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Section: Sports
Sports
Future of Justin Fields Remains in Balance as NCAA Meets
ORLANDO The future of Justin Fields is unclear, even as the NCAA held its annual convention in Orlando over the weekend. Fields, a quarterback at OSU enrolled at the school this week after spending his first season playing college football at the University Georgia. He has asked the NCAA for immediate eligibility in hopes of […]
January 28, 2019
Sports
Report: NFL Gender Hiring Lags Behind Racial Hiring
The National Football League (NFL) received an overall grade of ’B’ in the 2018 Racial and Gender Report Card (RGRC) from The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport (TIDES). But gender hiring across the league received average to low grades.
January 23, 2019
Sports
Black Student Athletes Sue Community College District After Cutting Football Program
Eleven African-American student athletes have filed a federal lawsuit against the Maricopa County Community College (MCCC) District after the school decided to cut the JUCO football program after the 2018 season. The MCCC District, the largest community college system in Arizona, made the announcement in February 2018 citing the systems need to refocus their spending […]
January 10, 2019
Sports
Alignment of Values Crucial to Athletic and Academic Success
An important idea put forth at the Learfield Intercollegiate Athletics Forum presented by Sports Business Journal (IAF) is that the overall well-being of a college or university and its student-athletes requires an alliance between the board of trustees, the president and the athletic director.
December 6, 2018
Sports
Report Assesses the Academic Records of Bowl-Bound College Football Teams
While the Graduation Success Rate for football student-athletes in the 78 Football Bowl Subdivision schools continues to rise, the gap between African-American and White student-athletes persists.
December 3, 2018
Sports
Clarence McKinney named Texas Southern University Head Football Coach
Texas Southern University (TSU) has named Clarence McKinney as its new head football coach. McKinney has a long history working in coaching positions at Houston high schools and at the University of Houston, Texas A&M University and most recently as associate head coach and running backs coach at the University of Arizona. While he was […]
December 3, 2018
Sports
FSU President Responds to Racist Facebook Image Targeting Willie Taggart
Following Florida State University (FSU)’s loss against University of Florida, 14-41, on Saturday, a Facebook user posted a racist image targeted at head football coach Willie Taggart. The photograph shows a man hanging from a noose with coach Taggart’s face photoshopped over the victim’s head with the caption, “#JustDoIt” and “#FireTaggart” according to WCTV News. […]
November 26, 2018
Sports
Grant to Support Sports-Related Concussion Research
Winston-Salem State University (WSSU) was awarded grant funding to support the university’s involvement in the largest-ever study of sports-related concussions, led by the Department of Defense and the NCAA. WSSU is one of 30 universities in the U.S. that is participating in the study, and is the only historically Black college or university involved with […]
November 26, 2018
Sports
Blanford Promotes Inclusion in New Role at University of Wisconsin-Madison
Sheridan Blanford is the director of inclusion for the Division of Intercollegiate Athletics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where she leads programming, initiatives, policies and procedures regarding diversity issues for student-athletes, coaches, administration and the larger campus community.
November 20, 2018
Sports
Maryland President Loh to Retire in Aftermath of Sports Scandal
Dr. Wallace D. Loh, who arrived at the University of Maryland in 2010 as a decorated academic and political adviser, will retire from the presidency at the end of the school year. A number of state and local elected officials reacted to the Tuesday announcement with dismay, some saying that the wrong person was taking […]
October 31, 2018
Sports
The Minority Coach Roundup Week 6
This weekend was a tough one for minority head coaches in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). Out of the 14 coaches that had games only two won. In the game of the week (week 6) Derek Mason and Vanderbilt lost to the 2nd ranked University of Georgia. The game of week this week (week 7) […]
October 13, 2018
Sports
Feminism, Womanism and Election 2018
As we stand a month away from the midterm elections, we do so as a record number of women of color are running for office. Congressional candidates like Rashida Tliab of Michigan, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, and Jahana Hayes of Connecticut. New Mexico’s Deb Haaland and Sharice Davids of Kansas are poised to become the first American Indian women ever elected to Congress. Their entry would come over 190 years after Hiram Revels of the Lumbee tribe was elected as the first African -American and first American Indian to enter the legislature.
October 12, 2018
Sports
Study: Diversity Still Lacking at FBS Institutions
University presidents, conference commissioners and athletics and campus leaders in Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) institutions are still mainly comprised by White men, according to a report by The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport (TIDES) at the University of Central Florida (UCF).
October 3, 2018
Sports
Study Reveals Bias against Female Basketball Players at HBCUs
A new study by a Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) professor indicates that women’s basketball teams at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are penalized at higher rates than teams from other institution types, suggesting that long-standing assumptions of racial bias in college athletics could be true.
October 2, 2018
Sports
The Minority Coach Roundup Week 5
This weekend was another exciting one for 13 of the 18 minority head coaches in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS).
October 2, 2018
Sports
The Minority Coach Roundup
This weekend was full of action packed games for the 18 minority head coaches in the Football  Bowl Subdivision(FBS). In the game of the week David Shaw and Stanford got an overtime win over then 20th ranked Oregon on the road in Eugene. James Franklin and Penn State beat Illinois to remain undefeated. And Brigham […]
September 24, 2018
Sports
Family of Late UMD Football Player File Possible Lawsuit Notice
Parents of the late University of Maryland (UMD) football athlete Jordan McNair, who collapsed during a May preseason practice and died of heatstroke two weeks later, have sent a notice to Maryland officials, saying they might sue. After McNair collapsed, Maryland’s athletic training staff didn’t monitor his temperature or overall health through a popular cold-water […]
September 13, 2018
Sports
College of Ozark Drops Nike, Amid New Ad Campaign
Shortly after Nike’s new ad campaign with Colin Kaepernick began airing, the College of the Ozarks in Point Lookout, Missouri, decided to drop the clothing-line as its athletic apparel sponsor. “In their new ad campaign, we believe Nike executives are promoting an attitude of division and disrespect toward America,” C of O president Jerry C. […]
September 7, 2018
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