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Student-athletes, the World Bank and the United Nations

As I settled in to listen to a panel of four recently graduated student-athletes discuss their views on college athletics, the last thing I expected to hear about was The World Bank, the United Nations and various countries’ GNPs.

June 20, 2007

Rekindling Wilma’s legacy: Tennessee State University struggles to revive Olympic tradition – athlete Wilma Rudolph

It was only fitting that the route for the Atlanta-bound Olympic torch ran right through the heart of the historically Black Tennessee State University (TSU) campus in Nashville. After all, the school has a storied tradition in women’s track and field.

June 20, 2007

The kiddie brigade heads for the NBA – underclassmen’s preference for National Basketball Association over education

A record 37 underclassmen, plus three high school students, made themselves available for the recent National Basketball Association draft, adding to the growing concern of many that more and more young men, particularly Black men, will abandon educational pursuits for hoop dreams.

June 20, 2007

U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Limits on Recruiting High School Athletes

WASHINGTON The Supreme Court said Thursday that athletic associations can enforce limits on recruiting high school athletes without violating coaches’ free speech rights.

June 20, 2007

U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Limits on Recruiting High School Athletes

WASHINGTON The Supreme Court said Thursday that athletic associations can enforce limits on recruiting high school athletes without violating coaches’ free speech rights.

June 20, 2007

Mississippi Valley Athletics Director Leaves for Hampton University.

ITTA BENA Miss. Lonza Hardy Jr., athletics director at Mississippi Valley State University for the past six years, has resigned to take a similar position at Hampton University in southeastern Virginia.

June 19, 2007

Clemson hires former Georgia star

CLEMSON S.C. Former Georgia star Saudia Roundtree has joined the Clemson women’s basketball team as an assistant coach.

June 18, 2007

Fore! NCAA division I: golf taps its first historically Black college – National Collegiate Athletic Association’s Division I golf tournament raises doubts on commitment to nurturing black golfers

Jackson State University made history this spring by becoming the first historically Black institution to have its golf team invited to the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s Division I golf tournament. Division 110 the NCAA’s top competitive division.

June 18, 2007

USOC pushes for diversity behind the scenes – US Olympic Committee

The U.S. has produced more than its share of women and minority athletes who have made their marks and claimed Olympic glory. But behind the scenes is a different story.

June 18, 2007

Holding on to what they’ve got – analysis of programs implemented by six institutions to keep college students in school

A generation ago, when there were more college-age students than there were desks in America’s public and private colleges and universities, making sure that students stayed in school was hardly a priority. Even less exclusive institutions could be selective about which students they admitted and cavalier about those they lost.

June 16, 2007

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Grace and elan: 1996 Arthur Ashe nominations – awards for athletic and academic excellence – Cover Story

For the third year in a row, Black Issues In Higher Education honors college students of color who excel in both their academic and their athletic pursuits. They have all proved their commitment to the pursuit of excellence by working hard and — literally — playing by the rules.

June 16, 2007

Small schools – Where Football Is An Activity, Not a Business

In college football, the big schools win and the small schools struggle.

June 16, 2007

Sneaker madness: historically black schools no shoe-in for lucrative deals

Before the Mississippi Valley State University (MVSU) men’s basketball team got booted from the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s 1996 tournament, the historically Black school got sneakered.

June 16, 2007

Clive of Portland – Clive Charles – Soccer Coach Guides University of Portland’s Men’s and Women’s Teams to Record-setting Year

Soccer Coach Guides University of Portland’s Men’s & Women’s Teams to Record-setting Year.

June 16, 2007

Racial harmony and a first down – experiences of a head coach at Illinois University

I was recently asked, “Why do you think it is important. as a coach, to take the lead in building bridges across racial and cultural lines in athletics?” Succinctly. I would say it would have to do with my background, my resolve and my opportunity. Let me expand on that reaction.

June 16, 2007

Scholar and athlete: in the Arthur Ashe Jr. mold – James Brown, ex-basketball player and TV sports broadcaster – Interview

At the age of 45, Fox TV sports broadcaster James Brown’s athletic and television career has included the stuff of which dream’s are made.

June 16, 2007

Sports, competition and society – athletic and academic competition seen as outcome of a competitive society

Sixty-four teams from historically Black colleges and universities competed on the basis of their knowledge at the Honda Campus All-Star Classic in Orlando FL. The final four competition was as intense as the basketball classic, and Black America’s best and brightest strutted their intellectual stuff as confidently as star basketball players strut their gamesmanship.

June 16, 2007

Days of Grace. – book reviews

Days of Grace, Arthur Ashe and Arnold Rampersad, One world-Ballantine Books, 1996, $7.99 (softcover).

June 16, 2007