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.
Former North Carolina A&T Aggie outfielder Luke Tendler, drafted out of N.C. A&T in 2014, had a breakout year in 2016 for the Texas Rangers top A minor league team. Led that league in numerous offensive categories. Tendler, a former…
The 2017 baseball season is right around the corner, two months away. At Lane College, head coach Stanley Stubbs is entering his first year at the program, in what has been a tremendous off season coaching-wise for the Dragons. However,…
Hawkins, Texas – It was announced that former Jarvis Christian College Bulldog, Angel Merced, signed with the San Francisco Giants baseball organization this morning. Merced signed as a free agent and will report to spring training in March 2017 as a…
Jackson, TN – On December 7, 2016 the Lane College baseball team participated in a community service event with RIFA (Reaching out, Lifting Up) food bank. The team collected and donated 49 pounds of food to help stock the food…
Former Winston Salem State University baseball player Jayson Baytop sign a Independent League professional contract with the Trinidad Triggers of the Pecos League. Baytop was one of the top players for the Rams last season, and among the top hitters…
The Trinidad Triggers have signed former Jarvis Christian College standout Javion Randle to a baseball contract for the upcoming 2017 season. Randle, 22 (6-2, 200lbs) recorded one of the most outstanding careers in the history of Bulldog baseball. The four-year…
TUCSON, Ariz. – The Saguaros have signed RHP Josh Freeman of Stillman College. He joins outfielder Nick Vitale as the second player from Stillman to be added for the upcoming season. Freeman is currently serving as Stillman’s pitching coach. In 2016,…
Video In honor of the Chicago Cubs capturing the 2016 World Series, we present an encore presentation of our episode of “The Hawk.” The video features former FAMU baseball player Andre Dawson. Dawson accomplished the amazing feat of winning…
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Bethune-Cookman is a contingent of Cleveland Indians fans in the midst of a Chicago Cubs crazy area, understandable because many of the present Cubbies got their start with the team’s minor league affiliate once located at our…
BALTIMORE – To celebrate the end of a series of baseball clinics for inner city youth in Baltimore, the Urban Sports League will host “A Day at the Park” on Oct. 29 at Frederick Douglas High School. The event will…