BOXTOROW One-on-One Interviews

HBCU alum Charles Huff. …anytime you get to pave a way for anybody, I think that’s your responsibility. Just like our parents and ancestors and people that came before me Tyrone Willingham, Dennis Green, Art Shell in the NFL, all of those guys made it easier for me to sit in the chair that I’m

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I’m not going to say the main reason… [Deion Sanders] was definitely a reason why I went there. He made it attractive enough to even consider it because honestly, even with him there, at first I didn’t all the way consider it. After getting there and experiencing everything  [Jackson State] had to offer, I understood

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It’s probably where a lot of [my growth] came from… You can’t put a [price] on how valuable it is to go against that quarterback like that everyday. Kansas City Chiefs cornerback Joshua Williams on how he’s gotten better going against Patrick Mahomes in practice. Former HBCU All-American and Fayetteville State star Joshua Williams made

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by Donal Ware boxtorow.com As I try and gather the words to talk about the passing of a friend, mentor, colleague, the man responsible for the way that HBCU sports was and has been disseminated, I will leave you with this conversation that Eric Moore and I had on August 20, 2015 as he was

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I really miss those days, missing the band playing and all of that good stuff… Indianapolis Colts defensive tackle Grover Stewart on what he remembers most about his time at Albany State. Grover Stewart has quietly become one of the better interior defensive linemen in the National Football League. The former fourth round draft pick

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Our facilities kinda have to catch up with the academic prowess and all of the different renovations and constructions that have been going across campus… New North Carolina Central Athletics Director Dr. Louis “Skip” Perkins on first steps as AD at NCCU. New North Carolina Central Athletics Director Dr. Louis “Skip” Perkins has been the

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Whatever you think you’ve done and you think you’ve done enough, it’s time to do more. Damon Wilson when asked what has he told his players. New Morgan State head football coach Damon Wilson is no stranger to building up downtrodden programs. After building the Bowie State program into one of the perennial powers in

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…you know, to be able to do it as long as I have been able to do it and then people still call me and want me to be a part of what they’re doing, it makes me feel good that at least I still have something to contribute apparently. That makes me feel good.

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…we had to go to HBCUs. So I think its dope we’re going back and I think with these top athletes choosing to put their careers on the line, choosing to back HBCUs, we’ll definitely see more, especially if they start winning… Actor Peyton Alex Smith on whether the movement of high school student-athletes going

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It hits different when you’re able to sit next to people that look like you, educated by people that look like you, be advised and led by people that look like you… Actress Geffri Maya on her time as a student at Clark Atlanta University. Actress Geffri Maya is the star of the CW show

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