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Alabama State University and Tuskegee Institute have played their traditional rivalry game on Thanksgiving Day for the last 80 years!

They break with tradition this year and have moved the game to the Saturday prior to Thanksgiving!

Hear an exclusive interview with Alabama State Interim Athletic Director Melvin Hines on why Alabama State broke that long standing tradition …… here on INSiiGHTS.

INSiiGHTS puts emphasis on the CIAA Tournament and the SIAC Tournaments. Clayton Smith and Mickey Clayton take a look at both HBCU tournaments …..There is an interview with the Sports Reporter from the Lakeland Ledger, Rick Brown that was taped live from the Florida High School Athletic Association Boys State Tournament ……...… Listen to INSiiGHTS as they took a look at basketball tournaments at different levels….

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Feb. 28) – INSiiGHTS, the brainchild of the visionary championship winning coach, Mickey Clayton, releases this weeks show entitled Hoop Tournaments Everywhere, this Friday, February 28 at 7:00 p.m. ET on www.INSiiGHTS.com and iHeart Radio.

Coach Mickey Clayton and fellow basketball fan, Clayton Smith take time discussing the tournaments of the CIAA and the SIAC. They look inside at some of the problems and successes of both. Coach catches on tape an interesting story of a conflict at a basketball game where legendary Coach “Big House” Gaines stopped a major on-court conflict from becoming a tragedy. Knowing how the listeners would love to hear this story from Clayton Smith, Coach Clayton goes back and puts the story in the show …..

Stay tuned for an exclusive interview with sports writer, Rick Brown of the Lakeland Ledger with “his coach”, Mickey Clayton.

INSiiGHTS takes a look at situations that were highlighted on college campuses on the sports scene during the past week. Signing date was a major story and INSiiGHTS has it’s first “role-playing” session to illustrate a potential conflict that can arise during this time. … Listen to INSiiGHTS as they took a look at College Campus issues.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Feb. 14) – INSiiGHTS, the brainchild of the visionary championship winning coach, Mickey Clayton, releases it’s Valentines Day edition entitled Campus Conflicts this Friday, February 14 at 7:00 p.m. ET on www.INSiiGHTS.com and iHeart Radio.

Coach Mickey Clayton, put ‘the Crew” together for a “role-playing’ session where they were not aware of what role they were playing as they illustrated a potential occurrence that occurs more often than it should around National-Signing-Day. Listen to how a potential problem surfaced and was dealt with ……

‘The Crew” has spirited dialogue on how the admission of the sexual orientation of a potential professional player can affect a locker room and concern over an event that had a confrontation between a college athlete and a fan. ‘The Crew” discusses these campus situations and the effect of them.

Just after the game of basketball was invented in 1891, teams were called “fives” in reference to their five starting players.

Basketball, like American society, was racially segregated. Teams made up entirely of African American players were often known as “colored quints,” “Negro cagers,” or “black fives.”


The sport remained divided from 1904 — when basketball was first introduced to African Americans on a wide scale organized basis — until the racial integration of the National Basketball League in the 1940s and the National Basketball Association in 1950.

The period in between became known as the Black Fives Era, when dozens of all-black teams emerged, flourished, and excelled.

African Americans were making moves in basketball generations before the N.B.A. was born.

At first, those teams – sponsored by churches, athletic and social clubs, “Colored” YMCAs, businesses, and newspapers – had few places to play, since gymnasiums and athletic clubs were whites-only.

But when the phonograph emerged in the early 1900s, black music – ragtime, jazz, and blues – became so popular that a dance craze swept America. Almost overnight, sheet music and player pianos in the parlor gave way to dance halls and ballrooms.

Positive and culturally affirming opportunities in the entertainment industry replaced the insulting, degrading minstrelsy of the past.

For observant and enterprising African American sports promoters, these spaces became ready-made basketball venues on off nights, featuring music by top black musicians and dancing afterward until well past midnight.

INSiiGHTS allows the listeners to hear the words of Dr. Murrell Dawson, Archivists and Curator of the Black Archives at Florida A&M University. Dr. Dawson goes back in time and discusses the significance of Athletics as a part of the Black History experience ……..the effect of legendary football coach, Alonzo S. Gaither, “Jake” and much more ……….. as INSiiGHTS allows you to hear how Dr. Dawson feels Black History month should be reflected every day.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Feb. 07) – INSiiGHTS, the brainchild of the visionary championship winning coach, Mickey Clayton, takes a walk with Dr. Dawson as they are Taking a Sports Walk thru the Black Archives this Friday, February 7, at 7:00 p.m. ET on www.INSiiGHTS.com and iHeart Radio.

Coach Mickey Clayton, interviewed Dr. Dawson and one of her students as they took a stroll through the Black Archives on the campus of Florida A&M University. Dr. Dawson provides INSiiGHTS into the significance of sports within a race that has many untold stories.

She discusses the significance of Black History Month and what that means to her. Dr. Dawson talks about how information is gathered and the many calls that come seeking information on past achievements.

Dr. Murrell Dawson, Archivists & Curator of FAMU's Black Archives talks about the role of Black History and the important of learning who we are …….

Dr. Dawson gives a highlight of the upcoming show entitled, "Tour of the Black Archives" where she gives an oral visit of the significance of the Black Archives and the link to athletic accomplishments & achievements.

The cold snap that effected everyone .. really has a behind he scenes effect on basketball tam travel. Coach Clayton takes a look at in and gives a quick INSiiGHT into some of what goes on … especially with teams running out of money being snowed in.

Coach Clayton provides a survival tip for teams that travel with monetary restrictions.

Delaware State fires its Head Coach with 5 weeks in the season after a winless MEAC record this year. Delaware State has the dubious distinction of being the first institution to fire a head coach this season.

Former Coach Greg Jackson had served as the Head Coach for the Delaware state school for 14 years. That loyalty was rewarded with an inability to finish out the season.

Was there more to it than what meets the eye???

Time will tell ….

INSiiGHTS @ Minute Drill is two minutes of impacted information. Today's version is an update on crime on campus with athletes as victims. It is also a teaser on the upcoming Friday release of the INSiiGHTS show that features an in-depth look at these incidents, trash talking and the Super Bowl.