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Sports

Man Pleads Guilty For Firing at Duquesne Basketball Players

PITTSBURGH One of two men accused of shooting at five Duquesne University basketball players after a school dance last year pleaded guilty and was sentenced to seven to 14 years in prison.

October 23, 2007

Sports

HBCU Football Teams Get a Shot at Big Paydays, National Exposure

The common sports phrase “there’s no such thing as a gimme” was never more appropriate than at the beginning of the 2007 college football season.

October 16, 2007

Sports

HBCU Football Teams Get a Shot at Big Paydays, National Exposure

The common sports phrase “there’s no such thing as a gimme” was never more appropriate than at the beginning of the 2007 college football season.

October 16, 2007

Sports

New Coaches, Pressures Transforming Big 12 Women’s Basketball

KANSAS CITY, Mo. The dean of Big 12 Conference women’s basketball coaches senses big changes coming into his profession.

October 16, 2007

Sports

Indiana University Punishing Basketball Coach Over Improper Recruiting Calls

INDIANAPOLIS Indiana coach Kelvin Sampson will not receive a $500,000 raise and his team will lose one scholarship for next season after violating NCAA-imposed sanctions on phone calls, the school announced Sunday.

October 15, 2007

Sports

The “Eddie Robinson Rule” Could Boost Number of Minority College Sports Coaches

A group of major college athletic directors are working on guidelines to boost the number of minority coaches hired to lead college sports teams.

October 13, 2007

Sports

Rutgers Professor’s Comments About Minority Student-Athletes Called Racist

TRENTON, N.J A longtime critic of Rutgers University’s drive into big-time sports is being criticized over a newspaper article comment that university officials have branded as racist.

September 29, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Officials at North Carolina A&T, NCCU mull future of series after brawl

GREENSBORO N.C. Officials at North Carolina A&T and North Carolina Central are considering the future of their football series after the latest meeting ended in a post-game brawl that police broke up with pepper spray.

September 24, 2007

Sports

Kupchella releases few details on Buning leave

GRAND FORKS N.D. Surveys such as the one done in the University of North Dakota athletic department before Athletic Director Tom Buning took a four-week leave of absence are routine, UND President Charles Kupchella says.

September 24, 2007

Sports

Texas Tech defensive coordinator steps down

LUBBOCK Texas Texas Tech defensive coordinator Lyle Setencich stepped down Sunday, citing personal reasons in a move that came a day after the Red Raiders lost to Oklahoma State 49-45.

September 23, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Durango college trustees slams scheduling of game against Montana

DURANGO Colo. A Fort Lewis College trustee has accused the athletic department of “pigskin prostitution” for scheduling a game against the much larger University of Montana, resulting in a 49-0 drubbing after a 17-hour bus ride.

September 22, 2007

Sports

University of North Dakota athletic director says school lacks resources for transition

GRAND FORKS N.D. University of North Dakota athletic director Tom Buning says he and his staff are overworked and don’t have enough money to make a proper transition to the NCAA Division I.

September 22, 2007