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Minority Coaches On the Move In High-Profile Basketball Programs

It’s not unusual for the annual postseason coaching carousel to deposit old faces in new places. But for the minority head coaches playing musical chairs this off-season…

Novel by Harvard Student Pulled From Stores

Rarely has an author succeeded, then failed, as quickly as Kaavya Viswanathan, the Harvard University sophomore who acknowledged lifting material for her debut novel…

Harvard Sophomore Accused of Plagiarism in Debut Novel

The publisher of a 19-year-old Harvard University sophomore’s debut novel is investigating the work because it includes several passages that are similar to a book by another author published in 2001….

Fired Grambling Employees Fire Back With Lawsuit

Several former Grambling State University employees, including a fired athletic director, have filed a suit alleging wrongful and illegal termination…

Two Duke Lacrosse Players Arrested; DA Hopes to Charge Third

Two Duke University lacrosse players were arrested early Tuesday on charges of raping and kidnapping an exotic dancer hired to dance at an off-campus party, and the district attorney says he hopes to charge a third person soon…

NCAA academic penalties could await schools

Men’s basketball teams at Arizona State University and Texas A&M University and football teams at the University of Arizona…

Police: Booster’s Death an Accident, Not a Slaying

An Alabama booster died in an accident at his home, rather than being slain as first thought…

Police Hesitant to Label Death of Alabama Booster A Homicide

Police backed off calling the death of a University of Alabama football booster a homicide Wednesday, a day after investigators said he died in a fierce, bloody struggle…

Minority Coaches On the Move In High-Profile Basketball Programs

It’s not unusual for the annual postseason coaching carousel to deposit old faces in new places. But for the minority head coaches playing musical chairs this off-season…

Oklahoma to Name Jeff Capel Head basketball Coach

The University of Oklahoma has a press conference scheduled for this afternoon to announce that Jeff Capel will be replacing Kelvin Sampson as the men’s basketball head coach. Capel has spent the past four seasons at the helm of Virginia Commonwealth University’s basketball program. He compiled a record of 79-41 while at VCU, a program […]

Study: Black Athlete Graduation Rises 24 Points Over 20 Years

The number of Black athletes getting diplomas across all NCAA Division I sports jumped 24 percentage points from 1984 to 2004, marking big gains for a demographic that once recorded just 35 percent graduation success…

Duke Lacrosse Coach Resigns, Season is Canceled, Amid Scandal

A lacrosse player’s e-mail rant about killing and skinning strippers in his Duke University dorm room has started a chain reaction resulting in his coach’s resignation…

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