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Sports

Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars: DANIELLE SLATON

Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars: DANIELLE  SLATONReaching Goals On And Off the Field  Santa Clara soccer star shines in academics, athletics and community serviceBy Eleanor Lee YatesSANTA CLARA, Calif.People around Santa Clara University know Danielle Slaton as a fierce competitor who won a spot on the U.S. Olympic women’s soccer team last year. She is […]

April 25, 2001

Sports

Collegiate Athletic Organization Says Future Events in Mississippi Are On the Line With Flag Vote

Collegiate Athletic Organization Says Future Events in Mississippi Are On the Line With Flag VoteJACKSON, Miss. Members of the National Collegiate Athletic Association say they may move regional events from Mississippi if voters do not choose a new flag April 17. The NCAA is considering requests not to schedule postseason competition in states that fly […]

February 14, 2001

Sports

Educators Praise Paige’s Record on Behalf of Urban Schools

Educators Praise Paige’s Record on Behalf of Urban SchoolsWashingtonPresident-elect George W. Bush nominated earlier this month Houston School Superintendent Roderick R. Paige to be education secretary.The choice of Paige, 67, who will be the first African American education secretary if confirmed, drew support from educators and specialists who have watched him raise test scores and […]

January 17, 2001

Sports

Women’s Basketball Coach Fired, Accused Of Discriminating Against Black Players

Women’s Basketball Coach Fired, Accused Of Discriminating Against Black Players  Tampa, Fla.University of South Florida’s women’s basketball coach Jerry Ann Winters was fired last month. Winters was accused of mistreating and segregating Black players. The university upheld a finding there was “reasonable cause to believe” a player was dismissed from the team in retaliation for […]

January 3, 2001

Sports

Lawyer Says He’ll Take Ole Miss Confederate Flag Ban to Supreme Court

Lawyer Says He’ll Take Ole Miss Confederate Flag Ban to  Supreme CourtJACKSON, Miss. A lawyer for a White supremacist group says he will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to outlaw the University of Mississippi’s ban on Confederate flags at athletic events. Nationalist Movement lawyer Richard Barrett says the prohibition violates his First Amendment right to […]

November 8, 2000

Sports

Second Lawsuit Alleges Disparate Treatment of Black Women on University of South Florida Women’s Basketball Team

Second Lawsuit Alleges Disparate Treatment of Black Women on University of South Florida Women’s Basketball TeamTAMPA, Fla. A second former player has filed a federal lawsuit claiming racism by the University of South Florida women’s basketball coach. Avia Lee, 23, claims in a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court last month that she was dismissed […]

October 25, 2000

Sports

Fired Women’s Basketball Coach Files $105 Million Suit Against Howard University

Fired Women’s Basketball Coach Files $105 Million Suit Against Howard UniversitySanya Tyler’s lawyer claims the firing was retaliation for an earlier suit she won against the schoolWashingtonFormer Howard University women’s basketball coach Sanya Tyler has sued the university and three officials for $105 million in damages after being fired last month. Her attorney alleges the […]

October 11, 2000

Sports

Washington Briefs

Pell Grant Debate Sours House Budget TalksWASHINGTON — Debate on a fiscal 2001 education funding bill has taken an increasingly bitter turn as House leaders recently rejected Democratic attempts to add more money for Pell grants, among other programs for needy students.Republican leaders labeled out of order an amendment that would have increased the maximum […]

July 5, 2000

Students

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 […]

April 26, 2000

Sports

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 […]

April 26, 2000

Sports

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 […]

April 26, 2000

Sports

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 […]

April 26, 2000