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Section: Sports

The true significance of sports for Black Americans

I am not a sports fan. I’ve written that so many times it seems redundant to write it again. No, this is not another sports-bashing column. Been there, done that. This is a column about the context of sports, about the reasons why sports has been so important for African American people.

July 6, 2007

In Black and White: Race and Sports in America. – book reviews

Like former talk-show host Arsenio Hall, Kenneth L. Shropshire, in his excellent book, In Black and White: Race and Sports in America, discusses things that make you go “HMMMMM?”

July 6, 2007

Arthur Ashe and the next generation of student athletes – Sports Scholars

With all the attention that we have finally come to pay to Arthur Ashe as a pioneering professional athlete and humanitarian it is easy to forget that Ashe was first an incredible college student-athlete at the University of California Los Angeles in the 1960s.

July 6, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Suit threatens status of Georgia’s public Black universities

ATLANTA Alumni and supporters of Georgia’s historically Black public colleges and universities are beginning to mobilize in reaction to a law suit filed last month that seeks to increase white enrollment at those schools.

July 5, 2007

By feeding community, Hytche nourished UMES – University of Maryland- Eastern Shore chancellor William P. Hytche

As a young mathematics instructor in 1963 at the college that is now the University of Maryland-Eastern Shore, Dr. William P. Hytche took a stand for better conditions for his students and the community surrounding the school.

July 5, 2007

NAACP to Symbolically Bury “N” Word During Annual Convention

DETROIT Julian Bond wants onlookers to understand that when the NAACP symbolically buries the “N” word on Monday the effort will be led by the younger members of the venerable civil rights organization.

July 5, 2007

McElroy encouraged by Georgia State’s ‘baby steps’ on football drive

ATLANTA Mary McElroy says she knows that some refer to Georgia State’s opening months of its fundraising drive for a possible football program as only “baby steps.”

July 4, 2007

University of North Dakota defenseman excited about NHL deal

FARGO N.D. Brian Lee says it was not an easy decision to sign with the NHL instead of returning to play hockey at the University of North Dakota. But he’s happy with his choice.

July 4, 2007

Clippers believe Thornton can make immediate impact

LOS ANGELES Al Thornton isn’t one of those young phenoms who typically fill the first round of the NBA draft every year, although his braces make him look a lot younger than 23.

July 4, 2007

Group sues NCAA over eligibility rules – National Collegiate Alhletic Association – includes related article

Black Students Unfairly Affected, Suit says The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) has been hit with a lawsuit that charges that the association discriminates against Blacks by using freshman academic standards that are racially and culturally biased.

July 4, 2007

Morehouse seeks football glory – Doug Williams as a Morehouse College’s football coach

In some circles, the news of former Super Bowl most valuable player Doug Williams taking the job as Morehouse College’s new head football coach was surprising. In recent weeks, it had been reported that Williams was the leading candidate to replace Grambling’s legendary coach Eddie Robinson at the end of the 1997 season. Williams, a […]

July 4, 2007

Battle joins Bulls as assistant coach

AMHERST N.Y. Former star guard Turner Battle is back with the Bulls, hired on Thursday as a University at Buffalo men’s basketball assistant coach.

July 4, 2007

Abbott, Brayton among College Baseball Hall of Fame inductees

LUBBOCK Texas Former Michigan star and major league pitcher Jim Abbott was one of 11 former players and coaches inducted Wednesday into the College Baseball Hall of Fame.

July 4, 2007

Coach Rob gets encore season at Grambling – Grambling University football coach Eddie Robinson gets extension

The curtain finally closed on a week-long controversy surrounding Eddie Robinson, Grambling University’s legendary football coach.

July 4, 2007

Passing the test – free coaching classes for minority student-athletes to enter colleges

Subpar performances on standardized tests have dashed more than a few hopes and dreams of minority athletes who wanted to go to college. But now, some much needed help is available and student-athletes stand to benefit immensely.

July 4, 2007

NAACP president belittles baseball’s efforts

NEW YORK The new interim president of the NAACP belittled baseball’s efforts to boost black participation, chastising the sport in a letter Tuesday to commissioner Bud Selig.

July 3, 2007

Former Kentucky coach named assistant at Texas

AUSTIN Texas Former Kentucky women’s basketball coach Mickie DeMoss was hired Tuesday as an assistant at Texas.

July 3, 2007

Montana State-Billings hires softball coach

BILLINGS Mont. Tony Stone, a former assistant softball coach at Montana State University-Billings, will return as the school’s new head softball coach, said Gary Gray, director of intercollegiate athletics at the Billings campus.

July 3, 2007