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HBCU GO spotlights football season lineup with 3-hour Kickoff Show

Posted on August 30th, 2023No Comments

By DERON SNYDER (as published by theGrio)

Fans of HBCU football were treated to a three-hour buffet in the HBCU Go Sports Kickoff Show, hosted by legendary broadcaster Charlie Neal at the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. He wasted no time telling everyone the stakes.

“This season, HBCU Go become the first network in history to bring you a full season of live doubleheader (HBCU football) games,” said Neal, standing inside the Black College Football Hall of Fame rotunda within the larger museum. He was surrounded by photos and artifacts from greats such as Walter Payton, Doug Williams, Steve McNair and coach Eddie Robinson.

HBCU Go broadcast 11 games last season but will nearly double that amount this season. The action includes five classics, five homecomings and the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association championship game. There are 23 games total, also carried by theGrio and broadcast TV stations around the nation.

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Sha’Carri Richardson is role model who knows what to do

Posted on August 23rd, 2023No Comments

By DERON SNYDER (as published by theGrio)

Role models come in all sizes and colors.

Some of them exemplify admirable traits that are worthy of emulation, such as kindness and respectfulness, commitment and perseverance. We point them out and hope children head in that direction.

Others display regrettable characteristics that are opposite our desires, like being mean and inconsiderate, careless and shiftless. We show them to the children, too, as models to NOT follow.

Sha’Carri Richardson could’ve gone the other way, succumbing to despair and disappointment after her rising star was shot down and stomped.

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