NCAA DIvision I ballplayers are still “chomping at the bit” to get the 2016 college baseball season underway. But at many smaller division schools, including those among the ballplaying HBCUs, baseball is in full swing this weekend. With the season underway, the…
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Michael Coker is a collegiate baseball writer and lead contemporary news reporter for Black College Nines. He is a member and sits on the Board of Directors of the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA), a member of the Black College Legends and Pioneers Committee for the National College Baseball Hall of Fame, founding member of the HBCU-Pro Sports Media Association (HBCU-PSMA), Founder and Executive Director of the Black College Championships LLC and HBCU baseball Black College World Series. Previously reported for blackcollegebaseball.com. Coker is a voter for the NCBWA NCAA Division I baseball Top 30 poll and Black College Nines’ HBCU baseball polls. Has twenty years of covering collegiate baseball. Played baseball three years under coach Jeffery Lee Jr. at Edward Waters University. Attended Oakton College, Wilberforce University and is a proud graduate of Edward Waters College in 1990 and University of Miami School of Law. Will complete Masters of Law at Thomas Jefferson School of Law. Coker is also a political contributor, consultant and conservative blogger. Founder of Secondopinionpundits – Political Web Magazine.
No. 8 Talladega Opens 2016 College Baseball Season Triumphant
Talladega College twice defeated Concordia College (Selma) at home to start its 2016 baseball season yesterday. Talladega won the first game 9-3 then finished off the Hornets in game two, 15-2. Talladega (2-0), the No. 8th ranked team in Black…