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August 22, 2003
- The Fall Edition of Black Voices Quarterly is off the presses.
Distribution began on Wednesday, August 20.
- Former NC Central sprinter Jason
Smoots has signed a three-year endorsement
contract with Nike. Details were not disclosed but
the contract is thought to include gear, travel and
performance incentives. The Gasden, AL native was a
six-time NCAA Division II national champion during
his college career. He is expected to train with Norfolk
State alum Tim Montgomery and Marion
Jones, the world's top-ranked male and female sprinters,
and their coach Dan Paff.
August 9, 2003
- Willie Richardson (Jackson State), Ben Stevenson (Tuskegee)
and Marino Casem (Alabama State, Alcorn State, Southern)
were enshrined into the College Football Hall of Fame. Weekend activities
began with a breakfast on Friday and concluded with a banquet on Saturday night
in South Bend, IN.
August 7, 2003
- Albany State University Mourns
Loss of Student-Athlete
- Richard Cosby has resigned as athletic director at Alabama
State to apparently return to Stillman College.
Cosby's appointment as AD at Stillman was announced on July 31, however his
resignation at Alabama State was not announced until a week later. This will
mark Cosby's third stint at Stillman. He was athletic director 1973 to 1991
and again from July 2000 to January 2003.
- Edward Waters College has named Bob
Alan as its new athletic director. Alan was introduced at a news conference on August 6 as the successor to James
Day who stepped down in May. Day came out of retirement to help revive the EWC football program after a 34-year hiatus and hired current coach Lamonte
Massie. Alan takes over following a nationwide search as "the best choice to lead our athletic fund-raising efforts," according to EWC President Jimmy Jenkins.
August 6, 2003
- Southern
University's Rickie Weeks and the Milwaukee Brewers have agreed to terms
of a Major League contract. Details were not disclosed but sources estimate
the deal should exceed $4 million. Weeks, the 2003 College Baseball Player
of the Year, will report to Maryvale of the Arizona Rookie League on August
6.
August 3, 2003
- N.C. A&T's Elvin
Bethea joins Marcus Allen, Joe DeLamielleure, James Lofton and
Hank Stram as 2003 inductees into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. An
eight-time Pro Bowl selectee, Bethea played in 210 games during
his career, spent entirely with the Houston Oilers from 1968-83. His
105-career
sack total still ranks as an Oilers/Tennessee Titans best as does his
single-season mark of 16 sacks recorded in 1973. His presenter
was his former college coach Hornsby
Howell.
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