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CSTV Launches 100 Broadband Sports Channels

Beginning this fall, CSTV Networks Inc., a division of CBS Corp., is offering live college sports broadcasting…

October 4, 2006

Racial Name-Calling at Diversity Retreat Leads To Firing

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. The diversity training consultant called one Wilkes University student of Indian descent a “terrorist.” He also had student athletes at a diversity retreat call another student “Chink” — as a means of making the derogatory words lose their power.

September 25, 2006

Black Coaches Group: Some Progress In Hiring Practices

INDIANAPOLIS NCAA Division I universities fared better this year in considering minority football coaching candidates, the Black Coaches Association said Thursday.

September 21, 2006

Leadership & Policy

Georgia’s On Our Mind

Music lovers have long counted Ray Charles’ bittersweet rendition of Hoagy Carmichael’s…

September 6, 2006

Leadership & Policy

In Memory of a Friend:Dr. Clinton Bristow Jr., 1949-2006

Some people have to work hard to be leaders. Dr. Clinton Bristow was natural born…

September 6, 2006

A Winning Combination

If Damon Evans operated in the corporate world, he would probably have graced the cover of several magazines by now…

September 6, 2006

Black College Baseball Programs Sliding in Popularity

Major League Baseball was all but dead in the water in the late 1990s. A strike in 1994…

August 23, 2006

Study: NFL Hiring More Black Coaches, But Women Still Lag Behind

ORLANDO Fla. The NFL’s rule that at least one minority candidate be interviewed for each head coaching vacancy is the reason there are now a record seven Black head coaches, six more than 16 years ago, says one of the leading experts on sports diversity.

August 18, 2006

NCAA to Begin Tougher Penalties in 2007-2008 for Long-term Academic Problems

INDIANAPOLIS The NCAA has approved a way to identify teams with long-term academic problems and will begin assessing penalties starting in 2007-2008, including postseason bans and the loss of scholarships.

August 5, 2006

NCAA Confederate Flag Ban Could Be Extended

COLUMBIA, S.C. The NCAA will look into expanding its ban of championship events in South Carolina, possibly disallowing baseball and football teams from hosting postseason games because the Confederate flag is displayed on Statehouse grounds.

July 31, 2006

Bobby Bonds Symposium To Be Held To Increase Blacks in Baseball

Organizers hope the third annual Bobby Bonds Memorial Symposium will help reverse the declining number of Blacks playing baseball at all levels. They also know that the job gets more difficult with every negative headline involving Bobby’s son, Barry.

July 17, 2006

Black Coaches Association To Adopt ‘Diverse’ Name

The Black Coaches Association is changing its name to show it’s inclusive of other minority groups…

June 28, 2006

USF Football Team Honored for Stand Against Racism

Some have called it the best college football team ever. Nine of its players were drafted…

June 14, 2006

Southern University Alum Claims

Avery Johnson, who played his final two collegiate seasons at Southern University in Louisiana…

June 14, 2006

NCAA Bans 15 High Schools

The NCAA will no longer accept transcripts from 15 nontraditional high schools, including one in Florida with a Web site that promises students an opportunity to earn a diploma in weeks.

June 7, 2006

Black Coaches Association To Change Name to Diverse

The Black Coaches Association is changing its name to reflect inclusiveness of other minority groups. The name will be made official following the end of member voting July 1.

June 5, 2006

Southern University’s Avery Johnson Is The 2006 NBA Coach Of The Year

May and June are the two months when the National Basketball Association takes the lime light of the American sports culture and focuses it squarely on the playoffs. Avery Johnson and Southern University are sharing some of that lime light this year.

May 31, 2006

Grappling With the Gender Disparity Issue

The young lady seeking admission to Ohio’s Kenyon College was a student leader…

May 31, 2006