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Section: Sports
Sports
AD Kirby Hocutt: âBetter Days are Aheadâ for Miami
University of Miami Athletic Director Kirby Hocutt fired head coach Randy Shannon on Saturday night, hours after Miami lost to the University of South Florida in its regular-season finale.
November 28, 2010
Sports
Colleges Showing Improvement on Hiring Minorities as Head Football Coaches, Survey Reveals
Major college football programs are making steady headway in selecting Blacks and other racial minorities for prized head coach positions, says a new survey of hiring practices issued by the Black Coaches and Administrators (BCA) association.
November 21, 2010
Sports
NCAA President Discusses Ways to Curb Violence
Association president Mark Emmert is taking a look at what the NCAA can do to help prevent violence against women.
November 18, 2010
Sports
Student in Ohio Says Headdress Led to Ouster from Game
A student at Miami University of Ohio says an American Indian headdress he wore to show school spirit got him thrown out of a home football game.
November 9, 2010
Faculty & Staff
UT-Knoxville Chancellor Says Diversity is a Goal
The chancellor at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville says there is slow progress diversifying the faculty, which is mostly made up of White men.
November 2, 2010
Sports
Pick Six: Coaches in Trouble
The Associated Press evaluates six Football Bowl Subdivision coaches who probably need to finish the season strong to keep their jobs.
October 26, 2010
Students
Study: Scholarship Athletes Still Pay for School
A report by Ithaca College researchers and an athletesâ advocacy group shows that the average âfull scholarshipâ Division I athlete winds up having to pay $2,951 annually in school expenses not covered by grants-in-aid.
October 26, 2010
Sports
Lawyer: Paramedics Ignored Pace U. Student-Athlete Shot by NY Cops
Paramedics ignored a handcuffed and dying college football player shot by police and attended to injured officers for several minutes while his friend stood by screaming for help, a lawyer hired by the studentâs family charged Wednesday.
October 21, 2010
Sports
Miles College Coach Billy Joe Resigns, Cites Health
Miles College coach Billy Joe has resigned, citing health reasons, ending a career with the second-most victories of any coach at historically Black colleges.
October 6, 2010
Students
Game Delay: Latinos Not Yet Scoring With College Athletics
Despite their growing presence in professional sports, Latinos remain underrepresented in collegiate athletics.
October 4, 2010
Sports
Minority Coach Watch: Black Coaches Lead Two Teams in Top 25 Games in Week Five
The University of Miamiâs Randy Shannon remains the only minority head Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) coach whose team is ranked in the Associated Pressâ Top 25.
September 30, 2010
Students
Special Report: Puerto Ricoâs Eleven Campuses, One University, Many Strikes
The two-month-long student strike that shuttered 10 of 11 University of Puerto Rico campuses this year has been settled, but the underlying issues that contributed to the unrest are far from resolved.
September 22, 2010
Sports
Latina Athletic Director Thrives on Learning and Teaching
As the athletic director at St. Francis College, a Division I institution in Brooklyn, N.Y., Irma Garcia finds fulfillment in teaching others the rules of sports and sports administration.
September 21, 2010
Sports
Lawsuits Seek to Compensate College Athletes
Ed OâBannon was a star basketball player at UCLA. His lawsuit seeks a share of the money the NCAA earns from licensing former playersâ images in commercials, DVDs, video games and elsewhere. (photo courtesy of UCLA)
September 20, 2010
Sports
Minority Coach Watch: Black Head Coaches Lead Three Teams in Top 25 Games This Week
This week, Kevin Sumlin steered the University of Houston into the Associated Pressâ Top 25 rankings at No. 23. The third-year head coach has guided 2-0 Houston to lopsided victories against visiting Texas State and UTEP.
September 16, 2010
Sports
Black Coaches Help Launch Groundbreaking College Football Season
The 2010 college football season has more Blacks leading Football Bowl Subdivision teams as head coaches than ever before.
September 9, 2010
Sports
New Maryland Athletic Director Anderson Sets High Goals for Terps
During an introduction as Marylandâs new athletic director, Kevin Anderson thanked his predecessor for putting the school in the upper echelon of the nationâs sports programs.
September 7, 2010
Sports
First African-American Hired as University of Maryland Athletic Director
The University of Maryland named Kevin Anderson as its new athletic director Saturday. Anderson previously held the same job for 5 1/2 years at Army.
September 6, 2010
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