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Leadership & Policy

Alabama State Pushing to be First HBCU in NCAA Division I-A

Alabama State Pushing to be First HBCU in NCAA Division I-AMONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Alabama State University Board of Trustees here has decided to push forward efforts to become the first historically Black institution to move to Division I-A football despite concern and skepticism among some university officials.The board voted last month to make the […]

BI What’s New

Nearly 450,000 students play college sports each year. But there are fewer than 3,500 allied health-care providers on hand daily to provide for their safety. That’s one allied health-care provider for every 138 collegiate athletes.Now there are new guidelines, established by the National Athletic Trainers’ Association, that will help colleges and universities in estimating the […]

Faculty & Staff

BI News Briefs

Despite Outreach Efforts, UC Schools See Low Minority EnrollmentLOS ANGELES — Black and Hispanic enrollment at the Universities of California has not increased significantly despite hundreds of millions of dollars spent on the outreach programs that replaced affirmative action. Over the past five years, the percentage of Blacks, Hispanics and American Indians who enrolled at […]

Tech Briefs

Web Site Matches Athletes to CollegesWestport, Conn.— C What We C Enterprises Inc. has launched a sports-recruitment Web site that offers high school athletes another venue — and in some cases, the only venue — to gain exposure and provides colleges a new method to scout talented players.Career Sports, located at www.careersportsinc.com, is the first […]

Foundation is Key to Athletic and Academic Success

Foundation is Key to Athletic and Academic SuccessHis words were unsettling: “I partly blame officials at the university, because it was all one big cover-up.” Those words, spoken by an old acquaintance I recently ran into, came after discussing the usual: How have you been? Where are you working? How did you do in school?Lonnie […]

College Athletes Deserve Some Equity

College Athletes Deserve Some EquityIn college sports, it seems that everybody gets paid except the athlete. That’s a raw deal. The players provide the labor that produces winning teams, which in turn, generates heightened fan interest. As a result, football stadiums and basketball arenas are filled to capacity, translating into fatter operating budgets for the […]

Counterpoint: Slam Dunk is Not Life’s Ultimate Experience

Counterpoint: Slam Dunk is Not Life’s Ultimate ExperienceDuring the recently completed National College Athletics Association men’s basketball tournament, how many times did you hear that rap about dreams of one sort or another coming true on that mystical, magical road to the Final Four? Whether the dream is of future upsets on Selection Sunday, an […]

Point: Sports Can Build Up Black Women in Society

Point: Sports Can Build Up Black Women in SocietyI am always puzzled by Black people who, in an earnest attempt to encourage Black youngsters to consider careers in fields other than sports, resort to comments such as, “We don’t need any more Black athletes.” Of course, it is true that only a few of those […]

A Stroke of Academic and Athletic Success – James Greer

A Stroke of Academic and Athletic Success – James GreerI t came as a pleasant surprise to pediatricians Morrell and Electra Greer that their son, James, had decided to follow in his parents’ footsteps by attending Howard University, the school at which the couple met while attending medical school. “We didn’t push him to choose […]

On the Right Track – Christiana Nwofor

On the Right Track – Christiana Nwofor Years of training and competition typically prepare a young athlete for college-level sports. Rarely does the athlete who takes up a new sport in college become almost immediately competitive.Oberlin College senior Christiana Nwofor can count herself among that rare breed of athlete whose talent, dedication and intelligence has […]

2000 Sports/Scholar Awardees

2000 Sports/Scholar AwardeesOn top of their gameAn appreciation for education has long been a hallmark of the African American community. Likewise, we tend to share an appreciation for athleticism. So it should not be surprising that when athletic prowess teams with academic acumen, you find a combination for success that has opened many doors for […]

Basketball Jones & The Education Game

Basketball Jones & The Education Game Editor’s Note: The following poem is excerpted from Dick Barnett’s book Without Rhyme or Reason. The brother turned the corner and got to the air, his extension was breathtaking as he slammed with a flair. The crowd was on its feet cheering his every move, his jumper was dropping long and […]

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