2008 Woodie Awards
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Sophomore DeAngelo Branche (Norfolk, Va.) ran 21 times for a career-high 181 yards and a touchdown to help the Norfolk State football team rally for a 17-14 win over Winston-Salem State in the season finale for both teams on Saturday afternoon at Bowman Gray Stadium.
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) _ Danny Sumner scored 24 points and David Schneider added 20 to pace William & Mary to a 74-58 victory Wednesday night over nearby Norfolk State. William & Mary (1-2), won its home opener by making 63.2 percent (12 of 19) of its shots from the floor in the second half, including 5 of 10 3-pointers.
NEW YORK (AP) _ As much as NFL teams are feeling a financial squeeze already, commissioner Roger Goodell fears the economic downturn really could hit the league in early 2009, when tickets for next season go on sale. "There's no secret on sponsorship, advertising, licensing - those numbers are going to be impacted by the current climate.
The Spartans are coming off a historic year in Norfolk State basketball. The Spartans finished with a 16-15 mark. That record was the first winning season since 1998 and it was the most wins for NSU since going to Division One. In the MEAC, the Spartans went 11-5 and tied for 2nd place in the conference.
Going into her second year as head coach for the Spartans head coach Tara Owens is optimistic after a year of growing pains. Last year the Spartans won only 5 games and had one lone victory against a MEAC opponent. For most of the season they were without out a full roster due to injuries and player suspensions.
NORFOLK, Va. - Jaashawn Jones' 1-yard touchdown run with 26 seconds left capped a furious Delaware State Rally, and the Hornets defeated Norfolk State for the sixth straight time, 34-28 on Saturday afternoon at Dick Price Stadium. The game was eerily similar to last year's game between the teams, with DSU (4-6, 4-3 MEAC) rallying from an 18-point second-half deficit to steal a game that NSU (4-7, 3-5) appeared to have in hand.
After the 1997-1998 season, when "His Airness" retired from the Chicago Bulls, only one name has remained constant. One name has reigned supreme. One name has struck fear in the hearts of players. One name has caused coaches sleepless nights. One name has always and forever will be synonymous with Michael Jordan.
Track is one of the most competitive sports here at Norfolk State University and with it comes responsibility, trust and hard work. In order to get the inside of what life is like as a track star, The Spartan Echo spoke with Tyquan Oxendine, a current member of Norfolk State University's track team.
Michael Vick lives in a prison in Kansas, making 12 cents an hour while plotting his return to the NFL. His houses and farms will soon be gone, the two yachts are history, and he's down to his last couple of Range Rovers. A race horse he bought for $60,000 died of colic, the Atlanta Falcons are still trying to hit him up for millions they paid him, and the IRS and the state of Georgia want nearly $1 million in back taxes.
The Spartans blew out the Morgan State Bears at Dick Price Stadium on Saturday 35 - 9. You would never know it was a blow out if you looked at some of these statistics. The Spartans (4-6, 3-4 MEAC) only garnered 184 yards of offense and they committed 13 penalties that covered 100 yards. The time of possession went to the Spartans by only a minute and a half. So how did the Spartans put 35 points on the board and hold their opponent to a single digit score? A swarming tenacious defense and an opportunistic offense is the explanation.
It's 2008 and girls are playing football. Norfolk State University provides intramural football teams for girls that take football just as seriously as men. In particular, offensive linebacker and NSU business major, Shameka Lavonne Hunter, was interested.
This football season promises to be a historic one for the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA). You may wonder exactly what is it that makes 2008's football season so different from prior seasons. Perhaps it's the addition of Chowan University, a predominately white university, into the historically black conference.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Dwight Fluker-Berry (Miami, Fla.) scored on a kickoff and punt return and DeAngelo Branche (Norfolk, Va.) ran for 87 yards and two touchdowns as Norfolk State snapped a five-game losing streak with a dominant 49-12 win on Saturday afternoon at William H.
I used to be a huge NBA fan. My love for the game used to be intense, but recently that has all changed. It used to be all about the game, but the media has clouded all of that and the players just are not the same way they used to be back in Jordan's day.
The only sports we Americans really participate in are the obvious football, basketball, baseball, soccer, golf, hockey and maybe a little lacrosse here and there. However, the lists of "top sports" vary around the world. Here's a look at some of the weirdest.
PRINCESS ANNE, Md. - One year after having their Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference record of seven straight cross country championships snapped, the Norfolk State men got back to their winning ways by capturing their eighth MEAC title in the last nine years on Saturday morning, Oct.
DURHAM, N.C. - Elayne Greer (Bakersfield, Calif.) and Yolanda Roberts (Virginia Beach, Va.) each had seven kills to lead the Norfolk State volleyball team to a 3-0 win (25-21, 25-18, 25-23) over North Carolina Central on Wednesday night, Oct. 29, at the L.
A bitter sweet Homecoming happened for the Spartans. The sweet - it was reunion time for the Spartan family as tons of alumni gathered at NSU to celebrate Homecoming. The bitter - 13,889 in attendance at Dick Price Stadium witnessed Norfolk State suffer a tough loss in the waning seconds of a 31 - 28 victory the for the Florida A&M Rattlers (6 - 2, MEAC 2-2).
The slow start by the Spartans proved to be costly. Down 21 to 0 the Spartans did not get their first, first down until late into the 2nd quarter. Frustration set in for most of the Spartan fans early and lasted for the entire game. The Spartans (2-5, 1-3 MEAC) fell 35-17 to the Hampton Pirates (5-1, 4-0 MEAC) on Saturday, Oct. 18, at Armstrong Stadium. With the offense unable to move the ball chants to take Dennis Brown out the game started right behind the Norfolk State bench. It started with one man yelling, "Put Dexter in coach, Brown ain't doin' nothing!"
HAMPTON, Va. (AP) _ Hampton used an 80-yard pass from Herb Bynes to ex-Tennessee running back LaMarcus Coker to break open its 35-17 victory over Norfolk State on Saturday Oct. 18. The third-quarter touchdown came after the Spartans (2-5, 1-3 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) had pulled within 21-14.
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