March Madness Archives

While You’re Getting Paid for NCAA Brackets, A New Bill Proposes College Athletes Get Paid

Selena HillMarch 18, 2019March 19, 2019

by Selena HillMarch 18, 2019March 19, 2019782

While people are betting on NCAA brackets, Rep. Mark Walker introduced a bill that pressures the NCAA to allow student-athletes to profit off their own...

Technology

Facebook Live: How the NBA Is Cultivating Millennial Basketball Fans

Nathaniel J.April 4, 2017September 23, 2017

by Nathaniel J.April 4, 2017September 23, 2017326

Facebook is more than just a social media network it is now the home of basketball game highlights and now full-length games NBA minor league...

Lifestyle

March Madness: Sports and tech converges at Shadow League event

Derek T. DingleMarch 17, 2016November 14, 2017

by Derek T. DingleMarch 17, 2016November 14, 2017201

The Shadow League, a black-owned multimedia sports company, introduced Sports Connect, an event series focused on the convergence of sports, tech and diversity....

Lifestyle

The Price of Success: The Highest Paid NCAA Basketball Coaches

Michael TolbertJune 29, 2015September 28, 2017

by Michael TolbertJune 29, 2015September 28, 2017265

Aside from stockpiling the most talented athletes, and building state of the art training facilities, one thing colleges and universities do is hire top tier...

Lifestyle

[VIDEO] Obama On Paying College Basketball Players

Sakina SpruellMarch 23, 2015March 23, 2015

by Sakina SpruellMarch 23, 2015March 23, 2015449

Much has been said lately about the big money that is made from college basketball…for everyone besides the players. Â Reports have shown that the NCAA...

Lifestyle

Hampton vs. Kentucky in March Madness Brings Pride to HBCUs

Sakina SpruellMarch 19, 2015March 19, 2015

by Sakina SpruellMarch 19, 2015March 19, 2015191

Everyone is clearly waging bets against the lone historically black college that has earned its way into March Madness. Hampton University beat Manhattan College in...

Lifestyle

President Obama Shares March Madness Bracket

Sakina SpruellMarch 18, 2015March 18, 2015

by Sakina SpruellMarch 18, 2015March 18, 2015275

President Barack Obama discusses the logic he used to complete his 2015 NCAA tournament bracket with ESPN’s Andy Katz for the seventh year in a...

Lifestyle

NBA Reaches for March Madness Audience

Sakina SpruellMarch 17, 2015March 17, 2015

by Sakina SpruellMarch 17, 2015March 17, 2015132

For the first time the National Basketball Association (NBA) is advertising during March Madness, in a move to attract college fans to the professional league....