- McNair Maybe Ready to Re-Sign with Titans
With his seven-year contract set to expire at
the end of this season, former Alcorn State
and Southwestern Athletic Conference record-setting
quarterback Steve McNair appears poised to sign up
for another six years with the NFL's Tennessee Titans.
McNair reportedly has a six-year deal on the
table that could allow him to almost finish his career with
the Titans, the team that drafted him in the first round
(third overall pick) in the 1995 draft.
His agent, James "Bus" Cook, was expected
to meet with McNair this week about the contract just
as the contract was going to Titans' owner Bud Adams
for his approval.
McNair, who led the Titans to the Super Bowl
in the 1999-2000 season, is coming off a year where he
set a career high for completion percentage (62.6%)
and set a new high in touchdown passes with 15. He
rushed for 403 yards last season after leading all
quarterbacks in rushing yards during the 1997 (674 yards) and
1998 (559 yards) seasons. McNair became the Titans'
starter in 1997 and started all 16 games.
McNair's contract is expected to have
povisions that nearly match Titans' running back Eddie
George's deal of last season that paid George a $14
million signing bonus.
- NC A&T Makes Coaching Change in Women's Track
It was announced Tuesday that North
Carolina A&T head women's track coach Tonya
McKelvey-White has resigned from her position effective July 1.
White had been the head women's coach for
the past three seasons and will continue to work within
the program in a volunteer capacity as she plans to
pursue her professional career as an athlete. Head men's
track coach Roy "Spaceman" Thompson
will assume the head coaching duties in a new position as director
of track and field operations.
"We are sorry to see (McKelvey -White) leave
but we are excited to have Coach Thompson fill the positions and know he can bring his recent
success with the men on the national level with him to
the women's program."
Thompson just completed one of the most
successful men's season on the national level as his
4x100 meter relay team set school records en route to a
fifth place finish at the NCAA Div. I championships.
McKelvey-White is a 1994 graduate of
Clemson University. During her collegiate career she was
a three-time NCAA All-American in the long jump, two-time ACC champion in the 4x100 meter
relay, ACC runner-up in the long jump and ACC
champion in the long jump. She also competed for a spot on
the 1996 OIympic team.
- Street & Smith's Black College Football Mag No More
The Street & Smith's Black College
Football magazine will not be published this year.
The company decided earlier this year not
to continue publication of the near 100-page
magazine that debuted in 1998. Officials of the company said
the magazine did sell well enough to continue
publishing the stand-alone edition.
This year, Street & Smith's has included a
19-page special section on black college football in its
regular college football edition which is due out on
newsstands on July 2.
- Pirates best in Virginia
The Hampton University Pirates won 62 per
cent of their intercollegiate athletic contests in
2000-2001, posting a mark of 133-81, to win the 23rd
annual Virginia Sports Information Directors Association
Div. I All-Sport survey for the second straight year.
The survey began in 1978-79 and includes
winning percentages of those sports with NCAA
sanctioned championships. The Pirates edged out the University
of Virginia, which finished with a winning percentage
of .611.
On the men's side, Hampton won 75 per cent of
its contests (51-17) including Mid Eastern Athletic
Conference championships and NCAA appearances in
both men's basketball, which led the state with 25
victories, and men's tennis whose 19 wins also were tops
in Virginia.
Led by a 13-5 women's tennis team, the
Lady Pirates placed fourth amongst Virginia Div. I
women's programs with a winning percentage of .562
(82-64). Hampton captured the MEAC Indoor Track and
Field championship and the Northern Division title in
softball.
Dr. Dennis Thomas is Hampton's director of
athletics.
