Sound on! NC Central (
@NCCU_Football
) players celebrating after their 41-34 overtime win against Jackson State in the Celebration Bowl!
#CelebrationBowl
A tale of two halves for Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes…
Mahomes in 1st half: 220 yards, 3 TDs, no interceptions
Mahomes in 2nd half, Overtime: 55 yards, no TDs, 2 interceptions
#CINvsKC
#AFCChampionship
#NFL
Friday was my last day working for Sports Illustrated. I was among the few laid off immediately. It was a dream to work at SI, and I am grateful for the opportunity it provided me to grow over the past 3+ years.
Tigers (
@GoJSUTigersFB
) QB Shedeur Sanders (
@ShedeurSanders
) played in cleats in the
#SoulBowl
that featured the late rapper Young Dolph who was shot and killed in Memphis on Wednesday.
Shedeur on what Dolph meant to him: “It’s somebody I met and usually when guys and celebrities… they are not going to be real with you all the time. He was one of the realest people I knew. It was just a different relationship.
#SoulBowl
Aubrey Miller (
@Loose_Qannon
) on sticking together as a team all season: “Just like everything that go on in the city, we just bounce back. Can’t nothing hold us down. When we got each other back, can’t nothing stop us.”
#SWACChampionship
Ben Wallace will be the 1st undrafted player in modern
@NBA
history to enter the
@Hoophall
.
While the former 4-time
@NBA
DPOY is excited,
@FearTheFro
says his induction is only the beginning of changing the narrative for HBCU players.
🏀 More |
From the gridiron to the classroom Jackson State SGA President Jordan Jefferson does it all
“I knew I wanted to be SGA president when our president at the time Kendall Bunch spoke. I saw his passion for the University and felt that through myself.”
Aubrey Miller on JSU’s struggles on run defense: “Guys didn’t do their job. We had some guys that we supposed to be here who left. We paid for it…. we just didn’t do our job.”
#celebrationbowl2022
@GoJSUTigersFB
HC
@DeionSanders
informing the parents of RB Santee Marshall that their son was receiving a full football scholarship after the game. Marshall was a former D2 transfer from Miles College and once served as the team’s cameraman hoping to earn a spot on the team.
JSU WR Keith Corbin (
@_keithcorbin
) after Tigers’ win versus Southern: “Let’s go man, this is what we do, we built for this man. I Believe.”
Corbin | 8 catches, 92 yards vs SU
Kim Mulkey’s four national championships (3 at Baylor, 1 at LSU), now the third most titles in history of women’s college basketball.
Geno Auriemma — 11
Pat Summitt — 8
#WFinalFour
Stamps Burgers are the BEST burgers 🍔 in the state of Mississippi! Prayers for the Stamps’ family 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
Beloved West Jackson restauranteur Algernon Stamps Sr., founder of Stamps Super Burgers, dies at 86
JSU athletic director Ashley Robinson (
@JacksonStateAD
) statement thanking Deion Sanders for his service as coach of the Tigers’ program. Deion Sanders is headed to Colorado to become the program’s next head coach.
#SWACChampionship
@GoJSUTigersFB
QB Shedeur Sanders takes a picture with JSU fans during the team’s send off. JSU is headed to Atlanta to take on South Carolina State in the ‘21 Celebration Bowl on Saturday.
☑️Best class for an HBCU ever
☑️Best class at the FCS level
☑️Best class in the SWAC
☑️Highest ranked recruit to sign with an HBCU out of high school
☑️No. 1 ranked JUCO prospect in the nation
@DeionSanders
has only been on the job for 2 weeks
#IBelieveJSU21
x
#BleedTheeBlue
July 8, 2019: A full 365 days with the
@clarionledger
and I must say it has been an experience. When I took this job a year ago, never imagined I would cover some things I’ve covered and let along be in the midst of a pandemic.
Southern accent meets Harvard: How Mississippi scholarship winner navigates culture shock
“Harvard is out of the ordinary. You never know what you are going to get, which is amazing," says Shakira Hall.
Today we lost one of our good brothers “ Sekou Smith.” We just spoke to him 2 weeks ago about doing our HBCU symposium in his hometown Grand Rapids Michigan. He was extremely excited! He attended Jackson State!
For 2 decades he was a staple in the NBA for writing contest!
Jackson State (10-0) (
@GoJSUTigersFB
) clinched
@theswac
East and earned a spot in the SWAC Championship game on Dec. 3.
The Tigers will also host the title game in Jackson.
Cheers to Year 28! Thankful to those who wished me a happy birthday! As I embark on a new year of life, I pray that it is filled with growth, joy, peace, love, happiness, wisdom and prosperity.
Life is a marathon not a sprint. I will continue to take each day in stride.
From her dances, “finger lickin’ good” gestures or her spicy on-court vernacular, Angel Reese is embracing her true self with no plans to change.
She’s LSU’s Bayou Barbie. But when she steps on the court, it’s about winning.
@SInow
Jordan Poole is balling through the NBA Playoffs🔥🔥🔥|
#warriorsvsnuggets
— 28.7 points per game
— 4.7 assists per game
— Shooting 66.7 percent from the field
— 59.1 percent from three-point range
— 81.0 percent from the free-throw line
To know that 100,000+ people are tuned in to watch a handheld livestream of a preseason game lets you know this game should have been televised or made available through a streaming network.
#wnba
#WNBATwitter
.
@GoJSUTigersWBB
Center and
@theswac
Preseason Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year Ameshya Williams says she’s humble to be on the watchlist for the 2021 Lisa Leslie Award.
#LeslieAward
@Hoophall
I spoke with the reigning
#wnba
MVP
@_ajawilson22
about her journey on and off the court and what she hopes to do in Year 4 of her
@WNBA
career
My latest for
@SInow
🏀
A’ja Wilson Has Been Through the Wringer
#ICYMI
for
@SInow
| Along with a 28–7 homecoming win against
@BamaStateFB
, head coach Deion Sanders had a special surprise for a
@GoJSUTigersFB
running back who was once the team's cameraman.
I asked
@CharismaOsborne
how the extra season at
@UCLAWBB
helped her 🏀 career and getting her name called
#WNBADraft
.
“… I was able to grow my game and my leadership. … I used to be so shy as a kid so to see where I am not, I’m just so proud of that.”
📸
@PhoenixMercury
In leading JSU to back-to-back SWAC titles and the program’s first undefeated season, Deion Sanders did things no other JSU coach had accomplished. However, his departure to Colorado will not allow some to appreciate what he did in the program.
@SInow
Known as “The Gold Mamba,” WNBA champion
@jewellloyd
never let her dyslexia diagnosis define her. Now, after a challenging year, she's more comfortable with herself than ever before
.
@benpickman
Deion Sanders survives his first SWAC test in a victory against Grambling.
JSU 33
Grambling 28
Tigers improve to 2-0 (1-0 in SWAC)
JSU’s next SWAC test: Mississippi Valley State
.
@HBCUGameday
.
@GoJSUFootball
has gotten three recruits already this morning.
Tyson Alexander | RB, Desoto High School (Desoto, TX)
Bryon Hanspard | ATH | Desoto High School (Desoto, TX)
Leroy Hawkins | OL | Desoto High School (Desoto, TX)
Jackson State releases statement regarding Deion Sanders not attending the SWAC Championship press conference after the game between the Tigers and Jaguars.
#SWACChampionship
When Thomas Lee began coming around the Tigers' program in 2004, he was given the nickname "Snacks" because he always came in the locker room with snacks.
“Nobody ever knew my name so people started calling me Snacks and it stuck with me," Lee said.
Victor Wembanyama against the Suns tonight
▫️38 points (career-high)
▫️10 rebounds
▫️2 blocks
This kind of output in only his 5th regular season game
#NBA
#SASvsPHX
The Memphis Grizzlies can’t continue to overlook issues with their star point guard, whose off-the-court actions are jeopardizing his future.
Ja Morant Has Everything. He Could Lose It All.
via
@SIChrisMannix
#OTD
Five years ago, I graduated from the Southern Miss with my bachelor’s degree. I never imagined life would be the way it is.
Thank you, Southern Miss! To spring 2020 graduates, don’t be discouraged. Although we’re in a pandemic, go forth and be great!
#OnThisDay
#SMTTT
I asked
@UConnWBB
Geno Auriemma his message to
@GoJSUTigersWBB
@CoachTReed
after the Huskies’ 86-64 win vs. JSU in
#NCAATournament
“I think we need coaches like her to be celebrated and bigger schools need to not keep recycling coaches that are let go by other Power 5 schools.”