Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference

Jamahl Strachan is a pole vaulter, but the UMES senior felt like he would never soar higher than when he chatted with Barack Obama this summer. Strachan, a senior, was an intern in Obama's U.S. Senate office for two months and met briefly with the...

During the past two years, the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference seems to have figured out Bethune-Cookman's "Wyattbone" offense. And for the first time since Alvin Wyatt took over as coach, B-CU recorded back-to-back losing seasons, finishing 5-6 each...

*Time: 2 p.m. * TV: ESPN2 * Records: JSU 0-0; Hampton 0-0 * Buzz: The fourth-year MEAC/SWAC Challenge moves to Orlando's Citrus Bowl after a three-year stint in Birmingham, Ala., with a clash of two of both leagues' most storied programs. Jackson State...

The UCF football team is hunting for more than just a victory during its season opener today against South Carolina State. The Knights are searching for answers. While a UCF win is expected, the bigger question is whether the Knights will look good at...

As the most successful coach in Hampton University history, Joe Taylor had secured his legacy at the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference school. Yet this season, Taylor, 58, finds himself coaching rival Florida A&M, trying to resurrect the traditional...

Just 10 minutes after walking off the Florida Citrus Bowl field, a stunning 17-13 MEAC/SWAC Challenge win over Jackson State still dancing through his head, victorious first-year Hampton coach Jerry Holmes tried to hold back his smile as he sat down at...

Just 10 minutes after walking off the Florida Citrus Bowl field, a stunning 17-13 MEAC/SWAC Challenge win over Jackson State still dancing through his head, victorious first-year Hampton Coach Jerry Holmes tried to hold back his smile as he sat down at...

Today's fourth incarnation of the MEAC/SWAC Challenge at the Florida Citrus Bowl isn't a random pairing. Moving from its original home in Birmingham, Ala., the game comes to Orlando with a SWAC representative in Jackson State currently on top of its...

You don't want to show too much in the first game. If that was UCF's goal, you can call Saturday night a Category 5 success. The Knights didn't show a lot. In fact, they did such a good job of hiding their offense that you have to wonder if they have one....

Someone forgot to burp the administrators from Florida A&M and Bethune-Cookman University. The stepchildren of college sports are throwing a tantrum because the moguls of Disney have sponsored another predominantly black college football game. Today,...

Officials from the nation's top two Historically Black College and University athletic conferences gathered Friday at the Florida Citrus Bowl to help Orlando officially welcome its second national black college game. After three years in Birmingham, Ala....

While some of his best players are coming and going from the trainers' table, Coach Urban Meyer reveals no trepidation from behind his eyes. The way Meyer sees it, his Florida Gators are simply taking more of a visceral approach that trumps talent or...