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BCSP Tidbits . . .
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Pro Bowlers
Seven former black college players, including all three at one position for the
National Football Conference (NFC), were selected to the 2001-02 NFL Pro Bowl
to be played Saturday, Feb. 9, 2002 in Hawaii.
Detroit's Robert Porcher (South Carolina State), Philadelphia's
Hugh Douglas (Central State) and Michael Strahan (Texas
Southern) of the New York Giants were the three players selected at defensive
end for the NFC. With 22.5 sacks, Strahan set a new NFL single-season record this
year. Porcher had 11 sacks for the Lions to finish seventh in the NFC while Douglas'
nine sacks was ninth best.
Offensive tackle James Williams (Cheyney) of Chicago and St.
Louis defensive back Aeneas Williams (Southern) were the other NFC
picks. Both of their teams, along with Douglas' Eagles, are headed to the playoffs.
Williams, acquired in a trade from Arizona before the season, solidified the Rams'
defense, picking off four passes and returning two of them for touchdowns. Williams
led the 13-3 Bears' resurgent ground attack. Both of their teams are in the playoffs.
In the AFC, Jacksonville wide receiver Jimmy Smith and Baltimore tight
end Shannon Sharpe were named.
Smith, a 6-1, 205-pounder in his ninth-year out of Jackson State, finished
second in the NFL in receptions with 112 and second in receiving yardage with
1,373. He had eight touchdowns.
Sharpe, in his 12th year out of Savannah State, finished the season
with 73 receptions and also set a new career record for receptions by a tight
end (692).
- NBA Report
Seven black college players, led by two unheralded CIAA products, are plying
their trade in the National Basketball Association (NBA) this season.
Six-foot point guard Darrell Armstrong (Fayetteville State)
of Orlando and Detroit forward Ben Wallace (Virginia Union) are
having the greatest impact on their respective teams through the first half of
the season. Armstrong starts for the Magic and averages 12.3 points and six assists
per game. Wallace is among the league's best rebounders, pulling down 11.3 per
game, good for fifth in league stats.
Another two black college products are playing in the NBA's new developmental
league. They are former Elizabeth City State guard Derrick Hines with
the Roanoke Dazzle and former St. Paul's forward and two time CIAA Player
of the Year, Antwain Smith, with the Fayetteville Patriots.
Here is the complete list of black college ballers in the NBA.
- #10 - Darrell Armstrong, G, Orlando, 8th yr., Fayv. St.'91 12.3
ppg., 6.0 apg., 4.1 rpg.
- #15 - Emanual Davis, G, Atlanta, 5th yr., Delaware State '91
6.6 ppg., 2.3 apg., 2.1 rpg.
- #10 - Lindsey Hunter, G, LA Lakers, 9th yr., Jackson St. '93
7.4 ppg., 1.8 apg., 1.3 rpg.
- #33 - Jerome James, C, Seattle, 2nd yr., Florida A&M '98
3.8 ppg., 1.6 rpg.
- #6 - Avery Johnson, G, Denver , 16th yr., Southern '88 8.0 ppg.,
4.6 apg.
- #34 - Charles Oakley, F, Chicago, 17th yr., Va. Union '85 3.7
ppg., 5.6 rpg.
- #3 - Ben Wallace, F/C, Detroit, 6th yr., Virginia Union '96
7.75 ppg., 11.3 rpg.
- Direction Change at Cheyney
Cheyney University, losers of 18 straight games and without a winning
season since 1979, has named Lee Brown as the school's new football coach.
Athletic director Eve Atkinson introduced Brown this week, describing him
as "dynamic, yet unconventional."
Brown spent the last season as a defensive backs coach and head track coach
at Mount Senario College, an NAIA school in Ladysmith, Wis. He is a 1986 graduate
of Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Mo., where he played football.
Brown's predecessor, John Parker, resigned on Nov. 20 after an 0-10
season. Parker was 4-38 in four seasons as coach of the Wolves.
© 2001 Azeez Communications, Inc.
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