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Former Kansas Community College Coach

A former community college basketball coach is the latest to be sentenced in a wide-ranging criminal investigation that has already snared eight coaches and led to the…

March 8, 2006

Fight Song for UNH Hockey Team Banned as Potentially Racist

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

February 13, 2006

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

Ivy League Football Has First Black Head Coach

Columbia University recently became the first Ivy League college to hire an African-American to lead its football program…

January 11, 2006

Minority Golf and Higher Education: A Few Historical Links

Minority Golf and Higher Education: A Few Historical Links -The golf tee was invented by an African-American, Dr. George Grant, and patented in 1899. Grant graduated second in his class from Harvard’s Dental school in 1870.* -John Matthew Shippen was the first Black golfer to play in the U.S. Open in 1896 in Shinnecock Hills, […]

December 28, 2005

Jackson State University Athletic Director Resigns

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

December 11, 2005

Notre Dame Gets B; South Carolina, Utah Receive F on Minority Report Card

Notre Dame received a B on the minority hiring report card released last week by the Black Coaches Association…

November 13, 2005

Professional Appointments

August 24, 2005

Struggling Knoxville College Fires President

Dr. Barbara Hatton, president of struggling Knoxville College, was fired this week amid utility cutoffs and claims the faculty hadn’t been paid. Story:

August 10, 2005

NCAA: University of North Carolina at Pembroke Exempt from American Indian Nickname Ban

The University of North Carolina at Pembroke, a school founded to serve American Indians, is the only college in the nation exempted from a ban on using American Indian nicknames. Story:

August 8, 2005

Catching Up With Nolan Richardson

“40 Minutes of Hell,” was the phrase used to describe the style of play taught by Nolan Richardson, a style that helped build Story:

April 6, 2005

Putting the ‘Student’ Back into Student-Athlete

College sports is a numbers game, full of so many calculations — batting averages, free-throw percentages, BCS and RPI scores Story:

April 6, 2005

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