If you haven’t yet registered to vote or are thinking you might not get out and vote in November, the Rev. Al Sharpton has a few words of warning for you: “We’ll never have this opportunity again.” Sharpton, head of the Harlem-based National Action Network, has been fairly low-key during this political season, but as Election Day nears, he has ramped up his call for everyone wanting change to kick it back into gear. Get more of Sharpton’s words at BET.com/News. Click this link if you haven’t registered to vote.

Lincoln’s team hadn’t competed in almost 50 years. After a hiatus of nearly five decades, Lincoln University has athletes wearing helmets and jerseys again. The historically Black college that produced graduates such as Langston Hughes and Thurgood Marshall has a football team for the first time since 1960. Lincoln also boasts its first marching band, assembled to help rally spirit and support for the football squad. Known as the Lincoln Lions, the team will represent a legacy that includes 15,000 graduates and a 154-year history.

Massachusetts’ only Black senator loses her seat. Massachusetts only has one Black state senator … well, “had” one Black state senator. On Tuesday, in a shocking upset, Sen. Dianne Wilkerson lost her seat to challenger Sonia Chang-Diaz, by 1 percent of the vote, after 15 years in office. That translates into a measly 228 votes. “The margin is so thin. I could be coming to you and saying legitimately that we are not done and we are going to fight. Whatever happens tomorrow does happen,” she told supporters. Well it has happened. The Boston Herald reports that officials with Wilkerson’s camp said they had no intention of fighting the results. With so much at stake and with the outcome so tight, Wilkerson has no one to blame but herself for the loss. Wilkerson drew negative media after admitting mismanaging campaign funds, and she lost ground after failing to get enough signatures for the ballot and was forced to run a write-in campaign. The loss was even more pronounced because Wilkerson had the endorsements of such high-profile supporters as African-American Gov. Deval Patrick and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino.  “My fear is that people will think this district is for sale,” Wilkerson said, claiming she was outspent. “There has been so much money spent in this process. It has been unprecedented for us.”