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Section: Sports
Sports
Ashe Scholar Committed to Serving Others
During Khari Blasingame’s freshman year at Vanderbilt University, he was already speaking to academic support counselor Elizabeth Wright about graduate school. This year’s Arthur Ashe Jr. Male Sports Scholar has not wavered in his commitment to addressing systemic inequities in health care, and his long-term goal is to become a leader in health care administration.
April 4, 2019
Sports
Dr. David Wilson Appointed to NCAA Board of Governors, Division I Board of Directors
The NCAA has announced that Dr. David Wilson, president of Morgan State University, has been appointed to the NCAA Board of Governors and Division I Board of Directors, effective August 2019. “Dr. Wilson has a wealth of experience and is a proven leader on the Division I level,” Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Commissioner Dr. Dennis […]
April 2, 2019
Sports
Women’s Basketball Continues to Outpace Men’s Academically
Women’s basketball players still outperform their male counterparts, but there is still room for improvement, according to a new report.
March 19, 2019
Students
Academic Success Continues to Rise for NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament Teams
Graduation rates for African-American Division I men’s basketball student-athletes are rising, but gaps with their White teammates persists.
March 18, 2019
Sports
DOJ Reveals College Admissions Scandal, Rocks Higher Ed
The U.S. Department of Justice bombshell about 49 individuals across the nation who face charges in illegal schemes to get some of their children admitted to elite colleges has dropped jaws and raised ire across the higher education landscape.
March 12, 2019
Sports
TIDES Report: College Sport is Still Lacking in Diversity
In the latest Racial and Gender Report Card from The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport (TIDES) the overall grade for college sport is a C+.
February 27, 2019
Sports
Brunel University Introduces Sport Hijab to Increase Muslim Women Participation in Sports
Brunel University in London has launched a sports hijab in an effort to increase Muslim women participating in sports. Several sportswear brands have introduced a sports hijab in the past, however Brunel University will be directly supplying the hijabs to their students. Eighteen percent of Muslim women participate in regular sport, compared to 30 percent of the UK’s […]
February 11, 2019
Sports
Former Vanderbilt Athletics Director Dies After Collapsing at a Local Restaurant
Former Vanderbilt University athletics director David Williams has died after collapsing at a restaurant, the university said in a recent news release. Williams, the son of a Tuskegee Airmen member and a Detroit public school teacher, collapsed at a Pancake Pantry restaurant near the university campus around 10:30 a.m. on Feb. 8. “(Williams) came in […]
February 11, 2019
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
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