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Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar Winner Jacque Vaughn Hired as Orlando Magic Head Coach

Jacque Vaughn, a former NBA player and the 1995 Arthur Ashe Jr. Male Sports Scholar of the Year, will be one of the youngest head coaches in the NBA this coming season.

NCAA’s Emmert Hopes Penn State Penalties Send Message

In hitting Penn State’s football program with unprecedented sanctions, NCAA chief Mark Emmert said he hopes the action serves notice that a win-at-all-costs mentality in major college football won’t be tolerated.

With Penn State’s Loss, Grambling’s Eddie Robinson Regains Coaching Title

Grambling University learned Monday that its legendary football coach, the late Eddie G. Robinson, had regained his rank as the winningest coach in college football history.

Penn State Fined $60 Million, Wins Vacated from ’98-11

Penn State football was all but leveled Monday by an NCAA ruling that wiped away 14 years of coach Joe Paterno’s victories and imposed a mountain of fines and penalties, crippling a program whose pedophile assistant coach spent uncounted years molesting children.

Sadness, Worry Come with Removal of Paterno Statue

Penn State President Rod Erickson said he decided to have the statue removed and put into storage because it “has become a source of division and an obstacle to healing”.

City of Grambling, La., Wants Paterno Coaching Record Vacated

An attorney for the city of Grambling, La., has filed a request to the NCAA asking the governing body to vacate some of Joe Paterno’s record 409 Division I victories.

Report Finds Penn State Officials Negligent in Handling of Child Sex Abuse Allegations

A newly-released report on the findings surrounding the sex scandals at Penn State University says officials close to the team demonstrated “total disregard” for the victims of Jerry Sandusky.

College Presidents Approve College Football Playoff

A committee of university presidents on Tuesday approved a plan for a four-team playoff put forward by commissioners of the major football conferences.

Next Step on Path to College Football Playoff: Presidents Chime In

The BCS commissioners will present their four-team playoff proposal to the presidential oversight committee Tuesday in Washington.

Collegiate Sports Gender Equity Not Yet A Reality, Experts Say

Although women have made tremendous strides in collegiate sports since the 1972 passage of Title IX, significant work remains before women achieve equality with men on campus, experts say.

Latest NCAA Postseason Bans Hit HBCUs Hard

Several HBCUs will not be allowed to participate in 2012-2013 postseason play according to the just-released NCAA listing of schools that did not meet minimum academic progress guidelines.

Four Arthur Ashe Sports Scholars Selected in the 2012 NFL Draft

What many people don’t know about Robert Griffin III, the second player taken in the 2012 NFL draft, is that he was a two-time Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar finalist.

Robert Griffin III

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