When asked about India Johnston Towson’s fourth-year head coach Laura Harper didn’t hesitate. She responded with a smile, but there was a firmness in her voice, the kind a schoolteacher uses to stop side conversations cold. Harper leaned her 6-foot-4 frame forward, lowered her head and made her position clear. Forget diplomacy. “Let’s be clear, […]
Rob Knox
Rob Knox is an award-winning professional and a member of the Lincoln (Pa.) Athletics Hall of Fame. In addition to having work published in SLAM magazine, the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Washington Post, and Diverse Issues In Higher Education, Knox enjoyed a distinguished career as an athletics communicator for Lincoln, Kutztown, Coppin State, Towson, and UNC Greensboro. He also worked at ESPN and for the Delaware County Daily Times. Recently, Knox was honored by CSC with the Mary Jo Haverbeck Trailblazer Award and the NCAA with its Champion of Diversity award. Named a HBCU Legend by SI.com, Knox is a graduate of Lincoln University and a past president of the College Sports Communicators, formerly CoSIDA.
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HBCU notebook: Paris McBride’s return fueling Coppin State surge
Plus a look inside of North Carolina Central’s Aysia Hinton’s 12 3-pointers, Alcorn State’s Maya Hunkin-Claytor & Texas Southern’s Daeja Holmes.
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Inside the deeper purpose fueling the growth of Norfolk State’s Da’Brya Clark
Woods: ‘I really admire her perseverance and the way she refuses to use her childhood as an excuse for her future’
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Inside the record crowd that powered an Unrivaled night in Philadelphia
Temple’s Diane Richardson: ‘This shows that Philly is a women’s sports town. The support is here’
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CAA notebook: Gigi Gamble and Divine Dibula fueling Monmouth’s rise to the top
Plus: Kylah Silver returns to UNCW after ACL tear, Tyja Beans powers Charleston to a new level, and more
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Culture, community and the Dawn Staley effect on MLK weekend at Coppin State
Staley: ‘I don’t even think they really understand the magnitude of what they just experienced.’
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HBCU notebook: How trust carries Grambling State’s Monica Marsh and Shaniah Nunn
Monica Marsha and Shaniah Nunn are making strides for Grambling State, while HBCU’s around the country settle into conference play
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SWAC’s top two scorers, Crystal Schultz and C.J. Wilson, are growing into leaders at Prairie View A&M
Tai Dillard-Mouton: They’re the yin and the yang
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CAA notebook: Yirsy Quéliz and Camryn Collins fuel Northeastern’s growth
Plus, how William & Mary and the College of Charleston beat ACC programs and much more
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HBCU notebook: How Southern polished its reputation with consecutive Big 12 wins
Around the nation with stops at Mississippi Valley State, Florida A&M, Howard & Coppin State