Tag: Student Athletes: Page 56

Sports

Chipping Away at the Glass Ceiling in Athletic Administration

Veteran college sports administrator Vivian Fuller assumes leadership of the athletics department at Jackson State University.

August 22, 2011

Sports

Former Ohio State Player Included in NFL Draft, Must Sit Out Five Games

Former Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor was declared eligible for Monday’s NFL supplemental draft but must sit out the first five games after he signs a contract.

August 18, 2011

Sports

No Charges in Saggy Pants Arrest of College Football Player at Calif. Airport

Prosecutors said Wednesday they will not file charges against a University of New Mexico football player who was arrested after wearing saggy pants on a plane at San Francisco airport.

July 14, 2011

Students

Michigan State Law Professors Say Div. I College Athletes Qualify as ‘Employees’

The way football and basketball players in Division I programs juggle athletics and school undermines the NCAA’s contention they are student-athletes, contend law professors Robert and Amy McCormick.

July 14, 2011

Sports

2011 Arthur Ashe Jr. Scholar Commits to Wisconsin for Fourth Year of College Football

Former North Carolina State quarterback Russell Wilson is headed to the University of Wisconsin, potentially solving one of the biggest hurdles standing between the Badgers and a Big Ten title.

June 27, 2011

Students

NCAA President Mark Emmert: Increased Emphasis on Student-Athlete Academic Performance Due in Part to Reforms

There’s a greater emphasis on the performance of student-athletes in the classroom—thanks in part to academic reforms of the National Collegiate Athletic Association over the past decade, NCAA president Mark Emmert told a national group of academic advisors on Saturday.

June 5, 2011

Leadership & Policy

Saint Paul’s Athletes Face School With No Sports

More than 250 student athletes at St. Paul’s College are left with a tough decision — stay at the historically Black Virginia college and give up their sport or transfer in hopes of finding a new team and a new academic home.

May 30, 2011

Students

HBCU Conference Schools Take Big Hits in Latest NCAA Academic Progress Report

The NCAA banned Jackson State and Southern of the Southwestern Athletic Conference from postseason play in football next season and did the same thing for Southern and Grambling in men’s basketball.

May 24, 2011

Students

Should College Athletes Be Paid?

While a winning athletic program can bring millions of dollars and instant notoriety to a school, some say college athletes are getting played in the process.

May 16, 2011

Leadership & Policy

Perspective: Increase Diversity Among Division I College Football Coaches

Bringing the Rooney Rule to the collegiate level would help increase diversity among head football coaches, athletic directors and conference commissioners.

May 9, 2011

Sports

Pitt Event To Celebrate Black Athletes

This Tuesday, Bobby Grier, along with many other of the University of Pittsburgh’s African-American athletes, will have the opportunity to tell stories as they are celebrated at an event called “Athletics at Pitt: A Century at the Forefront of Change.”

May 8, 2011

Sports

‘Off the Rez’ Debuts at Tribeca Film Festival

Shoni Schimmel’s story reveals a great deal about the barriers that have prevented many American Indians with talent from getting athletic scholarships.

May 2, 2011