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Section: Sports
Sports
The Joyners: An HBCU Basketball Coaching Dynasty
For Edward Joyner Jr. (pictured), the family business takes place on the hardwood and is rooted in historically Black colleges and universities, where Edward Jr.; his father, Edward; his uncle, Stephen; and his cousin, Stephen Jr., are all head basketball coaches.
September 1, 2010
Sports
Miami’s Randy Shannon Enters New Season With Confidence
A new four-year contract was hammered out in May, giving University of Miami head football coach Randy Shannon some measure of security. And with a depth chart that’s finally loaded to his liking, Shannon thinks he might have the kind of team he needs to get the Hurricanes thinking about winning college football’s biggest prize.
August 31, 2010
Students
FBI Tracked Desegregation Suit Against Alabama’s Bear Bryant
Fans weren’t the only ones watching Alabama football between 1969 and 1971. The FBI, apparently with the approval of director J. Edgar Hoover, was secretly keeping an eye on a civil rights lawsuit filed by Blacks against legendary coach Paul ‘Bear’ Bryant during the same period.
August 23, 2010
Sports
Ga. State Starts New Program in Tough Economy
Georgia State is one of six institutions, including South Alabama and Notre Dame College, launching football programs this year, amid a tough fundraising environment.
August 22, 2010
Leadership & Policy
Saint Augustine’s Dianne Suber Urges News Media Confidence by Black Colleges
The Saint Augustine’s College president says public relations is as important to a college as any other campus initiative, and her school has positive national television exposure to prove it.
August 19, 2010
Sports
Coaching Diversity Slowly Rising at FBS Schools
First-year head college football coaches Joker Phillips and Charlie Strong are among a dozen Black head coaches at FBS schools, triple the number of Black head coaches two years ago.
August 12, 2010
Sports
Mississippi Flag Could Hurt Bid for SEC Baseball Tourney
The Confederate symbol on the Mississippi flag could hurt the state’s bid to host the Southeastern Conference baseball tournament starting in 2012 because some people find the emblem offensive, a top conference official said Tuesday.
August 11, 2010
Sports
College Track Coach and Former Olympian Antonio Pettigrew Found Dead
St. Augustine’s College alumnus Antonio Pettigrew, a sprinter stripped of an Olympic gold medal after admitting to doping, was found dead in the backseat of his locked car near Raleigh, N.C. early Tuesday.
August 10, 2010
Sports
Cost of Knight Academic Center for Athletes Raises Concern
The University of Oregon academic center for athletes that opened in January, paid for entirely by benefactor Phil Knight, cost about twice as much per square foot as Portland’s priciest condo buildings, according to documents released to The Oregonian.
August 9, 2010
Sports
Alabama Football Coach Unleashes Attack on Sports Agents
Three SEC teams—Florida, Alabama and South Carolina—are investigating allegations involving improper contact with an agent. Alabama coach Nick Saban and SEC commissioner Mike Slive both say it is time for a change to NCAA rules governing agents.
July 21, 2010
Sports
Damon Evans Resigns as UGA Athletic Director Following DUI Arrest
On Monday, University of Georgia president Michael Adams said that Damon Evans resigned from his position as the school’s athletic director, less than a week after Evans was arrested on a DUI charge in Atlanta.
July 5, 2010
Sports
Is Baseball Striking Out With Blacks?
During the 2010 College World Series, just eight of 269 baseball players on competing teams were African-American. Those numbers are disturbing to those who believe African-Americans have largely turned away from the sport.
June 27, 2010
Sports
HBCUs Struggle With Lag in Academic Progress by Student Athletes
The NCAA’s comprehensive academic reform measure, the Academic Progress Rate (APR), has—over its six-year existence—consistently meted out penalties to historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) at a disproportionate rate for Division I institutions.
June 24, 2010
Leadership & Policy
Knight Commission Blasts Runaway Spending in College Sports
With spending on big-time college sports continuing to escalate, a group of university presidents and campus leaders says it’s past time for more of that money to wind up in the classroom.
June 17, 2010
Sports
John Wooden Remembered as Brilliant College Coach
In the history of college basketball, no coach or school has come close to John Wooden’s 10 NCAA championships. His life was just as awe-inspiring as his records, admirers say.
June 7, 2010
Sports
Michigan Discloses Football Violations to NCAA
The University of Michigan admitted Tuesday to a series of violations in its storied football program, saying it doesn’t believe the problems related to practice time and coaching activities are enough to warrant major punishment from the NCAA.
May 25, 2010
Students
Revoked Scholarships Surprise College Athletes
With the U.S. Justice Department investigating the NCAA over the one-year scholarship award practice, college sport watchdogs say athletes too often fall victim to unkept promises and bottom-line decisions that force many out of big-time sports programs.
May 24, 2010
Students
Authorities Say Better Information on Student Arrests Will Be Difficult to Realize
University of Virginia officials still reeling from the death of a Virginia student-athlete want a better system to tell them when students are arrested off campus, though authorities warn changes could prove costly.
May 23, 2010
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