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Blacks Playing Men’s Hoops, Football Lag Behind in Degrees

PHILADELPHIA ― Young Black men playing basketball and football for the country’s top college teams are graduating at lower rates than Black male students at the same schools ― despite having financial and academic support that removes common hurdles preventing many undergraduates from earning a degree, a new report has found. While 58 percent of […]

March 15, 2016

Berkeley Moves to Fire Assistant Coach Over Sexual Harassment

SAN FRANCISCO ― An assistant men’s basketball coach at the University of California, Berkeley, became the latest employee found to have violated the school’s sexual harassment policy, drawing swift and serious sanctions Monday after complaints that punishment was too lenient in previous cases. Head coach Cuonzo Martin immediately moved to fire the assistant, Yann Hufnagel, […]

March 14, 2016

Minority Graduation Rates on NCAA Tournament Teams on Upswing

TIDES report shows that academic progress among minorities on NCAA Division I basketball tournament teams has taken a commendable leap forward.

March 14, 2016

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Advocacy Groups Demand NCAA Part Ways with Title IX Exempt Schools

A coalition of more than 80 advocacy groups are demanding that the NCAA divest from all religious institutions who have requested a Title IX exemption pertaining to religious rights.

March 13, 2016

NCAA to give $200M to Members for Athlete Benefits

INDIANAPOLIS ― The NCAA will distribute an extra $200 million to Division I schools in the spring of 2017 to be used by members for funding benefits for athletes. The NCAA announced Thursday that its board of governors had approved the one-time supplemental distribution. Athletics departments can use the money to help pay for full-cost-of-attendance […]

March 10, 2016

Lovie Smith First African American Head Football Coach for University of Illinois

The hiring of Coach Lovie Smith is a diversity milestone for the University of Illinois. He is the first African American to hold the position in the University’s history. African American studies and US history scholar and Associate Professor Sundiata Cha Jua says it’s hard to believe in 2016 there are still firsts in diversity. […]

March 8, 2016

Faculty & Staff

Professor Zogry Rediscovers Intersection of Basketball and Religion

As a researcher, Dr. Michael Zogry has a theoretical interest in the cross between athletics and religion.

February 28, 2016

Study Shows Former Student-Athletes Winning after College

Former student-athletes are faring better than their non-student-athlete peers on a variety of well-being indicators, a new study released Wednesday shows.

February 17, 2016

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Cam Newton as Today’s Cassius Clay

The hype of Super Bowl 50 is well underway, but it began last week with a bold blast of truth from the man of the hour ― a 26-year-old who just graduated in June with a sociology degree from Auburn University.

January 31, 2016

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MARVIN E. GREEN JR.

MARVIN E. GREEN JR. has been named associate athletics director for sports administration at Florida A&M University (FAMU). He was director of student activities at FAMU. Green received a bachelor’s and a master’s from FAMU.

January 20, 2016

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Texas: No Evidence of Academic Misconduct

SAN ANTONIO ― The University of Texas says an internal investigation has found no evidence of academic misconduct within the men’s basketball program. Texas President Greg Fenves ordered the probe last June after the Chronicle of Higher Education alleged three incidents of cheating, improper assistance and school policy violations over a nine-year period. The review […]

January 13, 2016

The Exploitation of College Sports

Big-time college sports perpetuate a deeper racism, says sports agent.

January 10, 2016

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