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Illinois, Northwestern Retire Tomahawk Trophy

The University of Illinois put Chief Illiniwek on the shelf last year and the school says it’s now retiring another piece of American Indian imagery.

Too Hot To Handle Web sites Baffle College Officials

One ill-fated lapse in cyber-judgment by a college athlete has cost him his position on one of the top football teams in the country.

Group Hires Lawyer To Address Dearth of Black College Football Coaches

The number of Black college football coaches is going in the wrong direction, according to the latest hiring report card issued Wednesday by the Black Coaches and Administrators (BCA).

Faculty & Staff

ALL IN A DECADE’S WORK

Eugenio María de Hostos Community College’s longtime president Dolores Fernández reflects on her journey through academia and helping other Hispanics reach the top.

V is for Victory. So is IX.

V is for Victory. So is IX. is a national campaign to increase the effectiveness of Title IX. Enacted in 1972, Title IX is a federal law addressing equality in education, academics and sports. The campaign is being launched by the Women’s Sports Foundation, the Women’s Law Project of Philadelphia, the California Women’s Law […]

Longest Running HBCU Bowl Cancelled

The longest running bowl tournament in the history of Black colleges was abruptly cancelled this year, largely due to budgetary reasons, officials said.

Oklahoma State projects affected by donor’s losses

Oklahoma State University officials cheered when oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens gave a record-setting gift of $165 million to his alma mater two years ago for athletic programs and then invested it in his BP Capital hedge fund so that it would grow even more. But now the fund has dropped so low amid the […]

Coaching Pioneer Willie Jefferies Reflects on the Ernie Davis Era

More than 140 years after the abolition of slavery Blacks are still taking note of who is the first to make major breakthroughs in a number of areas of American life.

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A Pioneer of Collegiate Women’s Sports

North Carolina State University’s Kay Yow has amassed an impressive win-loss record, but to her players she’s more than a coach.

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A Love of Sports and of Leading the Way

University of North Carolina Wilmington’s Kelly Mehrtens is part of a small but growing club of women athletic directors at Division I schools.

S.C. State and Clemson U. Play Historic Football Game

When the final whistle blew, the scoreboard in Death Valley read Clemson 54, South Carolina State 0, but on this Saturday in late September, there was more than a football game being played.

Leadership & Policy

New Study: Men’s Football, Basketball Programs Limit Other Men’s Sports, Not Title IX

Another men’s college wrestling program is discontinued and familiar accusations fly: it’s the fault of Title IX and money being spent on women’s sports. Time and again critics point to Title IX as the reason for cuts in men’s sports.

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