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After winless year, spirits high again at FIU

MIAMI When those preseason magazines previewing the year in college football hit newsstands, many Florida International players rushed to grab a copy.

August 14, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Eastern Illinois fires athletic director

CHAMPAIGN Ill. Eastern Illinois University fired Athletic Director Rich McDuffie two weeks after saying it found no evidence to support a sexual harassment claim made against him.

August 13, 2007

Florida A&M coach dismissed; stalking charge pending

TALLAHASSEE Fla. Florida A&M University fired basketball coach Mike Gillespie on Tuesday, less than three months after he was charged with misdemeanor stalking.

August 13, 2007

UCLA reinstates assistant coach arrested for burglary

LOS ANGELES UCLA reinstated assistant football coach Eric Scott, who’d been on administrative leave after an arrest on suspicion of residential burglary last month.

August 12, 2007

At Arkansas Baptist, a vision becomes reality

LITTLE ROCK As Danny Davis’ high school football days drew to a close, he was eyeing a Division I career but a low test score put that dream on hold.

August 6, 2007

Oklahoma State to invest more with Pickens

STILLWATER Okla. Oklahoma State plans to invest another $28 million with alumnus Boone Pickens in its effort to expand the football stadium that bears the billionaire’s name and build an athletic village.

July 27, 2007

Professional Appointments

Peter Roby has been named athletic director at Northeastern University (Mass.). He becomes only the second Black AD at a New England Division I institution. Roby was previously director of Northeastern’s Center for the Study of Sport in Society. He earned a bachelor’s from Dartmouth College. Dr. Maurice Apprey has been named dean of […]

July 25, 2007

UMaine to investigate softball team photos

BANGOR Maine The University of Maine is investigating online photos taken last year showing members of the Maine softball team apparently drinking alcohol and making lewd gestures while dressed in outrageous costumes.

July 22, 2007

Texas A&M Signs with Adidas, Ending University’s Relationship with Nike

PORTLAND Ore. Adidas just did it again.

July 18, 2007

Nike, HBCUs strike deal – Historically Black Colleges and Universities

WASHINGTON The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) and sporting goods giant Nike announced last month, that they have signed a historic, three-year agreement that will not only provide footwear and apparel for conference teams, but also will include summer internships for students at Nike headquarters.

July 14, 2007

Minority Hiring Not Making the Grade in Collegiate Sports

BOSTON The grades are in for minority hiring in college sports, and they’re lousy.

July 12, 2007

Colleges Use Courts To Keep Agents, Boosters Away From Student-Athletes

The NCAA announced Wednesday that the Oklahoma Sooners eight wins from the 2005 season would be invalidated because two players employed by a booster received pay for jobs they didn’t actually work. The athletics department will face other athletic sanctions as well. States and colleges, trying to avoid situations like that, are increasingly turning to the courts to help protect the integrity of big-time college athletics.

July 11, 2007

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