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Lawyer Says He’ll Take Ole Miss Confederate Flag Ban to Supreme Court

Lawyer Says He’ll Take Ole Miss Confederate Flag Ban to Supreme CourtJACKSON, Miss. A lawyer for a White supremacist group says he will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to outlaw the University of Mississippi’s ban on Confederate flags at athletic events. Nationalist Movement lawyer Richard Barrett says the prohibition violates his First Amendment right to […]

November 8, 2000

Virtual University Getting A Piece of Athletic Action

Virtual University Getting A Piece of Athletic ActionFRANKFORT, Ky. Kentucky Virtual University, the state’s electronic portal to a higher education without lecture halls, dorms or bad cafeteria food, has a sports franchise. There are already T-shirts from the KVU Athletic Department, and there will be a logo after its selection by an online poll of […]

October 25, 2000

Second Lawsuit Alleges Disparate Treatment of Black Women on University of South Florida Women’s Basketball Team

Second Lawsuit Alleges Disparate Treatment of Black Women on University of South Florida Women’s Basketball TeamTAMPA, Fla. A second former player has filed a federal lawsuit claiming racism by the University of South Florida women’s basketball coach. Avia Lee, 23, claims in a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court last month that she was dismissed […]

October 25, 2000

First Major Football Webcast May Lead to Revenue Boon

First Major Football Webcast May Lead to Revenue BoonLINCOLN, Neb.I t wasn’t hard to predict the outcome of the Sept. 2 football game between the University of Nebraska’s top-ranked team and unranked San Jose State.But the folks at FOXSports.com were predicting their own victory — that their live Webcast of the NCAA Division I-A match […]

October 11, 2000

Fired Women’s Basketball Coach Files $105 Million Suit Against Howard University

Fired Women’s Basketball Coach Files $105 Million Suit Against Howard UniversitySanya Tyler’s lawyer claims the firing was retaliation for an earlier suit she won against the schoolWashingtonFormer Howard University women’s basketball coach Sanya Tyler has sued the university and three officials for $105 million in damages after being fired last month. Her attorney alleges the […]

October 11, 2000

House Panel OKs Bill to Ban College Sports Betting

House Panel OKs Bill to Ban College Sports BettingThe House Judiciary Committee this month approved legislation to ban gambling on high school and collegiate sports nationwide, which would eliminate it in Nevada, the only state that permits such wagering. The easy committee win was the first step for a measure that has pitted high-profile sports […]

October 11, 2000

Former Fla. Basketball Player Sues University, Alleging Racism

Former Fla. Basketball Player Sues University, Alleging RacismTAMPA, Fla. A year after an internal investigation found evidence of racism in the University of South Florida women’s basketball program, a former player has filed a lawsuit claiming Blacks were singled out and segregated on the team. Dione Smith, a three-year starter dismissed by coach Jerry Ann […]

September 13, 2000

Ole Miss Has Right to Ban Confederate Flag Waving

Ole Miss Has Right to Ban Confederate Flag WavingJACKSON, Miss. The University of Mississippi has the legal right to ban spectators from waving Confederate flags at campus athletic events, the 5th U.S. Court of Appeals has ruled.The recent decision by the New Orleans court comes three years after Richard Barrett, a lawyer for the White […]

September 13, 2000

On the Roster:Coming Events in Black College Sports

On the Roster:Coming Events in Black College SportsBy Craig T. GreenleeT he college sports scene for this academic year promises the usual mixed bag of on-the-field triumphs and woes. But those high-profile events are likely to be accompanied by some unique off-the-field celebrations and disappointments. Here’s a look ahead at developments likely to occur during […]

September 13, 2000

University of Georgia Files Appeal in Race-Based Admissions Ruling

University of Georgia Files Appeal in Race-Based Admissions RulingSAVANNAH, Ga. NCAA Rejects confederate flag protest in georgiaATLANTA The National Collegiate Athletic Association has rejected calls from civil rights groups to move upcoming basketball tournaments from Georgia unless the state removes the Confederate battle symbol from its state flag.The Southern Christian Leadership Conference earlier this month sent a […]

August 30, 2000

Washington Briefs

Pell Grant Debate Sours House Budget TalksWASHINGTON — Debate on a fiscal 2001 education funding bill has taken an increasingly bitter turn as House leaders recently rejected Democratic attempts to add more money for Pell grants, among other programs for needy students.Republican leaders labeled out of order an amendment that would have increased the maximum […]

July 5, 2000

Leadership & Policy

NCAA Report Finds Little Diversity In Sports Administration

NCAA Report Finds Little Diversity In Sports AdministrationPercentage of Black athletics directors drops, other positions make little gainsINDIANAPOLIS — Diversity hiring in college athletics is a grand illusion. That’s what the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s latest race report suggests. In college sports, Blacks participate in significant numbers as athletes, but are far less prominent in […]

June 21, 2000

Leadership & Policy

Alabama State Pushing to be First HBCU in NCAA Division I-A

Alabama State Pushing to be First HBCU in NCAA Division I-AMONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Alabama State University Board of Trustees here has decided to push forward efforts to become the first historically Black institution to move to Division I-A football despite concern and skepticism among some university officials.The board voted last month to make the […]

June 7, 2000

BI What’s New

Nearly 450,000 students play college sports each year. But there are fewer than 3,500 allied health-care providers on hand daily to provide for their safety. That’s one allied health-care provider for every 138 collegiate athletes.Now there are new guidelines, established by the National Athletic Trainers’ Association, that will help colleges and universities in estimating the […]

June 7, 2000

Faculty & Staff

BI News Briefs

Despite Outreach Efforts, UC Schools See Low Minority EnrollmentLOS ANGELES — Black and Hispanic enrollment at the Universities of California has not increased significantly despite hundreds of millions of dollars spent on the outreach programs that replaced affirmative action. Over the past five years, the percentage of Blacks, Hispanics and American Indians who enrolled at […]

June 7, 2000

Tech Briefs

Web Site Matches Athletes to CollegesWestport, Conn.— C What We C Enterprises Inc. has launched a sports-recruitment Web site that offers high school athletes another venue — and in some cases, the only venue — to gain exposure and provides colleges a new method to scout talented players.Career Sports, located at www.careersportsinc.com, is the first […]

April 26, 2000

Foundation is Key to Athletic and Academic Success

Foundation is Key to Athletic and Academic SuccessHis words were unsettling: “I partly blame officials at the university, because it was all one big cover-up.” Those words, spoken by an old acquaintance I recently ran into, came after discussing the usual: How have you been? Where are you working? How did you do in school?Lonnie […]

April 26, 2000

College Athletes Deserve Some Equity

College Athletes Deserve Some EquityIn college sports, it seems that everybody gets paid except the athlete. That’s a raw deal. The players provide the labor that produces winning teams, which in turn, generates heightened fan interest. As a result, football stadiums and basketball arenas are filled to capacity, translating into fatter operating budgets for the […]

April 26, 2000