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ACC Basketball Head Coaches

College basketball generates millions of dollars every season. For the hundreds of universities looking to be chosen to play in the NCAA National Championship, affectionately known as the Big Dance, the man who leads their team can be the difference between sharing in the wealth or sitting on the shelf.

February 4, 2007

Got Game

Mary Allison Milford’s life sounds like that of a typical college athlete. At least, it does on the surface. Three-hour workouts five days a week, long bus rides to weekend games in other states and keeping up with her studies are all part of life for the University of Alabama student…

January 31, 2007

The Diversity Lessons the NCAA Can Learn From the NFL

Professional football fans, particularly African-Americans, were instantly ecstatic that for the first time two National Football League teams led by Black coaches will be facing each other in the nation’s most popular annual sporting event. The event shows how far the NFL has come with respect to diversity among head coaches, and how far collegiate sports still lags behind.

January 31, 2007

North Dakota Looking For Opponents Who’ll Play Despite Nickname

GRAND FORKS, N.D. In trying to schedule games with NCAA Division I opponents, the University of North Dakota is finding resistance to its Fighting Sioux nickname.

January 30, 2007

Spike Lee’s Sports Journalism Program Aims To Boost Numbers of Black Sportswriters

The Morehouse Sports Journalism Program launched by Spike Lee seeks to develop more Black writers who will impact how Black professional athletes are portrayed in news media.

January 29, 2007

Governor Orders Texas Southern To Begin Financial Cleanup

HOUSTON Gov. Rick Perry has ordered the regents of Texas Southern University to develop a plan for fixing the school’s financial problems or resign.

January 28, 2007

Resilience and Revitalization

Everyone knows that college sports is a lucrative business. The fact that the University of Alabama earlier this month offered…

January 24, 2007

Got Game

Mary Allison Milford’s life sounds like that of a typical college athlete. At least, it does on the surface…

January 24, 2007

Black Male Student-Athletes Owe Themselves, Forefathers More

The tragedy of Maurice Clarett, the former Ohio State University football star and NFL hopeful…

January 24, 2007

Hibbing Community College Football Team Suspended For Poor Grades

HIBBING, Minn. Hibbing Community College announced Wednesday it has suspended its football program indefinitely because of the poor academic performance of its players.

January 23, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Duke Professors Reject Calls to Apologize to Lacrosse Players

Increasingly under attack from newspaper editorials and online bloggers, the Duke faculty members known as “The Group of 88” posted a letter online yesterday defending themselves against accusations that they had rushed to judge the three men’s lacrosse players.

January 16, 2007

Grants & Awards

Elizabeth City State University (N.C.) has received a $400,000 gift from Melvyn and Vonda Riley, the largest alumni donation in the university’s history. Melvyn Riley graduated from ECSU in 1961, while Vonda Riley graduated in 1965. The gift will be used to support athletic scholarships. The University of Hawaii’s School of Social Work has received […]

January 10, 2007

NCAA Needs More Black Coaches, Says NCAA President

ORLANDO Fla. NCAA president Myles Brand asked member schools to offer more opportunities to minorities when hiring coaches and administrators and wants them to do a better job educating athletes about sportsmanship.

January 7, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Tuskegee, Touchdowns and More

We couldn’t go into the New Year without recognizing the contributions that Tuskegee University has made over the past 125 years…

December 27, 2006

Throw, Catch, Score! Now Study

Thumbs up to Pennsylvania State University for graduating 77 percent of its Black athletes and 83 percent of its White athletes…

December 27, 2006

A Year in Review 2006

“Summers To Step Down, Ending Tumult at Harvard” kicked off the year as one of the most talked about news stories in higher education…

December 27, 2006

Pigskin Payday

Southern University Athletic Director Greg LaFleur was smiling long before his Jaguars defeated rival…

December 27, 2006

Atlantic Coast Conference Leads In Number of Black Head Basketball Coaches

Black college basketball players make up approximately 70 percent of the rosters of the top teams. While the percentage of Black head basketball coaches is nowhere near that level, the Atlantic Coast Conference is making strides in promoting African Americans to top coaching positions.

December 11, 2006