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Buffalo Search for Turner Gill Replacement Begins

What should make University of Buffalo athletic director Warde Manuel’s job easy in replacing football coach Turner Gill is the admirable job Gill, who is slated to become the first African-American head football coach at the University of Kansas, fulfilled in bringing respectability to what had been one of nation’s most laughable football programs.

December 14, 2009

U.S. House Panel Approves College Football Playoff Bill

A U.S. House subcommittee approved legislation Wednesday aimed at forcing college football to switch to a playoff system to determine its national champion, over the objections of some lawmakers who said Congress has meatier targets to tackle.

December 9, 2009

Rice vs. UT-Austin

Report: Bowl School Graduation Rate Gap Widens Between Blacks, Whites

The disparity between graduation rates for White and Black college football players at schools headed to bowl games grew slightly this year, according to a study released Monday.

December 7, 2009

U. of Alabama football

Interim Leader Not Seeking Long-term NCAA Presidency

Appointed in the aftermath of Myles Brand’s death, James Isch has settled comfortably into his role as interim president of the NCAA.

November 30, 2009

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The Unfinished Business of HBCUs

Public historically Black colleges and universities have served the under-represented well in the years since Adams v. Richardson, but states can no longer continue to underfund HBCUs if these schools are to become “comparable and competitive” with traditionally White institutions, a panel of former and current HBCU leaders concluded Thursday at a conference at Morgan State University.

November 12, 2009

Lezli Baskerville

Famed Marching 100 Band May Steal the Show at Miami-FAMU Game

CORAL GABLES, Fla. — When the final whistle blows to end Miami’s game against Florida A&M, Hurricanes coach Randy Shannon will hurry off the field. And then he’ll hurry right back out.

October 8, 2009

FAMU Marching 100

Black Coaching Appointments Paying Dividends

When Miami’s Randy Shannon and Houston’s Kevin Sumlin lead their teams onto the football field Saturday, advocates of diversity in higher education will have much to cheer about.

September 24, 2009

Leadership & Policy

IN MEMORIAM: Dr. Myles Brand

Dr. Myles Brand, who fired Bobby Knight as Indiana University basketball coach and went on to become an NCAA president, died Wednesday of pancreatic cancer at age 67.

September 16, 2009

NCAA Athletes Work Long Hours, Survey Says

If Michigan players complained about spending long hours on football, they were only voicing what many other student-athletes have told the NCAA.

September 3, 2009

SPECTRUM: RACIAL EQUALITY AND SPORTS

University of Maryland, College Park students in Dr. Damion Thomas\’ \”Black Masculinity and Basketball\” class are usually talkative. A rare exception is when Thomas steers them to the subject of the late Len Bias, a UMD basketball star whose talents captivated sports fans nationally.

September 2, 2009

NOTEWORTHY NEWS: UNFINISHED BUSINESS

Retiring Morgan State President Earl Richardson says his school has accomplished a great deal, but could do more with equitable support from the state.

September 2, 2009

Racial Equality and Sports

University of Maryland, College Park students in Dr. Damion Thomas’ “Black Masculinity and Basketball” class are usually talkative. A rare exception is when Thomas steers them to the subject of the late Len Bias, a UMD basketball star whose talents captivated sports fans nationally. Bias died from a cocaine overdose in June 1986, when Thomas’ […]

September 2, 2009

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