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Howard picks Bailey as new football coach
Howard University will hold a press conference Friday to
introduce former University of Tennessee defensive lineman
Carey Bailey as its new head football coach.
Online site Southernpigskin.com was the
first to report Bailey's hiring on Sunday, Feb. 18.
The Howard student newspaper, "The Hilltop"
reported in its Tuesday Feb. 20 on-line edition
that Bailey has been hired to replace Rayford
Petty who was let go after leading the Bison for
five seasons.
Howard Athletic Director Dwight Datcher said in the Hilltop story that he would not comment until a press conference later this week.
Bailey is considered one of the top recruiters in college football and most recently served as an assistant at Minnesota. He has also had stints as an assistant at Oklahoma State, Middle Tennessee State, Louisiana-Lafayette and West Virginia. Bailey was a standout defensive linemen for the Tennessee Volunteers, playing from 1988-1991. As a junior he led the team in sacks and tackles for loss. As a senior he was a leader on a UT unit that led the SEC in total defense.
Norfolk State men, Hampton women take MEAC Indoor Track and Field titles
The Norfolk State men and the
Hampton women captured the titles at the 2007
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Indoor Track
and Field Championships at Prince George's Sports & Learning Complex.
Hampton's Terrance Burton tallied 20.5 points and finished among the top three in the 200m and 400m events to earn Outstanding Performance honors. Burton was also apart of the 4x400m relay team that took home the gold with a time of 3:16.28.
The Spartans of Norfolk State recorded 133 points to earn its second consecutive MEAC title and fourth overall. Maryland Eastern Shore (110), Hampton (64) Morgan State (61) and Delaware State (51) rounded out the top five.
The Lady Pirates earned 51 points on day one and finished with 179 points to win their fifth consecutive title. Hampton set a new MEAC Indoor Championship record with their 179 point performance, topping their own mark of 168 points at last year's championships. Maryland Eastern Shore (95.50), Morgan State (72) Norfolk State (52) and Delaware State (42) completed the top five.
Yvette Lewis of Hampton was named the MEAC Women's Outstanding Performer for the second straight year. Lewis won four events _ the triple jump, long jump, 200m and 60m, and earned 53.5 points during the two-day championships.
It was a record setting day on and off the track, as four MEAC Indoor Track and Field records were broken. Hampton's Carolyn Lewis set a new MEAC indoor record in the pole vault with a 3.24m (10-07.50 feet) jump. Coppin State's Natoya Baird broke the record in the women's heptathlon. Baird recorded 3,616 points to top the old record of 3,546 points which was previously set by Lewis in 2006.
Maryland Eastern Shore senior Kimani Kirton set a new MEAC mark in the shot put event with his 17.92m (58-09.50 feet) toss, breaking the previous record of 17.52m (57-05.00 feet) which was held by both Florida A&M's Jomo Cousins (1997) and Hampton's Rodney Johnson (2000).
Doug Williams promoting book on history of black quarterbacks
Former Grambling State quarterback and head coach
Doug Williams was at Howard University
recently to promote a new book by New York Times sports columnist
William Rhoden entitled, Third and a Mile,
The Trials and Triumph of the Black Quarterback.
The book, an oral history that according to
the jacket cover chronicles "the heroic struggle to
topple the sports world's most insidious racial barrier"
was the idea of Williams, whose picture appears on
the book cover, fellow Grambling standout James
Harris, and Warren Moon, black quarterbacks who had
to negotiate those racial barriers to play the position
at the professional level.
The book is filled with anecdotes and firsthand recollections of former greats like Moon, Williams and Harris, Marlin Briscoe, Randall Cunningham and Vince Evans and contemporary stars such as Donovan McNabb, Michael Vick and Byron Leftwich. Moon was inducted in the Pro Football Hall of Fame last year. Williams (Tampa Bay) and Harris (Jacksonville) are now NFL front office executives.
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