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Section: Sports

Faculty & Staff

Athletics return, but the struggle continues at UDC; Harvard professors, local AAUP members unite to aid faltering institution – University of the District of Columbia; American Association of University Professors

Washington The University of the District of Columbia (UDC) will reinstate its athletics program in the fall, thanks to a referendum vote by students to increase student athletic fees by $50.

July 10, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Athletics return, but the struggle continues at UDC; Harvard professors, local AAUP members unite to aid faltering institution – University of the District of Columbia; American Association of University Professors

Washington The University of the District of Columbia (UDC) will reinstate its athletics program in the fall, thanks to a referendum vote by students to increase student athletic fees by $50.

July 10, 2007

Louisiana HBCU Loses Several Football Players Because of Academic Ineligibility

BATON ROUGE La. Nine Southern University football players including several starters will not be with the program this fall, coach Pete Richardson said.

July 9, 2007

UCLA Hires New Director of Basketball Operations

LOS ANGELES Joe Hillock, the women’s coach at Southern Utah for 10 years, has been hired as director of operations for the UCLA men’s basketball program.

July 8, 2007

UNO Coach Williams Resigns After One Season

NEW ORLEANS University of New Orleans head basketball coach Buzz Williams resigned Friday, departing after only one season with the Privateers.

July 8, 2007

1997 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars Awards

For the fourth year, black Issues In Higher Education is proud to present our Arthur Ashe Jr. Athlete of the Year to two outstanding students.

July 6, 2007

Title IX: does help for women come at the expense of African Americans?

Gender equity has created an intriguing set of circumstances in the world of college athletics.

July 6, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Moving on up: the allure and the aggravation of becoming a Division I school

Eight year a ago, Dr. William R. Harvey had a vision. The Hampton University president was convinced that with the right approach, the school could hold its own at the highest level of collegiate competition. Now that is is clear that Harvey’s vision was not just a case of wishful thinking, there appears to be another school — Norfolk State University (NSU) — ready to follow his lead.

July 6, 2007

An NCAA tournament de force performance – Coppin State College

It was as shocking as it was improbable. As a result, some are calling Coppin State College’s dramatic win over the University of South Carolina in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Basketball Tournament the single most significant victory in the history of sports at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs).

July 6, 2007

There is more to life than sports: getting brothers to take the road less traveled

Based on recent statistics released during the Jackie Robinson celebration on “Nightline,” 70 percent of the players in the National Football League are African American, 80 percent in the National Basketball Association, and 19 percent in Major League Baseball. That’s fewer than 1,400 Black men on professional contract.

July 6, 2007

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