BOXTOROW One-on-One Interviews Donal Ware

HBCU alum Charles Huff. …anytime you get to pave a way for anybody, I think that’s your responsibility. Just like our parents and ancestors and people that came before me Tyrone Willingham, Dennis Green, Art Shell in the NFL, all of those guys made it easier for me to sit in the chair that I’mContinue Reading →

I’m not going to say the main reason… [Deion Sanders] was definitely a reason why I went there. He made it attractive enough to even consider it because honestly, even with him there, at first I didn’t all the way consider it. After getting there and experiencing everything  [Jackson State] had to offer, I understoodContinue Reading →

It’s probably where a lot of [my growth] came from… You can’t put a [price] on how valuable it is to go against that quarterback like that everyday. Kansas City Chiefs cornerback Joshua Williams on how he’s gotten better going against Patrick Mahomes in practice. Former HBCU All-American and Fayetteville State star Joshua Williams madeContinue Reading →

by Donal Ware boxtorow.com As I try and gather the words to talk about the passing of a friend, mentor, colleague, the man responsible for the way that HBCU sports was and has been disseminated, I will leave you with this conversation that Eric Moore and I had on August 20, 2015 as he wasContinue Reading →

I really miss those days, missing the band playing and all of that good stuff… Indianapolis Colts defensive tackle Grover Stewart on what he remembers most about his time at Albany State. Grover Stewart has quietly become one of the better interior defensive linemen in the National Football League. The former fourth round draft pickContinue Reading →

Our facilities kinda have to catch up with the academic prowess and all of the different renovations and constructions that have been going across campus… New North Carolina Central Athletics Director Dr. Louis “Skip” Perkins on first steps as AD at NCCU. New North Carolina Central Athletics Director Dr. Louis “Skip” Perkins has been theContinue Reading →