Tag: Student Athletes: Page 58

Students

Graduation Gap Between Black and White College Football Players Said To Be Growing

A sports diversity institute study says there is a “disturbing” and growing gap in the graduation rate between Black and White football players at the vast majority of universities in the Football Bowl Subdivision.

December 6, 2010

Sports

NCAA President Discusses Ways to Curb Violence

Association president Mark Emmert is taking a look at what the NCAA can do to help prevent violence against women.

November 18, 2010

Students

Study: Scholarship Athletes Still Pay for School

A report by Ithaca College researchers and an athletes’ advocacy group shows that the average “full scholarship” Division I athlete winds up having to pay $2,951 annually in school expenses not covered by grants-in-aid.

October 26, 2010

Sports

Lawyer: Paramedics Ignored Pace U. Student-Athlete Shot by NY Cops

Paramedics ignored a handcuffed and dying college football player shot by police and attended to injured officers for several minutes while his friend stood by screaming for help, a lawyer hired by the student’s family charged Wednesday.

October 21, 2010

Students

Game Delay: Latinos Not Yet Scoring With College Athletics

Despite their growing presence in professional sports, Latinos remain underrepresented in collegiate athletics.

October 4, 2010

Students

Special Report: Puerto Rico’s Eleven Campuses, One University, Many Strikes

The two-month-long student strike that shuttered 10 of 11 University of Puerto Rico campuses this year has been settled, but the underlying issues that contributed to the unrest are far from resolved.

September 22, 2010

Sports

Lawsuits Seek to Compensate College Athletes

Ed O’Bannon was a star basketball player at UCLA. His lawsuit seeks a share of the money the NCAA earns from licensing former players’ images in commercials, DVDs, video games and elsewhere. (photo courtesy of UCLA)

September 20, 2010

Sports

The Joyners: An HBCU Basketball Coaching Dynasty

For Edward Joyner Jr. (pictured), the family business takes place on the hardwood and is rooted in historically Black colleges and universities, where Edward Jr.; his father, Edward; his uncle, Stephen; and his cousin, Stephen Jr., are all head basketball coaches.

September 1, 2010

Sports

Cost of Knight Academic Center for Athletes Raises Concern

The University of Oregon academic center for athletes that opened in January, paid for entirely by benefactor Phil Knight, cost about twice as much per square foot as Portland’s priciest condo buildings, according to documents released to The Oregonian.

August 9, 2010

Sports

Alabama Football Coach Unleashes Attack on Sports Agents

Three SEC teams—Florida, Alabama and South Carolina—are investigating allegations involving improper contact with an agent. Alabama coach Nick Saban and SEC commissioner Mike Slive both say it is time for a change to NCAA rules governing agents.

July 21, 2010

Leadership & Policy

Knight Commission Blasts Runaway Spending in College Sports

With spending on big-time college sports continuing to escalate, a group of university presidents and campus leaders says it’s past time for more of that money to wind up in the classroom.

June 17, 2010

Sports

Michigan Discloses Football Violations to NCAA

The University of Michigan admitted Tuesday to a series of violations in its storied football program, saying it doesn’t believe the problems related to practice time and coaching activities are enough to warrant major punishment from the NCAA.

May 25, 2010