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Sports

A Special Tribute to the Unsung Heroes and Heroines of College Sports

Many are familiar with the work of organizations such as Black Coaches and Administrators and the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics, which serve as policing organizations to monitor the NCAA’s commitment to diversity in hiring as well as athletic programs’ commitment to academics, respectively.

January 28, 2013

Sports

Social Media’s Undeniable Impact on College Sports

In just a few short years, social media have become the centerpiece at the table of intercollegiate athletics. Stakeholders are now examining how best to utilize and at times cope with entities such as Twitter and Facebook.

January 27, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Latest NCAA Scandal Comes from Headquarters

In an embarrassing blow to its watchdog image, the NCAA said Wednesday its enforcement staff had botched the high-profile investigation of the University of Miami by improperly conducting at least two depositions while working with an attorney for disgraced booster Nevin Shapiro.

January 23, 2013

Sports

NCAA Division II Delegates Deny Mexico Pilot Program Membership

In a narrow vote of 138 for and 141 against, the NCAA Division II delegates opted not to extend to Mexican colleges the same invitation to begin the application for membership process that had been given to Canada in 2008.

January 22, 2013

Sports

Student-Athletes Discuss Diversity at NCAA Convention

What does it mean to have diversity programs that are really inclusive—from the standpoint of the student athlete? That was the focus of a panel of former student athletes, now graduates, who shared their real life experiences with an audience of higher education athletics administrators at the 2013 convention of the NCAA in Dallas, Jan. […]

January 22, 2013

Students

Special Report: 2013 NCAA Convention

Diverse salutes UConn Athletic Director Ward Manuel and 24 other intercollegiate sports leaders who have opened doors of opportunity for the underrepresented and underprivileged.

January 17, 2013

Leadership & Policy

Unified Basketball Schools Continue to Plot Future

The seven Catholic schools that have decided to leave the Big East and form their own league continued to plot the future Friday, retaining Proskauer Rose LLP Proskauer Rose LLP -Search using:News, Most Recent 60 Daysand Pilson Communications, Inc., to aid in their defection.

January 6, 2013

Sports

Appeals Court Favors Grambling State in Former Football Coach’s Suit

The First Circuit Court of Appeal of Louisiana has ruled that Grambling State University had just cause to fire football coach Melvin Spears and reduced the amount of money he had been awarded as a result of winning his lawsuit.

January 3, 2013

Sports

Governor: NCAA ‘Piled On’ Penn St. for Its Own Benefit

The NCAA overstepped its authority by imposing hefty sanctions on Penn State University in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky child molestation scandal, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett said Wednesday as he filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against the college athletics governing body.

January 2, 2013

Sports

NFL’s Griffin, Wilson Following Ashe’s Lead

In 1989, trailblazing tennis player and activist Arthur Ashe said that he knew there were Black athletes “perfectly capable of simultaneously excelling on the athletic and academic fields.”

January 2, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Hiring of Black College Football Coaches Still Lagging

The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport (TIDES) released a report card on the hiring of minority football coaches at the Division I level on November 29, which showcased mixed results.

December 28, 2012

Students

Student-Athlete Graduation Rates Up; Blacks Still Have Work to Do

The Institute For Diversity And Ethics In Sports (TIDES) shows that the graduation rates have increased slightly for the 70 teams competing in this year’s Division I Football Bowl Subdivision’s postseason bowls.

December 26, 2012