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Olympic dreams: Embry Riddle seniors have set sights on competing in Russia
BY JAMES HARPER DAYTONA TIMES Reta Woodard and Mike Edwards have a number of things in common. They are Embry Riddle Aeronautical University students who hope to graduate this year, they are ERAU athletes, and both have dreams of going to the 2016 Olympics in Russia. Woodard is majoring in air traffic management while Edwards […]
B-CU seniors Fields, Monroe selected as top Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference players
FROM WIRE REPORTS Bethune-Cookman seniors Jarkevis Fields and Alex Monroe picked up Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference weekly honors following the 23rd-ranked Wildcats’ 12-9 win over Tennessee State in the John Merritt Classic on Sept. 1, in Nashville, Tenn. Fields, a 6-0, 230-pound linebacker from Sanford, was selected as this week’s MEAC Defensive Player of the Week. […]
9/11 Drive to Donate’ scheduled Saturday at Speedway
For the eighth consecutive year, Daytona International Speedway and OneBlood will partner together for the 9/11 “Drive to Donate” Blood Drive on Sept. 7 at Daytona International Speedway. The “Drive to Donate” Blood Drive will be held from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. inside the Daytona 500 Club, located in the infield and just outside […]
Wildcats kick off football season at No. 23 in FCS poll
SPECIAL TO THE TIMES The Bethune-Cookman Wildcats enter the 2013 season at No. 23 in The Sports Network FCS Preseason Top 25, it was announced earlier this month by The Sports Network office in Philadelphia. This is the first time the Wildcats have been a member of the network’s preseason poll under head coach Brian […]
Doc Rivers’ skills at strategy and motivation are needed
BY HELENE ELLIOTT LOS ANGELES TIMES/MCT LOS ANGELES — Because Doc Rivers had played one season for the Clippers, he pretty much knew where he wanted to live when he moved to Los Angeles to become their coach and senior vice president of basketball operations. He didn’t know how odd the whole experience would feel […]
Carter’s foundation honors community leaders and scholarship winners
FROM STAFF REPORTS Dr. Edison O. Jackson, president of Bethune-Cookman University, and Charlie Lydecker, Brown & Brown’s retail division president, were recognized for outstanding community service Aug. 17 at the Vince Carter’s Embassy of Hope Foundation annual Charity Gala at the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach. Also acknowledged during the program were Embassy of Hope […]
Three B-CU players on FCS All-America team
Defensive standouts Addison, Fields and Richardson selected SPECIAL TO THE TIMES Bethune-Cookman football players Nick Addison, Jarkevis Fields and LeBrandon Richardson have been named to the USA College Football Preseason All-America Team for the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). All three Wildcats were selected to the second team on defense. Addison, a 6-2, 180-pound junior from […]
Ready to shake those maroon and gold pom-poms
B-CU names 30 cheerleaders and alternates for 2013-2014 SPECIAL TO THE TIMES After completing a grueling summer camp and a round of open tryouts under Bethune-Cookman’s new coaching staff, the 2013-14 B-CU cheerleading roster is in the books. Cheerleading coaches Becky Woodson and John Woodson, Jr. recently announced the 30-member roster and team alternates. “We […]
Emotions around sneaker culture continue to run high
BY SUMMER BALLANTIME PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER/MCT PHILADELPHIA — Maurice Holoway had been obsessing for six days. On that Monday he had read that the classic Air Jordan IIIs were being re-released. These were the original red, white, and black kicks first made available to the public in 1988. Holoway, 28, knew he had to get to […]
Fox to compete heavily for more sports viewers
Cable network launching two sports channels BY JOE FLINT LOS ANGELES TIMES/MCT “I think it’s time for ESPN to get a little competition, don’t you?” That tough talk is coming from an unlikely source — 81-year-old Regis Philbin. The former daytime television talk show host and David Letterman foil is one of the faces of […]