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A Steward of American Indian Education

David Gipp has been involved in the tribal college movement from the beginning and continues to play a vital role.

November 26, 2008

Illinois, Northwestern Retire Tomahawk Trophy

The University of Illinois put Chief Illiniwek on the shelf last year and the school says it’s now retiring another piece of American Indian imagery.

November 23, 2008

Too Hot To Handle Web sites Baffle College Officials

One ill-fated lapse in cyber-judgment by a college athlete has cost him his position on one of the top football teams in the country.

November 19, 2008

Group Hires Lawyer To Address Dearth of Black College Football Coaches

The number of Black college football coaches is going in the wrong direction, according to the latest hiring report card issued Wednesday by the Black Coaches and Administrators (BCA).

November 12, 2008

Faculty & Staff

ALL IN A DECADE’S WORK

Eugenio María de Hostos Community College’s longtime president Dolores Fernández reflects on her journey through academia and helping other Hispanics reach the top.

November 12, 2008

V is for Victory. So is IX.

V is for Victory. So is IX. is a national campaign to increase the effectiveness of Title IX. Enacted in 1972, Title IX is a federal law addressing equality in education, academics and sports. The campaign is being launched by the Women’s Sports Foundation, the Women’s Law Project of Philadelphia, the California Women’s Law […]

November 10, 2008

Longest Running HBCU Bowl Cancelled

The longest running bowl tournament in the history of Black colleges was abruptly cancelled this year, largely due to budgetary reasons, officials said.

November 4, 2008

Oklahoma State projects affected by donor’s losses

Oklahoma State University officials cheered when oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens gave a record-setting gift of $165 million to his alma mater two years ago for athletic programs and then invested it in his BP Capital hedge fund so that it would grow even more. But now the fund has dropped so low amid the […]

October 23, 2008

Coaching Pioneer Willie Jefferies Reflects on the Ernie Davis Era

More than 140 years after the abolition of slavery Blacks are still taking note of who is the first to make major breakthroughs in a number of areas of American life.

October 9, 2008

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A Pioneer of Collegiate Women’s Sports

North Carolina State University’s Kay Yow has amassed an impressive win-loss record, but to her players she’s more than a coach.

October 1, 2008

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A Love of Sports and of Leading the Way

University of North Carolina Wilmington’s Kelly Mehrtens is part of a small but growing club of women athletic directors at Division I schools.

October 1, 2008

S.C. State and Clemson U. Play Historic Football Game

When the final whistle blew, the scoreboard in Death Valley read Clemson 54, South Carolina State 0, but on this Saturday in late September, there was more than a football game being played.

September 29, 2008

Leadership & Policy

New Study: Men’s Football, Basketball Programs Limit Other Men’s Sports, Not Title IX

Another men’s college wrestling program is discontinued and familiar accusations fly: it’s the fault of Title IX and money being spent on women’s sports. Time and again critics point to Title IX as the reason for cuts in men’s sports.

September 25, 2008

Arkansas Sanctions Upheld; Track Titles in Doubt

The NCAA upheld sanctions against Arkansas’ track and field program, although the school still hopes to keep two national titles in question.

September 23, 2008

Hoops Hall Looks to Honor Black Schools’ Coaches

Savannah State coach Teddy Wright was so good that legends grew up around him. Like the time he supposedly split his squad in two, sending half to play a game in the Southwest and the other half to play against a school on East Coast.

September 11, 2008

No Athletic Dept at Vandy, But Much Success

As president of Vanderbilt University and four other prominent schools before that, Gordon Gee perceived an unhappy trend: Student-athletes were drifting away from the core of university life. They lived, ate and studied in a jock bubble.

September 7, 2008

Lincoln University Hosts its First Football Game in 48 Years

For the time in 48 years, Lincoln University’s football team will take the field. They are scheduled to play George Mason University Saturday afternoon. The football game begins a huge weekend of home events for the Lincoln University Athletics Department.

August 28, 2008

Study: NFL Has Slightly More Hispanic, Asian Players

The NFL has kept a steady number of Black head coaches, while slightly increasing the ranks of Asian and Hispanic players, earning a B+ in an annual diversity study Wednesday.

August 27, 2008