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Delaware State Reinstates Women’s Equestrian Team in Legal Battle

Facing scrutiny over possible Title IX violations, Delaware State University has agreed to reinstate their women’s equestrian program through 2010-11 after having announced its elimination earlier this year for budgetary reasons. In February, the Lady Hornet equestrians filed for a preliminary injunction order to preserve the team and ensure its presence at Delaware State University. In February, the Lady Hornet equestrians filed for a preliminary injunction order to preserve the team and ensure its presence at Delaware State University.

DSU Equestrian Team

Breaking Color Barrier Not Unique to Auburn’s First Black Head Basketball Coach

Auburn University’s Tony Barbee has impressive credentials as a Memphis assistant and a four-year head coach at UTEP, where he led the Miners to the Conference USA regular-season title and NCAA tournament appearance this past season.

Leadership & Policy

Black Trustee Flap Sparks S.C. Football Boycott Effort

South Carolina Black lawmakers are urging Black football recruits to reconsider playing for the University of South Carolina because the school could lose its lone Black trustee.

Former Gamecock Anton Gunn

Officials Urge Raising the Academic Bar for NCAA Tournament Teams

During a news teleconference Wednesday, U.S. Secretary of Education suggested that basketball teams with graduation rates below 40 percent be excluded from post-season play.

Benjamin Jealous, president and CEO of the NAACP, said student-athletes will rise to the academic bar set for them.

Study: Women’s NCAA Tourney Teams Outperform Men in Graduation Rates

Players on teams headed to the NCAA women’s tournament are graduating at a higher rate than those in the men’s field, a study released Tuesday showed.

Arkansas HBCU Revels in First-Ever NCAA Tournament Bid

The University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff will take on Winthrop in the tournament’s first game tonight, with the winner advancing to play top-seeded Duke.

Study: NCAA Tournament Team Graduation Rates Between Blacks, Whites Widening

The disparity in graduation rates for White and Black players on NCAA tournament-bound men’s basketball teams grew this year, according to a study released Monday.

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Leadership & Policy

Alabama Two-year College Officials Plan for Disasters

The Alabama Community College System held the Introduction to Vulnerability exercise last Wednesday to identify and plug holes in disaster plans for the schools and their communities. The longtime goal tragically was made timely after last month’s deadly shooting at the University of Alabama in Huntsville

Central Alabama Community College

Reviews: Catching Up on the Black History Book Bounty

Biographies of the legendary basketball coach Nolan Richardson and the late jazz singer Nina Simone were among the volumes released during the publishing industry’s February push to launch books documenting the Black experience in America.

Nolan Richardson

Payton, Rice and Robinson Lead First Black College Football Hall Class

Historically Black institution icons Walter Payton, Jerry Rice, Deacon Jones and former Grambling coach Eddie Robinson were among the first set of honorees inducted into the Black College Football Hall of Fame on Saturday.

Leadership & Policy

Diversity a Winner in NFL Head Coach Hires; Minorities Gaining Modest Ground in College Ranks

While progress in minority head coach hiring in the NFL is on display with the fourth African-American leading a Super Bowl team this weekend, the college ranks have seen their less-than-stellar record in top coaching hires improve in recent months.

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Eddie Robinson Museum Opening Feb. 13

Almost a decade after the Legislature authorized a state museum to honor former Grambling football coach Eddie G. Robinson, it will open on what would have been his 91st birthday.

A museum dedicated to the late Grambling football coach Eddie G. Robinson (pictured) opens on the Grambling State University campus on Feb. 13.

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