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Former Bowie State running back Isaac Redman has made the Pittsburgh Steelers' 53-man roster. Redman, who rushed 28 times for 140 yards and two touchdowns in three preseason games, is listed third on the Steelers' depth chart at running back. He was on Pittsburgh's practice squad last season after playing for Bowie State from 2005 to 2008. He ended his college career as the Bulldogs' all-time leading rusher with 2,762 yards. He also holds school records for single-season rushing yards (1,512 in 2005)

Owings Mills senior guard Carjahn Jenkins has made a commitment to play basketball at Bowie State University. The 6-foot-3 Jenkins, a three-year starter, averaged 14.7 points, five rebounds and three assists as a senior to lead Owings Mills to a 17-7 mark.  Jenkins helped the Eagles reach the state championship game in 2010 and the state semifnals in 2011. 

The Morgan State football team faces a daunting schedule in the coming season, including traveling to College Park to face Maryland for the first time and a trip to distant North Dakota State in back-to-back games. And that's before the Bears open their Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference schedule against Howard in East Rutherford, N.J., in one of the first games at the new Giants Stadium -- an experience the players won't soon forget. But the Bears are focusing all their attention on their first game of the season, against Bowie State on Sept.

Robert Nwankwo became the first player in Colonial Athletic Association tournament history to score more than 20 points and grab 20 rebounds in a single game, but the Tigers fell to Delaware, 72-65, in opening-round play at the Richmond (Va.) Coliseum on Friday. Towson (1-31) trailed by as many as 18 in the first half, but behind Nwankwo's career-high 27 points and career-high 20 rebounds, the Tigers roared back to tie the game late in the second half. Nwankwo joins Virginia Commonwealth's Larry Sanders as the only player in CAA tournament history to grab 20 rebounds.

Bowie State senior safety Chris Banks was named Sports Illustrated's small schools Player of the Week. Banks earned the award after intercepting three passes to help Bowie State beat Elizabeth City State, 13-0. It was the Bulldogs' first season-opening victory in six seasons.

Seven years ago, most of the athletic world looked at Isaac Redman and saw a young man who had thrown away a promising football career. Bowie State coach Damon Wilson looked at Redman and saw a kid who, regardless of what mistakes he had made, did not deserve to be thrown away. Sunday night, Redman will play running back for the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XVL. He's not a star, but he is a valuable backup who scored a game-winning touchdown against the Ravens earlier this season.

ERIE, Pa. -- Will Stinson scored 28 points to lead Mercyhurst (5-9) to a 89-78 victory over Bowie State yesterday in men's basketball.Marquis Melton scored 20 points for the Bulldogs (4-8).

Isaac Redman didn't feel conflicted the last time the Steelers and the Ravens faced one another. But his friends certainly did. Redman, a running back who played college football at Bowie State, scored what turned out to be the winning touchdown in the Steelers 13-10 victory back in December. "I had a lot of family there," Redman said. "And a lot of my old teammates who are Baltimore fans were there, too. I got everyone tickets to come to the game, and when I scored the winning touchdown, they were kind of like 'No!

There is no more popular -- or lucrative -- sport these days than professional basketball. Yet Maryland taxpayers are providing the Washington Bullets -- a team that doesn't even intend to play future games in the Free State -- with a nearly $100,000 subsidy.The Bullets hold their practices at McKeldin Gymnasium on the campus of Bowie State University. They use the building at their pleasure. Except for Bowie's men and women's basketball team members, no other student gets to use the facility.

Host Bowie State rolled to a 44-point lead at halftime and held West Virginia State to 26 percent shooting on the way to 92-40 victory in last night's championship game of the Best Western Classic.Tarsha Wilson's 13 points led four Bowie State players in double figures. Brandey Lemons added 11 points for the Bulldogs (7-1), who shot nearly 61 percent in the first half to break open the game.Vera Carrington paced West Virginia State (1-6) with 12 points and six rebounds.Kent 88, Coppin State 29: Jenny Kempf's 14 points led Kent (3-5)

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Et cetera 3-point play lifts Rider men past Loyola, 83-79 Novar Gadson 's layup and free throw with 33 seconds remaining put Rider (12-18, 9-8) ahead to stay in an 83-79 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference men's basketball victory against visiting Loyola (20-8, 12-5) on Friday night. Dylon Cormier (Cardinal Gibbons) had given the Greyhounds a 79-78 lead with a twisting layup with 52 seconds left. Erik Etherly and Shane Walker led Loyola with 14 points.

The No. 19 Bowie State men's basketball team avenged a loss earlier this season to Virginia Union, rallying to defeat the Panthers, 101-82, on Monday and clinch the top spot in the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference's Northern Division. This was the largest margin of victory against Virginia Union this season, the most points scored against the Panthers this season and the first 100-plus-point game this season for the Bulldogs (20-5, 12-5 CIAA). Darren Clark led all scorers with 23 points in the win for Bowie State.

Aric Brooks scored 18 points to lead Morgan State past Liberty, 81-69, in a BracketBuster matchup Saturday at Hill Field House. Dewayne Jackson and Justin Black each added 15 points off the bench for Morgan State (6-18) which halted a six-game losing streak. Jesse Sanders led Liberty (12-17) with 21 points. Colgate 59, Navy 57: Mitch Rolls hit a double-clutching 3-pointer with 1.5 seconds left to lift the visiting Raiders (8-19, 2-10 Patriot League) over the Midshipmen (3-23, 0-12)

The host UMBC men's basketball team hoped to end a four-game losing streak Tuesday night. But despite a game-high 28 points for Chase Plummer, the Retrievers fell to Hartford, 76-70. The Hawks (5-19, 5-7 America East) ended a five-game losing streak. Nate Sikma had 20 points for Hartford, which led 44-41 at the half. The Hawks outrebounded the Retrievers 32-23 and had three times as many second-chance points, 9-3. Other top scorers for UMBC (3-20, 2-9) included Brian Neller with 14 points and Joey Getz with 11. Hartford's Andrew Torres added 12 points and Wes Cole had 11. Bowie State 91, Chowan 68: Travis Hyman scored 15 points, and the host Bulldogs (17-4, 9-3 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association)

Tony Gallo scored 19 of his 21 points in the second half, helping Coppin State overcome an eight-point deficit on its way to a 73-70 win over Hampton on Saturday night. The Eagles (10-11, 5-3 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) trailed 29-26 at halftime and twice trailed by eight points in the second half before rallying. Coppin led by one to three points over the final minute of play. It marked the first time all season the Eagles have won a game in which they trailed at the half after dropping all nine previous games in which they were behind.

Bowie State starting quarterback Jason Herold has been suspended from tomorrow's game at Elizabeth City State by the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association.The CIAA issued the one-game suspension for Herold's involvement in a game-ending fight last week at Norfolk State. Bowie officials asked for a review of the penalty, but CIAA commissioner Leon G. Kerry upheld the decision yesterday."It happened on our sideline, and I know Jason didn't start it," said Bowie head coach Sanders Shiver.

Nathanael Pollard Jr., a mathematician and longtime academic administrator, was named yesterday to take over the presidency of Bowie State University July 1.Dr. Pollard, 53, comes to the Prince George's County university from Virginia State University in Petersburg, Va., where he served as provost and vice president for academic affairs.He has also held administrative or teaching posts at Atlanta University, the University of Alabama in Birmingham, Miles College in Birmingham and the University of Oklahoma.

Sheree Ledbetter scored with four-tenths of a second remaining to give Towson a 77-75 win over William & Mary on Thursday at the Towson Center. The Tigers (11-4, 2-2 Colonial Athletic Association) ended a two-game losing streak with their fourth win this season in the final 10 seconds of play. "I'm proud of the way we responded," said coach Joe Mathews. "You can't simulate [late game situations] in practice. This league is full of close games, and our team is really confident that if we have the ball at the end of the game we can find a way to win. " The last-second basket came after the Tribe (8-7, 1-3 CAA)