Category: Articles
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#IMHO: Wither the Wizards, Pop vs. Kawhi, and the surprising Kings, Raptors
Grind City Media’s Lang Whitaker and Michael Wallace have been covering the NBA since shorts were short and socks were long, but their opinions about the League don’t always mesh. #IMHO is their weekly chance to weigh in on the most pertinent news from around the NBA. What’s lit? What’s lame? Find out each week…
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MikeCheck: SWAC title game Saturday pits conference’s hottest team (Southern) against league’s most dominant squad (Alcorn St.)
MEMPHIS – Turns out, Legion Field in Birmingham is available to host the Southwestern Athletic Conference’s football championship game on Saturday after all. Alcorn State probably couldn’t care less.
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Lang’s World: Let’s take a ride on the coaching carousel
In a sport where the players don’t get paid, all that money has to go somewhere, and most of it seems to go to hiring and firing coaches. And if you listen real closely, you can hear the coaching carousel beginning to spin.
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MikeCheck Minute: North Carolina A&T is Celebration Bowl Bound, and More HBCU Updates
Mike Wallace covers exciting news from Orlando, FL for Aggies fans as North Carolina A&T is heading back to the Celebration Bowl. Meanwhile, three SWAC teams remain in contention for the in HBCU Championship on Dec. 15 as Mike brings…
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MikeCheck: Braves, Aggies wait as Bayou Classic solidifies next piece of HBCU postseason picture
As the HBCU football national championship picture sharpens into focus, the views from Lorman, Miss. and Greensboro, N.C. are better than any a month out from the Celebration Bowl. But before Alcorn State can look towards the national title game, their attention will shift to New Orleans for Saturday’s Bayou Classic.
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Lang’s World: Giving Thanks for College Football
My family didn’t have many traditions for the Thanksgiving holiday, other than snoring loudly post-meal in various reclining chairs. But the one moment we always managed to make time for as we sat down around the table, just before we dug in, was when we would go around the table and each say something for…
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#IMHO: Draymond vs KD, Melo‘s next stop, and surprises in Memphis
Grind City Media’s Lang Whitaker and Michael Wallace have been covering the NBA since shorts were short and socks were long, but their opinions about the League don’t always mesh. #IMHO is their weekly chance to weigh in on the most pertinent news from around the NBA. What’s lit? What’s lame? Find out each week…
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MikeCheck: MEAC set to punch ticket to Atlanta’s Celebration Bowl for HBCU football national title
Heading into the final Saturday of regular-season football action, nearly half of the 10-team league remains in contention for at least a share of the MEAC title. Between the NCAA’s only two HBCU conferences competing at the FCS level, a total of eight teams are still vying for either division or overall league championships over…
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Lang’s World: Who’s In, Who’s Out of the College Football Playoff?
We are a dozen weeks into the college football season, and by now we have a pretty good idea of which teams have legit claims to the throne. So who deserves to be in the final four? As I see it, there are 10 teams with a legitimate claim to be invited to the small…
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Lang’s World: Conley ‘getting my feet back under me, being mentally right where I need to be’
Just a few games into the 2017-18 season, Mike Conley’s season was done. Season-ending surgery was required. So what do you do when the thing you love to do, that thing you were born to do, is taken away from you? So Conley sat and thought. A lot.