All Entries in the "Sports & Entertainment" Category
Zeta Sorors Jasmine Johnson, Vanessa Obafemi finish 10th season as teammates
Source Jasmine Johnson and Vanessa Obafemi spend just about every waking moment together. They’re roommates, Zeta Phi Beta sorority sisters, healthcare administration classmates and fellow Campus Activities Board members. On top of all that, the two DeSoto, Texas natives are senior WKU basketball players in the thick of their 10th year playing the sport together. [...]
Sigma Frater Kevin Saunderson: Seven things you didn’t know about the techno music pioneer
Source Techno pioneer Saunderson recently relaunched influential US techno outfit Inner City, whose first two albums had combined sales of more than six million, for a new album due early next year. We find out more about the 47-year-old New York DJ. He really wasn’t cut out to be a pop star. ‘It was a [...]
AKA Soror Kristen Bridges Among Top Student-Athletes at Ole Miss
Source A West Jones High School graduate is among 10 Ole Miss student-athletes selected to the 2011-12 Who’s Who Among students In American Universities and Colleges for the University of Mississippi. Jones County resident Kristen Bridges, daughter of Rev. W. E. and Janice Bridges, is among those selected for the honor. She is a member [...]
Sigma Frater Braylon Edwards pays for 100 students to attend college
Source Jets wide receiver Braylon Edwards is a man of his word. And because he is, 100 students are going to college on his dime. In 2007, Edwards promised 100 Cleveland high school students that he would pay for their college tuition—a total value of $1 million—if they maintained grade point averages at 2.5 or [...]
The NPHC of Marquette University Presents The 2012 Brew City Stomp Down Step Show
The National Pan-Hellenic Council of Marquette University Presents The 2012 Brew City Stomp Down Step Show Sponsored By City Year Milwaukee On Saturday, February 4, 2012, the National Pan-Hellenic Council of Marquette University once again brings you Wisconsin’s largest step show- and this time it’s BETTER THAN EVER. Featuring the organizations of the Divine Nine: Alpha [...]
Fans Pack The House As Zeta Soror Slyeena Johnson Steps Back Into The Ring
Hot on the heels of the release of “Chapter V: Underrated,” Soror Syleena Johnson, a member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., hit the road on tour promoting her latest masterpiece. On Thursday, Syleena performed before a packed house full of supporters in her home town at The Shrine in Chicago’s South Loop district. Many [...]
Sigmas, Zetas Win Eastern Michigan University NPHC Step Show
Source The National Pan-Hellenic Council of Eastern Michigan University hosted its annual Step Show in Pease Hall Auditorium on Thursday. “The step show is an annual highly anticipated event,” said Ivory Harris, co-host of the show. “It gives students a chance to appreciate the arts, and it gives organizations a chance to showcase their creativity [...]
N.C. A &T Sigmas Win Seventh Straight Homecoming Step Show
Source The Eta Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma made history when they won their seventh straight victory at this year’s homecoming step show. The ladies of the Alpha Phi chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., also took back the first place title beating out the other sororities, including last year’s winners, the ladies of [...]
Zeta Rho Sigma Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Host Inaugural Sigma Flag Football Tournament
The Men of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc., Zeta Rho Sigma Chapter held their inaugural Sigma Flag Football Tournament on Sunday, September 18, 2011. The tournament was held at the Rutgers Camden Community Park in Camden, New Jersey and was organized by Bro. Akeem Lloyd and consisted of 9 teams. All proceeds for the tournament [...]
Syleena Johnson – Chapter 5: Underrated (Review by Soultracks)
Source In an ideal world, those with better looks than vocals or hooks would be out striking poses so that more could hear true artists like Syleena Johnson. Thanks to her lineage (the daughter of blues star Syl Johnson), experience (training in gospel, jazz and classical music) and ability to evoke pain and passion with searing lyrics [...]
