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Annual HBCU Pigskin Showdown this Weekend at MMI

From the West Alabama Newsroom– The 2nd annual HBCU Pigskin Showdown is coming up this weekend in Marion. The post season all-star game features some of the best football players from Historically Black Colleges and Universities. The showdown spotlights HBCU football talent — and highlights two historic cities from the Voting Rights Movement. Seventy-five star HBCU football players will participate…

Sewell Announces Historic Preservation Funding in Selma

From the West Alabama Newsroom– Congresswoman Terri Sewell announces major funding to preserve historic structures at three sites around the city of Selma. “We in Alabama’s 7th Congressional District are mere custodians of America’s history. And if we don’t tell our stories, others will. And they won’t get it right,” said Sewell. Selma University is one of five HBCUs in…

HBCU Pigskin Showdown Brings NFL Scouts to Marion

From the West Alabama Newsroom– The football footprint and exposure at Historically Black Colleges and Universities — is on the rise. Proof of this can be found in Marion — at the inaugural HBCU Pigskin Showdown. The showdown is a post-season all-star game — featuring some of the best draft-eligible football players from Historically Black Colleges and Universities. The goal…

Preps for Inaugural HBCU Pigskin Showdown Underway in Marion

From the West Alabama Newsroom– The NFL is headed to west Alabama to scout college football players at the inaugural HBCU Pigskin Showdown in Marion. The HBCU Pigskin Showdown is a post season all-star football game — that will showcase some of the best draft-eligible football players from Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Co-founder Chris Williams says 84 HBCU players…

Three ASU Players named to Player of the Year Watch List

ATLANTA, Ga. | The Black College Football Hall of Dame (BCFHOF) announced the 2021 Watch List for the Black College Player of the Year presented annually to the most outstanding football player from a Historically Black College & University. Four finalists will be unveiled on November 30, 2021, with the winner of the Black College Football Player of the Year…