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2 South Carolina track stars sprint to pros

COLUMBIA S.C. Shalonda Solomon and Natasha Hastings joined South Carolina together and helped each other rise to national champions. So it seemed fitting, three years later, that the two would start their pro careers in tandem.

June 26, 2007

NCAA to review text messaging legislation

INDIANAPOLIS The NCAA will reconsider three rules, including one that bans coaches from sending text messages to recruits, at its Aug. 9 board of directors meeting.

June 26, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Sporting a new look – Historically Black colleges and universities promote sports

There is a new dimension to athletics that is taking shape at some of the nation’s historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs).

June 26, 2007

College World Series: Thousands welcome home repeat national champion Beavers

CORVALLIS Ore. A fan hoisted a sign that said it all: Sweet Repeat.

June 25, 2007

Hard Road to Draft for USC Star Young

LOS ANGELES By all rights, Nick Young wasn’t supposed to be a college basketball star. He flunked out of two high schools. His oldest brother died in a drive-by shooting. Now, the Southern California player is set to be chosen in this week’s NBA draft and earn millions of dollars.

June 24, 2007

Barney says CWS enjoyment comes in short bursts

OMAHA Neb. Oregon State players are finding plenty of ways to pass the time away from Rosenblatt Stadium during their trip to the College World Series.

June 24, 2007

Proposed legislation asks athletes to fight domestic violence: NCAA, others worried about stigma associated with sports figures – National Collegiate Athletic Association

Two members of Congress have proposed legislation that calls for a national campaign against domestic violence that would be spearheaded by athletes. But some sports organizations, including the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), believe the legislation unfairly suggests athletes have a propensity to engage in violence against women.

June 23, 2007

Is the NCAA playing a numbers game? – National Collegiate Athletics Association – appraisal of graduation rates

While the National Collegiate Athletic Association has spent all summer putting a happy face on its annual Division I Graduation-Rates Report, others caution that, to avoid being misleading, the rates need to be put into perspective. Claiming that Division I student athletes who receive athletic scholarships continue to graduate at a higher rate than […]

June 22, 2007

Student-athletes, the World Bank and the United Nations

As I settled in to listen to a panel of four recently graduated student-athletes discuss their views on college athletics, the last thing I expected to hear about was The World Bank, the United Nations and various countries’ GNPs.

June 20, 2007

The kiddie brigade heads for the NBA – underclassmen’s preference for National Basketball Association over education

A record 37 underclassmen, plus three high school students, made themselves available for the recent National Basketball Association draft, adding to the growing concern of many that more and more young men, particularly Black men, will abandon educational pursuits for hoop dreams.

June 20, 2007

Fore! NCAA division I: golf taps its first historically Black college – National Collegiate Athletic Association’s Division I golf tournament raises doubts on commitment to nurturing black golfers

Jackson State University made history this spring by becoming the first historically Black institution to have its golf team invited to the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s Division I golf tournament. Division 110 the NCAA’s top competitive division.

June 18, 2007

Small schools – Where Football Is An Activity, Not a Business

In college football, the big schools win and the small schools struggle.

June 16, 2007

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