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Sports

Southern University’s Avery Johnson Is The 2006 NBA Coach Of The Year

May and June are the two months when the National Basketball Association takes the lime light of the American sports culture and focuses it squarely on the playoffs. Avery Johnson and Southern University are sharing some of that lime light this year.

May 31, 2006

Sports

Tennessee’s Summitt First Women’s Basketball Coach to Eclipse $1 Million Salary

Pat Summitt is the newest millionaire coach and the first in women’s basketball. The University of Tennessee recently raised Summitt’s salary to $1.125 million for next season and extended her contract six years, through the 2011-2112 season.

May 23, 2006

Sports

USF Football Team Honored for Stand Against Racism

University of San Francisco on Friday honored its 1951 football team for forgoing fame and glory in its stand against racism.

May 21, 2006

Sports

Northwestern Says Men’s Swimming, Mascots Hazed Team Members

Northwestern University has punished its men’s swim team and students who perform as the school’s mascot for hazing, said a school spokesman, just days after the school suspended its women’s soccer team amid similar allegations.

May 18, 2006

Sports

Northwestern Suspends Soccer Team After Alleged Hazing Incident

Northwestern University suspended its women’s soccer team from all athletic activities Monday pending an investigation of alleged hazing involving players last year.

May 16, 2006

Sports

Minority Coaches On the Move In High-Profile Basketball Programs

It’s not unusual for the annual postseason coaching carousel to deposit old faces in new places. But for the minority head coaches playing musical chairs this off-season…

May 3, 2006

Sports

Fired Grambling Employees Fire Back With Lawsuit

Several former Grambling State University employees, including a fired athletic director, have filed a suit alleging wrongful and illegal termination…

April 19, 2006

Students

Two Duke Lacrosse Players Arrested; DA Hopes to Charge Third

Two Duke University lacrosse players were arrested early Tuesday on charges of raping and kidnapping an exotic dancer hired to dance at an off-campus party, and the district attorney says he hopes to charge a third person soon…

April 17, 2006

Sports

Minority Coaches On the Move In High-Profile Basketball Programs

It’s not unusual for the annual postseason coaching carousel to deposit old faces in new places. But for the minority head coaches playing musical chairs this off-season…

April 12, 2006

Sports

Getting In The Game

Last season, news media from around the country fixated on the University of Southern California football team, the speculation escalating with each game…

April 5, 2006

Leadership & Policy

Professional Appointments

Dr. George W. Breslauer has been named executive vice chancellor and provost at the University of California, Berkeley. A Berkeley faculty member for 35 years, he most recently served as the executive dean of the College of Letters and Science. Breslauer earned his bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate from the University of Michigan. Veta Byrd has […]

April 5, 2006

Sports

Fight Song for New Hampshire Hockey Team

“Black Betty,” a rock song used to rally fans at University of New Hampshire hockey games for about a decade, is no more…

March 8, 2006