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Arthur Ashe Scholar: Blaise Taylor, Committed to Serving Others
Blaise Taylor of Arkansas State University, this year’s Arthur Ashe Jr. Male Sports Scholar, is a gifted defensive back who holds the school’s record for career punt return yards and finished his collegiate career as a three-time All-Sun Belt Conference selection.
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Ex-Student Sues California College, Player in Rape Case
LOS ANGELES — A former student is suing a Southern California community college and the football player convicted of raping her, accusing the school of allowing the young man to attend school despite a previous sexual assault conviction. The woman’s attorneys announced the lawsuit Monday against Cerritos College, the school’s dean of student services and […]
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UMBC Basks in 15 Minutes of Fame As Cinderella of the NCAA
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — As the sun rose on the Saturday morning celebration of their unprecedented NCAA Tournament upset, Ryan Odom implored his suddenly-famous basketball team to get some sleep. It was time for family and friends of UMBC to leave the hotel and for the Retrievers to return to their rooms. On any other night, […]
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Education of Student-Athletes a Hot Topic at Panel Discussion
For all the heightened chatter this year about whether college student-athletes should be paid, Dr. Kenneth Shropshire suggests that making their education a priority is more important than a microscopic focus on financial compensation.
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College Basketball + More Scandals = More Task Forces
As the scandals in major-college basketball grow, so does the scrutiny. The Congressional Black Caucus became the latest entity to take an interest in the comings and goings of men’s college basketball players, coaches and sports agents.
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Mixed Grades on Race, Gender Report Card for College Sports
The percentage of Black head coaches in Division I college basketball has declined the past 10 years. That startling development is among findings in the 2017 version of the annual College Sport Racial and Gender Report Card, released Wednesday by The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport at the University of Central Florida.
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Athlete’s Civil Rights Suit Against Mississippi University in Jeopardy
HATTIESBURG, Ms. — The University of Southern Mississippi wants to dismiss a civil rights lawsuit filed by a former football player. Deven Hammond of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, sued in federal court there in November, saying he was barred from the football team after coaches learned he had only one kidney. He also says USM violated […]
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Emerging Scholar Profile: Bimper Builds the Athletics Bridge
Having grown up in Dallas, Tx., Dr. Albert Bimper Jr.’s experience attending Colorado State University (CSU) as an undergraduate was “very different” racially and culturally, he says. While some of his experiences as a student athlete were positive, at other times, it was challenging.
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Challenges Persist in Hiring Black Head Coaches in College Football
Penn State University’s James Franklin was the quarterbacks coach and offensive coordinator at Kansas State in 2006-2007 and quarterbacks coach, offensive coordinator and associate head coach at Maryland from 2008-2010.
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The Role of Analytics in Studying the Hiring of Black Coaches in College Football
In the dizzying merry-go-round that is the hiring of head coaches in college football, Willie Taggart is an island of one. He is the only Black head coach to serve four Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) major-college programs.
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Student-Athletes Share Perspectives at Intercollegiate Athletics Forum
Giving student-athletes opportunities to achieve academic excellence was a recurring theme at this year’s Intercollegiate Athletics Forum.
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Despite Improvements, Racial Gaps Still Major Issue in Academic Report for College Bowl-bound Football Teams
The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport found in its latest study that the average graduation success rate for Black football players at the 80 bowl-eligible schools is 71 percent, which is up from 68 percent in 2016 and 66 percent two years ago.
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