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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The University of Arkansas at Pine-Bluff is replacing Jackson State University in the Southern Heritage Classic, according to the classic founder’s Facebook page. “The answers you’ve all been waiting for,” SHC founder Fred Jones wrote on the post. The Arkansas HBCU will now face the Tennessee State University tigers in the classic […]

MEMPHIS – The more things change, the more things stay the same.  That’s the message from Southern Heritage Classic founder Fred Jones Friday on the first day that tickets went on sale for the new and reimagined Classic that will pit Tennessee State and Arkansas- Pine Bluff this September.  Jones is ready for new memorabilia […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A man was taken to the hospital Saturday at the Southern Heritage Classic after accidentally shooting himself in the stomach, witnesses said. WREG spoke to MPD Assistant Chief of Police Don Crowe, who confirmed the shooting occurred in the parking lot of the Liberty Bowl. Investigators believe this was an accidental shooting. […]

Memphis, Tenn. — Tennessee State University’s Aristocrat of Bands is striving for one of the best achievable musical awards. The HBCU band will submit an application to the Grammy nomination committee for their album The Urban Hymnal. Created on TSU’s campus, the 10-track album features trailblazers within the music industry like Sir the Baptist, Dubba-AA, […]

MEMPHIS – Just because the Memphis Tigers are on the road this weekend doesn’t mean the newly renamed Simmons Bank Liberty Bowl Stadium will sit idle on Saturday. Far from it. Saturday marks what is annually one of this city’s biggest football games, the Southern Heritage Classic. Jackson State versus Tennessee State and while this […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Tickets for the Southern Heritage Classic are scheduled to go on sale this Friday at 10 a.m. This will be the 33rd annual football game between rivals Jackson State University and Tennessee State University. The two universities are scheduled to play against each other Sept. 10 at 6 p.m. at the Simmons […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — People living in the historic French Fort neighborhood of Memphis are used to having to stick up for themselves. If they didn’t, their neighborhood may no longer exist. French Fort has only a few hundred houses nestled on the banks of the Mississippi River, located in a hidden pocket next to the […]

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Jackson State University (JSU) announced on Friday, February 11 that the 2022 Southern Heritage Classic game between JSU and Tennessee State University will be played as originally planned. According to a statement from the university, this will be the final Southern Heritage Classic between the two teams. On Wednesday, February 2, […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Jackson State University announced Wednesday that their football team will no longer participate in the Southern Heritage Classic, one of the most attended HBCU classics in the country. On Wednesday, JSU announced its termination of participation in the annual game. JSU stated that their governing athletic conference, Southwestern Athletic Conference, has entered […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WREG) — Draylen Ellis is preparing for one of the biggest games of his career. The former Kirby standout returning home for the Southern Heritage Classic as the starting quarterback for Tennessee State. “I just want to lead my team and do what we need to do to get the victory,” Ellis said. […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn.– Jackson State University is back in the Southern Heritage Classic for one final game in 2022. The announcement Friday came after the university previously said it was pulling out of the historic match up. Fred Jones, Southern Heritage Classic Founder, said he’s glad JSU is back in the game. “Our theme this year is […]