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mm ®[(e Charlotte ^oat Spoils Livingstone basketball notches another upset while Fayetteville State wins bowling tourney at N.C. A&T. Page 3C THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8,2007 SEaiON C Bijoux 12 boutique offers fashion accessories that are actually affordable. Page 6C Rtson Rison shines as NCCU’s new coaeh Ojfemive coordinator succeeds Rod Broadway By Herbert L. White hert.white@thechatot1epcfs;t.com The interim tag no longer applies to North Carolina Central football coach Mose Rison. NCCU promoted Rison from assistant head coach to the top job Tuesday as successor to Rod Broadway, who left last month to take over at Grambling. Rison, who was offensive coor dinator and quarterbacks coach during the Eagles school-record 11-1 season in 2006, had been serving as interim head coach since Broadway’s departure. Rison signed a five-year con tract that guarantees him $120,000 a year, with an increase to $130,000 on July 1. This is his first head-coaching job at any level. Central, the two-time CIAA champion, is leaving the league for the Championship Division (formerly Division I-AA). With Rison directing the Broadway offense, the Eagles averaged 30.9 points per game last year, the most in school history. Freshman quar terback Stadford Brown was named as the Sheridan Broadcasting’s offensive player of the year, CIAA offensive player of the year and rookie of the year. Tight end Kenneth Broadway, Rod Broadway’s’ • son, was all-CIAA and a Sheridan all- America. Rison spent the 2005 season as the Please see RISON/2C East Meek, VCC football players off to college By Herbert L. White herb.whire@thechcy1otteposf.com Two East Mecklenburg Eagles graduate to col lege football preparation Wednesday. Quarterback Keon Williams committed to N.C. Central and offensive lineman Rodney Austin signed a letter of intent with Elon. Williams (6-1, 175 pounds) was the Eagles offensive MVP for two straight years. He passed for 3,509 yards and completed 300-of-536 pass es (56 percent) with 30 touchdowns. He also ran for 12 scores. Austin (6-4, 300) was a 2006 all-Southwestern 4A conference selection and received offers from seven colleges. He graded out at 82 per cent as a senior with 12 pancake blocks and 56 knockdowns. As a defensive lineman, Austin tal lied 26 tackles, broke up a pass and recovered a fumble. Victory Christian produced a bumper crop of college-bound players, led by defensive end Kourtnei Brown. Brown is headed to Alabama but also consid ered North Carolina, Michigan and Virginia Tech. He recorded 31 sacks as a senior, more than double the number he recorded the previ ous season, Defensive lineman Jason Jones signed with Appalachian State, linebacker Brandon Allen committed to Fayetteville State and running back Sanquan Davis signed with S.C. State. Know anyone who has signed a letter of intent? E-mail the address above. PHOTOS/CURTIS WILSON Charlotte Bobcats center Ryan Hollins gained an appreciation for the NBA after spending time in the NBDL, a developmental league. Ryan’s hope Hollins’ athletic potential intrigues the Bobcats By Erica Singleton FOR THE CHARLOTTE POST Bobcats fans may notice an unfamiliar face on the court these days, wearing the number 1, yet Ryan Hollins is not new to the Bobcats organization: not completely. Hollins, a rookie, was picked 50th overall in the second round of the 2006 NBA Draft. “Ryan Hollins is a terrific athlete for a seven-footer, and he is an intelligent player who works hard,’’ said Head Coach Bernie Bickerstaff. “We were for tunate to get a player with his size and athleticism with the 50th pick.” The 7-foot UCLA grad participated in the Bobcats training camp and played in all but one pre-season game. He started the sea son on the Bobcats inactive list, until November 21st, when he was sent to the Fort Worth Flyers of the NBA’s Developmental League. For many, this might have seemed like a set back, but Hollins is happy about it. “That was a great thing,” said Hollins. “[Here]...on the team we had a lot of guys, and there wasn’t a chance for me to really get Please see ROOKIE/2C JCSU gets 12 football commitments By Herbert L. White herb.white@thechcirlottepost.com Johnson C. Smith’s football success in 2006 translated ■ into an active National Signing Day. The Golden Bulls confirmed 12 commitments Wednesday, the first day high school ath letes can sign letters of intent. addressed some of our needs at this point," Bulls coach Daryl McNeill said. “We are looking forward to five or six more players signing.” The recruits were split near ly evenly between offense and defense, with seven signees projected for offense. Please see J.C SMITH/2C Season sliding toward mediocre Golden Bulls look to reverse recent struggles By Herbert L. White hert).wh/fe@fhechoriotteposf.com Johnson C. Smith’s Golden Bulls are headed in the wrong direction at the wrong time. JCSU has lost three of four games going into Thursday’s game against St. Paul’s. At 10-8, 8-6 CIAA the Bulls are nowhere to be found in the Division II region al rankings, which determine seeding for the national tourna ment; To get there. Smith has to turn its for- Joyner tunes around quickly. "We’ve got to win," Bulls coach Steve Joyner said. “When you look at those types of things. Winning is important in terms of the Western Division and region al rankings. We just played with no understanding and we’re let ting those things get away.” Little has gone right during the Bulls’ struggles, with illness and inconsistency taking a toll. The low point was Saturday in a 79- 76 overtime loss to Livingstone, which hadn’t beaten Smith in a decade. “They outplayed us in over time.” Joyner said. "The rebounding was significantly different, they certainly out played us. We had our chances but couldn’t put the ball in the basket, (Livingstone) did.” The Bulls are still inconsistent, too. Stretches of brilliance are often followed by errors that force the Bulls to scramble for answers. There haven’t been many of late. “We have no understanding,” Joyner said. When we see some thing working, we talk about it on the bench, we talk about it during timeouts but we don’t make the adjustments enough to cut down what they’re doing. The biggest thing is we just did n’t execute on offense either. We’re just out of sync.” PHOTO/CURTS WILSON Johnson C. Smith forward Jerry Hollis (middle) and his Golden Bulls teammates have lost three of their last four games. NFL quarterbacks made black history before Lovie and Tony Soul Bowl between Chicago Bears coach Lovie Smith and Indianapolis coach Tony Dungy. But while the world watched history in the mak ing - two black head coaches in the Super Bowl for the first time - a quiet revolution is going on in Jacksonville, Fla. The Jacksonville jaguars have all black quarterbacks. What’s so revolutionary about that you say. Black QBs in the NFL are not news any more. Maybe you didn’t read it right. Jacksonville has A-L-L black quarterbacks - first, second and third string. 0-h-h-h-h-h, now you get it! No NFL team had more than two black QBs on its roster this season, and it’s a good bet that no team in league history ever had a 100 percent chocolate squad. Now Jacksonville has a quarterback controversy involving three black quar terbacks. Don’t ‘cha love it? The main man behind the saga is James “Shack” Harris, vice president of player per sonnel. Harris played QB in the NFL for 12 years. But his legacy will forever be remembered as the first black QB to start in an NFL game. He also can relate to all three QBs. Not only is he black, but he is a graduate of Grambling State under the tutelage of legendary coach Eddie Robinson. So quite nat urally he would understand how a raw gem like Gray, another byproduct of an HBCU, might get passed over for guys from bigger Division 1 programs. Men like Harris and Doug Williams, a personnel execu tive with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and another Grambling alumnus, under stand the challenges still fac ing black QBs, especially those from HBCUs. o«of
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