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Maxwell Football Club Names John T. Grant Jr. as the Winner of the Thomas Brookshier Spirit Award

Maxwell Football Club Executive Director Mark Wolpert announced that John T. Grant Jr. will be honored with the Club’s Thomas Brookshier Spirit Award at the 87th Maxwell Awards, Friday March 8, 2024 at the College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta Georgia. Grant is the executive director of the Cricket Celebration Bowl and the MEAC/SWAC Challenge Kickoff, college football games in Atlanta that are owned and operated by ESPN Events. A highly respected business leader in Atlanta and one of the most influential figures in Black college athletics, Grant has grown the Cricket MEAC/SWAC Challenge ...

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2023 Cricket Celebration Bowl Media Coverages

The links below provides a curated collection of media coverage from various reputable media channels, all centered around the 202...

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FAMU Downs Howard 30-26 to Win First Cricket Celebration Bowl

ATLANTA – Florida A&M’s Jeremy Moussa tossed three fourth-period touchdowns, two to Kelvin Dean Jr., to lift the Rattlers ...

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Florida A&M Wins SWAC Football Championship, Punches Ticket to Cricket Celebration Bowl For The First Time

ATLANTA – Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) college football champion Florida A&M University has received an invitatio...

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Howard University Qualifies for the Cricket Celebration Bowl for the First Time

ESPN Events’ eighth annual Cricket Celebration Bowl to be played in Atlanta – Saturday, Dec. 16 at noon ET on ABC The eighth a...

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HBCU Band of The Year Rankings: NAIA bands top D2 list

Two marching bands whose football programs compete at the NAIA level are on top of the D2 HBCU Band of the Year rankings to start ...

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HBCU Band of The Year Rankings: Southern University on top

Southern University starts off no. 1, but its got tough competition from around the HBCU band world. ESPN’s Band of The Year HBC...

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ESPN Events to Host Inaugural Band of the Year National Championship – December 15 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta

Competition will feature marching bands at Historically Black Colleges and Universities from Division I and II Conferences ESPN Ev...

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Cricket Wireless Extends Sponsorship of ESPN Events’ MEAC/SWAC Challenge Kickoff and Celebration Bowl Thru 2027

New four-year agreement continues relationship that started with 2018 Celebration Bowl ESPN Events, a division of ESPN, has announ...

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