Tag: Student Athletes: Page 76

Leadership & Policy

Panel Discusses Exploitation, Academic

When a professional sports team loses a player in the middle of the season, it’s almost always because the player…

February 22, 2006

Sports

Iraq War Veteran Preparing to Resume

While many other star high school athletes set their sights on college football, Timmy Bailey signed with a different recruiter…

February 22, 2006

Sports

Duke University Toughens its Drug Testing Policy for Student-Athletes

Duke University has strengthened its policy for student-athletes who test positive for steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs, school officials announced recently…

February 12, 2006

Sports

Current, Former College Athletes Discuss Academic Pressures During Summit

Several current and former Division I-A collegiate athletes gathered earlier this week on the campus of George Washington University…

February 2, 2006

Sports

Radford Has Best Graduation Rate Under NCAA Guidelines

Led by Radford, almost two dozen Division I schools reported Graduation Success Rates of at least 95 percent for…

January 23, 2006

Sports

University of Colorado Football Player Suspended After Racist E-mail

A University of Colorado football player has been suspended and his girlfriend…

January 11, 2006

Leadership & Policy

Community College Basketball Coach

A former basketball coach at Barton County Community College in Great Bend, Kan., pleaded guilty to helping…

January 11, 2006

Sports

Report: 41 Percent of Bowl-Bound

Forty-one percent of bowl-bound college football teams fall below the NCAA’s new academic benchmark…

December 28, 2005

Sports

2005: A Year In Review

Last year would close out with a natural disaster that was beyond anyone’s comprehension…

December 28, 2005

Sports

University of Colorado Football Player Suspended After Racist E-mail

A University of Colorado football player has been suspended and his girlfriend, a cross-country-track runner…

December 13, 2005

Sports

Jackson State University Athletic Director Resigns

Jackson State athletic director Roy Culberson resigned this week, leaving the once-proud athletic program…

December 11, 2005

Sports

Report: 41 Percent of Bowl-bound Schools Miss Academic Standard

Forty-one percent of bowl-bound college football teams fall below the NCAA’s new academic benchmark…

December 7, 2005