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Sports Forum / Re: Cooperstown without Barry Bonds is illegitimate

« on: Yesterday at 06:13:07 AM »

There will be more years that no one is "enshrined" in the Hall.

Full BBWAA ballot results are below:

David Ortiz: 307 votes, 77.9%

Barry Bonds: 260 votes, 66% (final year on ballot)

Roger Clemens: 257 votes, 65.2% (final year on ballot)

Scott Rolen: 249 votes, 63.2%

Curt Schilling: 231 votes, 58.6% (final year on ballot)

Todd Helton: 205 votes, 52.0%

Billy Wagner: 201 votes, 51.0%

Andruw Jones: 163 votes, 41.1%

Gary Sheffield: 160 votes, 40.6%

Alex Rodriguez: 135 votes, 34.3%

Jeff Kent: 129 votes, 32.7%

Manny Ramirez: 114 votes, 28.9%

Omar Vizquel: 94 votes, 23.9%

Sammy Sosa: 73 votes, 18.5% (final year on ballot)

Andy Pettitte: 42 votes, 10.7%

Jimmy Rollins: 37 votes, 9.4%

Bobby Abreu: 34 votes, 8.6%

Mark Buehrle: 23 votes, 5.8%

Torii Hunter: 21 votes, 5.3%

(Players receiving less than 5% will drop off future ballots)

Joe Nathan: 17 votes, 4.3%

Tim Hudson: 12 votes, 3.0%

Tim Lincecum: 9 votes, 2.3%

Ryan Howard: 8 votes, 2.0%

Mark Teixeira: 6 votes, 1.5%

Justin Morneau: 5 votes, 1.3%

Jonathan Papelbon: 5 votes, 1.3%

Prince Fielder: 2 votes, 0.5%

A.J. Pierzynski: 2 votes, 0.5%

Carl Crawford: 0 votes, 0%

Jake Peavy: 0 votes, 0%

https://www.mlb.com/news/baseball-hall-of-fame-2022-voting

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Sports Forum / Re: Cooperstown without Barry Bonds is illegitimate

« on: January 25, 2022, 08:42:12 PM »

Former Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz lone inductee into Baseball Hall of Fame as Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens miss again

"Big Papi" was the only player to clear the 75% threshold for induction, according to results of this year's voting by the Baseball Writers' Association of America. Ortiz was named on 307 ballots (77.9%) in his first year of eligibility.

"I am truly honored and blessed by my selection to the Hall of Fame -- the highest honor that any baseball player can reach in their lifetime," Ortiz said in a statement released by the Boston Red Sox. "I am grateful to the baseball writers who considered my career in its totality, not just on the statistics."

Bonds, baseball's all-time home run leader (66%), 354-game winner Roger Clemens (65.2%), 600-homer-club member Sammy Sosa (18.5%) and longtime ace pitcher Curt Schilling (58.6 percent) were in their 10th and final year of eligibility in the annual BBWAA balloting

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/33145769/former-boston-red-sox-slugger-david-ortiz-lone-inductee-baseball-hall-fame-barry-bonds-roger-clemens-miss-again

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Sports Forum / Re: CAA Welcomes New Members Including Hampton

« on: January 25, 2022, 11:06:25 AM »

It's interesting that no college presidents talk about time away from the classroom except Dr Harvey. It's interesting.

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Sports Forum / CAA Welcomes New Members Including Hampton

« on: January 25, 2022, 10:59:28 AM »

1/25/2022 9:50:30 AM

CAA WELCOMES HAMPTON UNIVERSITY, MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY AND STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY AS NEW MEMBERS

https://caasports.com/news/2022/1/24/football-caa-welcomes-hampton-university-monmouth-university-and-stony-brook-university-as-new-members.aspx

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Sports Forum / Re: Promoting CIAA Basketball 🏀 Tournament

« on: January 25, 2022, 06:27:56 AM »

Quote from: hbcu on January 25, 2022, 05:47:24 AM

Received a call last night from loyal school fan who irritated by the school restricting fans attendance to the games. He stated that the school had not mentioned any refunding for the regular season season ticket holders. Some schools allowed him entrance and some don’t. The local ACC schools have fans and some don’t wear any kind of mask. He mentioned that North Carolina A & T are allowing some fans in attendance. Why do I CIAA schools are so arse backwards in this.

I don't think it is all CIAA schools. I think WSSU and ECSU have some fans at their games.

https://www.ticketreturn.com/prod2/team.asp?SponsorID=15543#.Ye_fRf7MLIU

https://ecsuvikings.com/news/2022/1/9/general-updated-covid-19-gameday-protocol-to-enter-the-r-l-vaughan-center.aspx

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Sports Forum / Black College Hall of Fame Chat (Tuesday, Jan 25th 12 noon to 1 pm)

« on: January 24, 2022, 08:07:53 PM »

Join @BCFHOF
’s and my Twitter Chat TOMORROW.

We’ll talk about the Black College Football Hall of Fame’s mission, the
@HBCULegacyBowl
, the #HBCUCombine and more.

https://twitter.com/TroyVincentSr/status/1485633099186819072

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Sports Forum / Re: Looks like Hampton is out

« on: January 24, 2022, 01:45:13 PM »

An official announcement is expected on Tuesday from both the school and the conference.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wtkr.com/sports/sources-hampton-will-join-caa-in-july%3f_amp=true

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Sports Forum / Re: CIAA and Bluefield State

« on: January 23, 2022, 06:48:14 PM »

D2 independent Bluefield State College applies for CIAA membership
Big Blues left the conference in 1955

Published Thursday, January 13, 2022
by Herbert L. White

Jim Nelson, BSC’s vice president of community engagement, told Beckley television station WVNS on Jan. 11 the past two years were successful for the athletics program, especially with the relaunch of football in 2021 after a 40-year absence. The Big Blues went 4-3 under coach Tony Coaxum, with wins against CIAA members Johnson C. Smith and Elizabeth City State. The men’s basketball team is 1-8, with losses to JCSU, Virginia Union and St. Augustine’s; the women are 0-9.

https://www.thecharlottepost.com/news/2022/01/13/hbcu/d2-independent-bluefield-state-college-applies-for-ciaa-membership/

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Sports Forum / Re: JCSU Appoints Maurice Flowers as Head Football Coach

« on: January 23, 2022, 06:36:23 PM »

Local talent is the key to football relevance
Golden Bulls' strategy is recruit Charlotte first, most

Published Sunday, January 23, 2022
by Herbert L. White

Maurice Flowers is taking the local approach to remaking Johnson C. Smith football.

Flowers, who was officially announced as Golden Bulls coach last week, believes the Charlotte region’s depth of high school talent is the key ingredient to making the Golden Bulls relevant after four decades of consistent losing. It’s his job to convince area recruits JCSU, which went 16-42 over six years with Kermit Blount as coach, is worth the commitment.

https://www.thecharlottepost.com/news/2022/01/23/hbcu/jcsu-coach-maurice-flowers-local-talent-is-the-key-to-football-relevance/?fbclid=IwAR1VB6S1BB_IRCDpz7cffPHjbRbQZ_D-YmnLZCpuwvsnOyU6z8l8EZmwojg

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Sports Forum / Re: Is CIAA Baseball Coming Back?

« on: January 22, 2022, 06:12:15 PM »

When Fayetteville State becomes an NC Promise School ($500/semester tuition), will that increase the number of in-state scholarships that they can give?

Fayetteville State University to reduce tuition costs to only $500 a semester

November 20, 2021

The funding will be applied to lower tuition to $500 per semester for in-state students. Similar programs have offset costs for students at three other colleges through the NC Promise Program — Elizabeth City State University, the University of North Carolina at Pembroke and Western Carolina University.

https://www.wral.com/fayetteville-state-university-to-reduce-tuition-costs-to-only-500-a-semester/19991376/

https://www.northcarolina.edu/future-students/nc-promise/

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