ROY FOREMAN MEDIA
Tennessee State football quietly makes history in the Ohio Valley Conference in the late 90's
By Lenny Moon
During the 1998 and 1999 collegiate football campaigns, the Tennessee State Tigers, spearheaded by head coach L.C. Cole and offensive coordinator Johnnie Cole. The brothers inherited a program that had nine losing seasons in 10 years prior to their arrival. The Cole-led TSU Tigers compiled 4-7 records his first two seasons, including 4-3 vs OVC opponents. With Tennessee State being the only historically Black institution in the conference annals, the Tigers rose to the occasion during Cole's third season at the helm with a 9-3 season record and finishing atop of the standings with a 6-1 campaign.
The 1998 OVC championship represented the first by an HBCU in the history of the conference, and the only time that this feat had been achieved by any Black program in a historically white league. In Cole's fourth and final year at the Nashville, Tn based institution, he led his Tigers to their second consecutive OVC championship with an 11-1 season record and again finishing on top of the conference with an undefeated 7-0 mark. Although it's been over two decades since Tennessee entered the history books with their late 90's success on the gridiron, it's barely penetrated the radar screen on the national sports landscape. Cole would earn OVC Coach of the year honors in both 1998 & 99 and was the 1-AA National Coach of the Year to cap off their second straight title.
During the 1998 and 1999 collegiate football campaigns, the Tennessee State Tigers, spearheaded by head coach L.C. Cole and offensive coordinator Johnnie Cole. The brothers inherited a program that had nine losing seasons in 10 years prior to their arrival. The Cole-led TSU Tigers compiled 4-7 records his first two seasons, including 4-3 vs OVC opponents. With Tennessee State being the only historically Black institution in the conference annals, the Tigers rose to the occasion during Cole's third season at the helm with a 9-3 season record and finishing atop of the standings with a 6-1 campaign.
The 1998 OVC championship represented the first by an HBCU in the history of the conference, and the only time that this feat had been achieved by any Black program in a historically white league. In Cole's fourth and final year at the Nashville, Tn based institution, he led his Tigers to their second consecutive OVC championship with an 11-1 season record and again finishing on top of the conference with an undefeated 7-0 mark. Although it's been over two decades since Tennessee entered the history books with their late 90's success on the gridiron, it's barely penetrated the radar screen on the national sports landscape. Cole would earn OVC Coach of the year honors in both 1998 & 99 and was the 1-AA National Coach of the Year to cap off their second straight title.
The Foreman Boxing magazine on Provide TV / The Best?
Host Roy Foreman and his guest, show producer and Provide TV co-owner, Harris Haith on the set during the taping of The Foreman Boxing Magazine 5/22/2019.
Concert with Leon Hughes and the coasters along with the Diamonds Diamonds June 2, 2018
Leon Hughes and The Coasters. You can't miss with the legendary Leon Hughes “The Original” and His Coasters that took place on June 2, 2018 at the CenturyLink arena! The night was filled with hits such as “Yakety Yak”, “Searchin”, “Charlie Brown”, and more! Joined on stage that night was The Diamonds, Todd Horn, and hip-hop artist Vito.
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We would like to say thanks to a fantastic photographer, Lisa Jordan for her amazing photographs from the event. For more about Lisa Jordan, please go to her website to see more of her talent: www.lisaseyeview.com.
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We would like to say thanks to a fantastic photographer, Lisa Jordan for her amazing photographs from the event. For more about Lisa Jordan, please go to her website to see more of her talent: www.lisaseyeview.com.
Concert Photography provided by Lisa Jordan
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Control your explanation points
by Hilaree Foreman, Managing Editor
JTAC News - The Official Student Newspaper of Tarleton since 1919
Reprint article by Hilaree Foreman
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JTAC News - The Official Student Newspaper of Tarleton since 1919
Reprint article by Hilaree Foreman
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Bernard Hopkins vs Sergey Kovalev
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Down Goes Terror: How A Frightened George Foreman Shocked Joe Frazier
Excerpted from Bouts of Mania: Ali, Frazier, and Foreman—and an America on the Ropes.
The fight crowd did not particularly care where it was. It was a movable mob, circulating here and there, reconvening at assigned sites, resuming old narratives. Location was of little consequence. Just so there was a gym, a hotel lobby, a bar, and some kind of atmospheric window to accommodate a satellite signal. Anyplace would do. All the regulars were showing up in Kingston this time. Here was Red Smith from the New York Times, George Plimpton from Sports Illustrated, even Howard Cosell from ABC.
Once again, Cosell had been overlooked for the closed-circuit broadcast (those duties went to Don Dunphy once more, although this time his color commentator would be singer Pearl Bailey). But he would provide his braying expertise for the Wide World of Sports delayed telecast and would inform and annoy his print brethren in the meantime.
"Take a gander at these limbs," Cosell commanded Plimpton, the two of them enjoying a drink on a hotel balcony during the week before the fight. Cosell was not often in Bermuda shorts and seemed delighted at the chance for such exposure. "At the PSAL [Public Schools Athletic League] championship held in 1931 at the 168th Street Armory in Manhattan, these legs carried me to a second-place finish in the standing broad jump." Plimpton made no record of a reply.
Others were making this scene for the first time. Don King, a man without apparent portfolio, busied himself in both camps, striking up friendships, making acquaintances. Among them was Roy Foreman, the fighter's 17-year-old brother, who'd tagged along with the rest of the family for this strange road trip. Once King recognized the connection, he latched on to him, started introducing him to his new friends, even Pearl Bailey. Suddenly, he was appearing at George's training.
Roy, who was largely agog at his first international experience, met someone else, and it was even more unnerving. He was trying to negotiate passport control upon arrival when he received a horrifying jolt, recognizing his brother's opponent in line with him. "Joe Frazier, sharp as a razor," the man said, shaking young Foreman's hand, just going up and down the line, greeting everybody. Whatever camp confidence had existed vanished in that instant. Foreman struggled for a proper description, running through a number of geological properties. Finally, he hit upon one. "He's like a boulder with a head!" This was just awful. He'd had no idea what they were up against. "What's one loss," he thought. "Lots of great fighters have one loss."
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The fight crowd did not particularly care where it was. It was a movable mob, circulating here and there, reconvening at assigned sites, resuming old narratives. Location was of little consequence. Just so there was a gym, a hotel lobby, a bar, and some kind of atmospheric window to accommodate a satellite signal. Anyplace would do. All the regulars were showing up in Kingston this time. Here was Red Smith from the New York Times, George Plimpton from Sports Illustrated, even Howard Cosell from ABC.
Once again, Cosell had been overlooked for the closed-circuit broadcast (those duties went to Don Dunphy once more, although this time his color commentator would be singer Pearl Bailey). But he would provide his braying expertise for the Wide World of Sports delayed telecast and would inform and annoy his print brethren in the meantime.
"Take a gander at these limbs," Cosell commanded Plimpton, the two of them enjoying a drink on a hotel balcony during the week before the fight. Cosell was not often in Bermuda shorts and seemed delighted at the chance for such exposure. "At the PSAL [Public Schools Athletic League] championship held in 1931 at the 168th Street Armory in Manhattan, these legs carried me to a second-place finish in the standing broad jump." Plimpton made no record of a reply.
Others were making this scene for the first time. Don King, a man without apparent portfolio, busied himself in both camps, striking up friendships, making acquaintances. Among them was Roy Foreman, the fighter's 17-year-old brother, who'd tagged along with the rest of the family for this strange road trip. Once King recognized the connection, he latched on to him, started introducing him to his new friends, even Pearl Bailey. Suddenly, he was appearing at George's training.
Roy, who was largely agog at his first international experience, met someone else, and it was even more unnerving. He was trying to negotiate passport control upon arrival when he received a horrifying jolt, recognizing his brother's opponent in line with him. "Joe Frazier, sharp as a razor," the man said, shaking young Foreman's hand, just going up and down the line, greeting everybody. Whatever camp confidence had existed vanished in that instant. Foreman struggled for a proper description, running through a number of geological properties. Finally, he hit upon one. "He's like a boulder with a head!" This was just awful. He'd had no idea what they were up against. "What's one loss," he thought. "Lots of great fighters have one loss."
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40 year Anniversary of the Rumble in the Jungle
Photos by Don Baker
