After Hours in the park draws residents, Wildcats
BY DAYTONA TIMES STAFF The Community Unity Festival After Hours was an opportunity for residents to kick back, listen to music, do a little dancing and share some laughs, all courtesy of the City of Daytona Beach. The free event was held Nov. 14 at Daisy Stocking Park on Mary McLeod Bethune Boulevard. Presented by […]
2016 MEAC Hall of Fame Class to include B-CU’s Lynn Thompson
Lynn Thompson, Bethune-Cookman University’s vice president for Intercollegiate Athletics, will be inducted as one of five members into the 2016 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Hall of Fame Class. The inductees will be enshrined during an awards brunch on Thursday, March 10, 2016, beginning with a welcoming gathering at 9:30 a.m. at the Sheraton Waterside Hotel […]
Flawless conference record for women’s volleyball team
SPECIAL TO THE DAYTONA TIMES Bethune-Cookman’s volleyball squad made history in Durham, N.C., on Sunday, Nov. 9 when the team took a 3-1 (19-25, 25-19, 25-14, 25-16) victory from North Carolina Central University to finish the regular-season perfect in Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference play. The 10-0 flawless MEAC record is the first in school history as […]
A BIG FINISH FOR THE WILDCATS
B-CU quarterback, lineman get MEAC’s top awards of the week COMPILED BY DAYTONA TIMES STAFF Bethune-Cookman quarterback Quentin Williams has been selected as the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Offensive Player of the Week for his performance in the homecoming game against Norfolk State. The Wildcats defeated the Spartans 59-49 with a crowd of 9,875 at […]
Dance a ‘sport’ more boys are tackling
BY VIKKI ORTIZ HEALY CHICAGO TRIBUNE/TNS Ever since he was a little boy, 15-year-old Dakota Jackson said he has entertained his family with handstands, kick-ball-changes and other hip-hop dance moves whenever he hears a beat. So when it came time for the sophomore at Eisenhower High School in south suburban Blue Island in Illinois choose […]
Wildcats claw way to victory over North Carolina Central
COMPILED BY JAHSON LEWIS DAYTONA TIMES Heavy rains in Durham, N.C. did not stop MEAC competition for Bethune-Cookman vs. North Carolina Central last Saturday. The game was moved up to 2 p.m. from its original 4 p.m. kickoff time due to a state of emergency declared in preparation of Hurricane Joaquin. The Wildcats emerged victorious […]
Chronicling the Black history of baseball
USC researcher is trying to interview every living Black player who spent any significant time in Major League baseball. BY ZACH HELFAND LOS ANGELES TIMES/TNS The project called for patience, perspective and, perhaps most of all, a deep love of baseball. The last part was what made Neftalie Williams’ presence here, next to a baseball […]
Wildcat athletes have great week
COMPILED BY JAHSON LEWIS DAYTONA TIMES INTERN CROSS COUNTRY – Daniel Kiptoo and Xavier Walton of the Bethune-Cookman Men’s Cross Country team placed first and second last week at the FLrunners.com College Invitational in Titusville. According to bcuathletics.com, Kiptoo, a freshman from Eldoret, Kenya, and Walton, a sophomore returning to run in his hometown, clocked […]
Daily fantasy leagues blur distinction between games and gambling
BY SAM MELLINGER THE KANSAS CITY STAR / TNS If you’ll pardon the mangled cliché here, it turns out that a sports revolution is being televised – during commercial breaks. The same factors that are shaping change in every other part of our lives – technology, sure, but also money and power – are shifting […]
Dolphins should fire Philbin sooner rather than later
COMMENTARY BY DAVID WHITLEY ORLANDO SENTINEL /TNS Take heart, Dolphins fans. NASA announced Monday the discovery of water on Mars, raising hope there might be life beyond Earth. If scientists can discover signs of life on the red planet, surely they can find one on Miami’s sideline. (Rim shot!) I figure a little humor might […]
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