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Sports

Notre Dame Hires First Black Head Coach

Notre Dame Hires First Black Head CoachSOUTH BEND, Ind.Notre Dame has hired Stanford’s Tyrone Willingham to coach one of the most widely followed college football programs in the country. Willingham becomes the first Black head coach in any sport at Notre Dame, which is looking to move past the embarrassment of its previous coach’s resignation […]

January 16, 2002

Sports

College Ordered to Pay Ex-Athletic Director $1.5 Million

College Ordered to Pay Ex-Athletic Director $1.5 MillionBy Eric FreedmanAUBURN, Wash.Green River Community College must pay its former athletic director $1.5 million for racial discrimination and defamation, the Washington Court of Appeals has ruled. However, the three-judge panel trimmed about $500,000 from the original $2 million trial verdict, finding insufficient evidence for Michael McGraw’s wrongful […]

January 16, 2002

Students

National Student-Athlete Day Gives Top Billing to Academic Achievement

National Student-Athlete Day Gives Top Billing to Academic AchievementORLANDO, Fla.Just as March Madness draws to a close, student athletes will again be the center of national attention, this time for their academic and civic achievement. On April 6, campuses around the country will observe National Student-Athlete Day for the 14th consecutive year. Some in college […]

March 28, 2001

Sports

Collegiate Athletic Organization Says Future Events in Mississippi Are On the Line With Flag Vote

Collegiate Athletic Organization Says Future Events in Mississippi Are On the Line With Flag VoteJACKSON, Miss. Members of the National Collegiate Athletic Association say they may move regional events from Mississippi if voters do not choose a new flag April 17. The NCAA is considering requests not to schedule postseason competition in states that fly […]

February 14, 2001

Sports

Paige Pledges Support for College Access Programs

Paige Pledges Support for College Access ProgramsBy Charles DervaricsDr. Roderick Paige, Bush’s choice for Education Secretary, has pledged support for GEAR UP, TRIO and other college access programs for the disadvantaged, saying, these programs “are imperative in closing the national achievement gap between disadvantaged students and their peers.”Rep. Chaka Fattah, D-Pa., a leading Black lawmaker, […]

January 31, 2001

Sports

Paige Pledges Support for College Access Programs

Paige Pledges Support for College Access ProgramsBy Charles DervaricsDr. Roderick Paige, Bush’s choice for Education Secretary, has pledged support for GEAR UP, TRIO and other college access programs for the disadvantaged, saying, these programs “are imperative in closing the national achievement gap between disadvantaged students and their peers.”Rep. Chaka Fattah, D-Pa., a leading Black lawmaker, […]

January 31, 2001

Sports

Professional Appintments

Professional AppintmentsJimmy Arrington has been appointed assistant vice president of enrollment management at Delaware State University. Previously Arrington was director of admissions at Kentucky State University. He earned a bachelor’s degree in political science and a master’s in education, focusing on student personnel services, guidance and counseling, from Tuskegee University. Herman R. Frazier has been […]

January 17, 2001

Sports

Second Lawsuit Alleges Disparate Treatment of Black Women on University of South Florida Women’s Basketball Team

Second Lawsuit Alleges Disparate Treatment of Black Women on University of South Florida Women’s Basketball TeamTAMPA, Fla. A second former player has filed a federal lawsuit claiming racism by the University of South Florida women’s basketball coach. Avia Lee, 23, claims in a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court last month that she was dismissed […]

October 25, 2000

Sports

First Major Football Webcast May Lead to Revenue Boon

First Major Football Webcast May Lead to Revenue BoonLINCOLN, Neb.I  t wasn’t hard to predict the outcome of the Sept. 2 football game between the University of Nebraska’s top-ranked team and unranked San Jose State.But the folks at FOXSports.com were predicting their own victory — that their live Webcast of the NCAA Division I-A match […]

October 11, 2000

Sports

Former Fla. Basketball Player Sues University, Alleging Racism

Former Fla. Basketball Player Sues University, Alleging RacismTAMPA, Fla. A year after an internal investigation found evidence of racism in the University of South Florida women’s basketball program, a former player has filed a lawsuit claiming Blacks were singled out and segregated on the team. Dione Smith, a three-year starter dismissed by coach Jerry Ann […]

September 13, 2000

Leadership & Policy

NCAA Report Finds Little Diversity In Sports Administration

NCAA Report Finds Little Diversity In Sports AdministrationPercentage of Black athletics directors drops, other positions make little gainsINDIANAPOLIS — Diversity hiring in college athletics is a grand illusion. That’s what the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s latest race report suggests. In college sports, Blacks participate in significant numbers as athletes, but are far less prominent in […]

June 21, 2000

Leadership & Policy

Alabama State Pushing to be First HBCU in NCAA Division I-A

Alabama State Pushing to be First HBCU in NCAA Division I-AMONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Alabama State University Board of Trustees here has decided to push forward efforts to become the first historically Black institution to move to Division I-A football despite concern and skepticism among some university officials.The board voted last month to make the […]

June 7, 2000