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Section: Sports

Getting to Know Derek Inouchi

Growing up in Honolulu, Derek Inouchi followed University of Hawaii sports with a passion, collecting team media guides the way other kids collected baseball cards and comic books.

May 14, 2008

Perspectives: A2MEND Addressing Issues Facing Black Males in Higher Education

Since its founding in 2005, the African American Male Education Network and Development (A2MEND) organization has grown from an organization that identified the main component of their mission to “create an affirming academic and professional environment for African-Americans,” to an organization that is actively achieving this mission through providing workshops and presentations throughout California and the United States.

May 7, 2008

NCAA Academic Report: Some College Teams May Be Hit Hard

College teams that consistently underperform in the classroom are getting hit harder by the NCAA.

May 6, 2008

NCAA Addresses Gender Equity: Where Do We Go From Here?

“An area within women’s intercollegiate athletics that hasn’t had a voice is the status of women of color,” says Charlotte F. Westerhaus, NCAA vice president for diversity and inclusion.

April 23, 2008

Black Players Drop to 8.2 Percent of Major Leaguers

Major League Baseball received its best grade for racial diversity in hiring, even as the percentage of Black players dropped again last year.

April 15, 2008

Faculty & Staff

AAUP Report on Faculty Salaries Asks “Where Are the Priorities?”

Faculty members’ salaries nationwide are not keeping up with inflation, while head football coaches, college presidents and other high level universities official are seeing a significant rise in pay, says a report by the American Association of University Professors.

April 13, 2008

NY Court Rules for Man Who Says He was Fired Over His Black Wife

A jury might conclude that a White former college basketball coach was fired because he was married to a Black woman, a federal appeals court said Tuesday as it reinstated a lawsuit that had been dismissed by a judge.

April 2, 2008

ESPN Documentary on the HBCU Athletes Who Desegregated College Sports Scores Big

The stories of Black athletes integrating professional sports are legendary.

March 27, 2008

So You Want to Be a Coach?

In 2000, the NCAA took a look at the number of minority women who were head coaches in Division I women’s college basketball and the statistics were underwhelming — only 19 head coaches out of 330 programs.

March 20, 2008

11 Black Head Coaches are in The 2008 NCAA National Tournament

This year’s NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship field of 65 has 11 teams lead by Black head coaches.

March 19, 2008

No. 1 Seeds Lag Academically

The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, was the only school among the four No. 1 seeds in the NCAA men’s tournament to graduate at least 50 percent of its players.

March 17, 2008

Study: Hazing Still a Problem on Campus

Virtually every college bans hazing, but more than half of college students belonging to campus organizations say they have experienced it in places from the glee club to the fraternity house, according to a new study.

March 11, 2008

The Untold Stories of Black Athletes To Air on ESPN

A film about the injustices that defined the civil rights movement told through the eyes of basketball players and coaches from primarily historically Black colleges and universities will air on ESPN on March 16 and 17.

March 4, 2008

NCAA Places Lane College on 4 Year Probation

The NCAA has placed Lane College on probation for four years for major violations in its Division II athletic program.

February 28, 2008

Fisk Athletic Programs to Change from NCAA to Intramural

NASHVILLE Tenn. Financially strapped Fisk is dropping its NCAA Division III athletic programs for an intramural and club sports system. University officials announced Thursday the change will be effective in May, saying it will better match the historically Black university’s mission and resources while helping the school save nearly $500,000. Spokesman Ken West says the […]

February 21, 2008

A New Retention Tool: Personal Coaches For Students

For years, Northeastern University¡¯s School of Professional and Continuing Studies was losing its students at a disturbing rate.

February 14, 2008

Florida Sate Puts Its Teams on Probation

TALLAHASSEE Fla. Florida State’s sports teams will be on self-imposed probation for two years and some will lose scholarships because of an academic cheating scandal, the university said in a report released Thursday. About 60 student-athletes also have or will suffer some loss of eligibility. Two staffers, a tutor and learning specialist, already had been […]

February 13, 2008

New Policy In Effect to Increase Number of Minority Head College Football Coaches

A new minority-interviewing rule, similar to the “Rooney Rule” currently used in the National Football League, is being implemented at all Division I-A football programs, in hopes of boosting the number of minority head coaches.

February 10, 2008