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Section: Sports
Students
Career Compass Shows Way Ahead to College
Louisiana nonprofit helps students find scholarships, apply and persist toward degree.
September 21, 2011
Sports
Math Prize for Girls Thrives at MIT
The third annual Math Prize for Girls, which took place Saturday at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, inspires girls to embrace a love of math.
September 19, 2011
Students
Report: Top College Athletes Worth Six Figures
The average fair market value of top-tier college football and men’s basketball players is more than $100,000 each, and the athletes are entitled to at least a portion of that, a new report from an advocacy group argues.
September 12, 2011
Sports
Fox Sports Cancels College Athletics Show After Video Mocks Asians
Video of students at University of Southern California campus asking them to welcome Colorado and Utah to the Pac-12 Conference and then mocking their accents was removed and the network issued an apology.
September 8, 2011
Sports
Morehouse, Howard Football Teams Launching AT&T Nation’s Football Classic
Activities tied to the inaugural AT&T Nation’s Football Classic – including debates, symposiums and receptions – suggest that pressing social issues, along with athletics, will be at the forefront this weekend in Washington, D.C.
September 8, 2011
Sports
Five New Minority FBS Head Coaches Bring Total To Highest Ever
The 2011 season will see the most minorities leading Football Bowl Subdivision teams as head coaches when college game action gets underway Sept. 1.
August 31, 2011
Sports
Ohio State Plans for Widespread Compliance Program
Ohio State’s top financial official on Tuesday recommended the university hire two firms to undertake a comprehensive review of campus compliance programs in the wake of the football team’s memorabilia scandal.
August 30, 2011
Sports
SWAC Coping with Academic Woes, Postseason Bans
Three Southwestern Athletic Conference schools, Jackson State, Southern and Grambling, have received postseason bans in either football or men’s basketball for failing to meet the NCAA’s Academic Progress Rate standards.
August 29, 2011
Leadership & Policy
University President Shalala Says 15 Miami Athletes Being Investigated
If Miami uses any player later deemed ineligible by the NCAA, then the Hurricanes run the risk of having to retroactively vacate games.
August 23, 2011
Leadership & Policy
University President Shalala Says 15 Miami Athletes Being Investigated
If Miami uses any player later deemed ineligible by the NCAA, then the Hurricanes run the risk of having to retroactively vacate games.
August 22, 2011
Sports
Chipping Away at the Glass Ceiling in Athletic Administration
Veteran college sports administrator Vivian Fuller assumes leadership of the athletics department at Jackson State University.
August 22, 2011
Sports
Former Ohio State Player Included in NFL Draft, Must Sit Out Five Games
Former Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor was declared eligible for Monday’s NFL supplemental draft but must sit out the first five games after he signs a contract.
August 18, 2011
Sports
Students File Lawsuit Over North Dakota School’s Nickname
The complaint alleges that a new law requiring the school to keep the nickname violates the state constitution and reverses a court-ordered settlement between UND and the NCAA that retired the logo.
August 14, 2011
Students
Tennessean Editorial Page Editor Dwight Lewis Retiring After 40 Years in Journalism
Veteran journalist and educator interviewed well-known people from boxing great Muhammad Ali to convicted assassin James Earl Ray to President Obama.
August 11, 2011
Leadership & Policy
Haskell Indian Nations University President Chris Redman Looking to Future
The new president of Haskell Indian Nations University said it’s time to move on from recent unrest at the school, and instead focus on providing more opportunities for its students.
August 7, 2011
Sports
Jackson State Hires First Female Athletic Director
Jackson State University has hired Vivian Fuller as its first female athletic director.
July 21, 2011
Sports
No Charges in Saggy Pants Arrest of College Football Player at Calif. Airport
Prosecutors said Wednesday they will not file charges against a University of New Mexico football player who was arrested after wearing saggy pants on a plane at San Francisco airport.
July 14, 2011
Students
Michigan State Law Professors Say Div. I College Athletes Qualify as ‘Employees’
The way football and basketball players in Division I programs juggle athletics and school undermines the NCAA’s contention they are student-athletes, contend law professors Robert and Amy McCormick.
July 14, 2011
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