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.
As the clock readies to “spring forward” for the start of daylight savings time, Florida Memorial University didn’t put its best foot forward Saturday as it came away with a split against visiting Bryant & Stratton College-Albany – winning the…
The Xavier University of Louisiana baseball team scored in seven of the game’s nine innings en route to a 17-10 win over Tougaloo College on Friday. The Gold Rush (6-3) scored its first four runs against the Bulldogs (2-6) starter…
It looks like the Ballpark at Jackson will see some baseball games after all. The Jackson Generals have agreed to host Lane College’s remaining six home baseball games for the 2021 season. “We’re always looking for ways to maximize the…
The North Carolina A&T defeated the Elon Phoenix, 8-7, in walk-off fashion inside War Memorial Stadium on Friday evening in non-conference baseball. The Aggies (5-8) overcame a 7-2 deficit to win. By the time the Aggies reached their half of…
Florida Memorial University got on the board early and tacked on a couple security runs late to secure a 6-2 victory over visiting Bryant & Stratton College-Albany Friday in the opening game of their weekend series at Harry T. Moore…
Virginia State University (3-1) moved up a spot to a #2 ranking among small HBCU schools as the Trojans welcome Bluefield State College (3-4) to Whaley Field at the VSU Ballpark for a four-game series with doubleheaders on both Saturday…
Jackson State tops the first edition of our Historically Black College and University (HBCU) regular season Top 10 baseball poll in the large school division announced by Black College Nines (BCN) on March 11, 2021. The Tigers, who began the…
Alabama State pulled away from Samford with a five-run sixth inning, sweeping the season series over the Bulldogs with an 11-3 victory at the Wheeler-Watkins Baseball Complex Wednesday night. Alabama State (2-8) grabbed an early lead scoring a pair of…
The North Carolina Central University baseball team received votes for the second time this season in the latest Division I poll rankings released by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA). The Eagles were tabbed to finish third in the…
It is difficult to make any statement about any teams since the season is just three weeks old. This past weekend there was noticeable improvement that led to some sweeps. Most teams have some work to do. The following is…