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Racial-Barrier-Breaking Golfer Lee Elder Dead at Age 87

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Former Georgetown Tennis Coach Pleads Guilty to "Varsity Blues" Scandal

Gordon Ernst, a former Georgetown University tennis coach, has entered a guilty plea, admitting to taking bribes as part of the college admissions cheating scandal known as “Operation Varsity Blues.”

Georgetown University

Morgan State's Wrestling Team Rises Again, Thanks to Donor

Competitive collegiate wrestling is returning to Morgan State University (MSU) after 24 years, making it the only historically Black college or university (HBCU) to offer wrestling at the NCAA Division I Varsity level.

The Morgan Bears in the 1960s

Women in Sports Leadership: A Q&A with Dr. Kiki Baker Barnes

A Q&A with Dr. Kiki Baker Barnes, Director of Athletics at Dillard University

Dr. Kiki Baker Barnes, Director of Athletics at Dillard University

Intercollegiate Athletics Settle Into New Normal

Fall sports are back in action on most college campuses, despite the ongoing threat of COVID-19 and the Delta variant.

Jacqie McWilliams

New Business Institute at UT Austin Will Specialize in Sports Analytics

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Opportunities Abound for Collegiate Athletes to Now Financially Benefit From the Use of NIL

As student-athletes start competing in the 2021-22 school year, in addition to training, competition, classes and study time, they are now able to explore ways to capitalize on their name, image and likeness (NIL).

Georgetown Tennis Coach Pleads Guilty To Charges in College Admissions Scandal

NIL, Social Media and Leveling the Playing Field

Scholars have speculated that NIL will make sports more equitable for all genders and races. However, it is the athletes who already have media exposure and access to internet and technology who have benefitted most.

Student Athletes Shine at Olympic Games

Precedent-setting wins are among the extraordinary accomplishments of the collegians who competed in Tokyo.

Three-time Olympic medalist in swimming Maggie MacNeil of University of Michigan. (Courtesy of Michigan athletics)

Title IX Can Still Help Women Access Opportunities Through the NIL

To ensure every athlete, male or female, an equal opportunity to NIL, universities should follow the guidelines laid out fifty years ago in Title IX.

Dr ketra Armstrong

First HBCU Women’s Gymnastics Team Could Be on Horizon

As Simone Biles and more superstar gymnasts of color made waves at this year’s Olympics, Grambling State University (GSU) took steps to consider becoming the first Historically Black College and University (HBCU) with a women’s gymnastics team.

Brown Girls Do Gymnastics Conference at Grambling State University in Grambling, Louisiana, July 2021

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