Shaka Smart). Mooney led Richmond to the Sweet 16 and […]
It was business as usual for the Panthers of Virginia Union University in what has become an annual event owned and operated by the Panthers. VUU won 68-51 in the 2011 Freedom Classic held last night at the Richmond Coliseum over arch-rival and fellow CIAA member Virginia State. It was the Panthers’ 21st consecutive Freedom […]
