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Sports

Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars 2009 – FEMALE FINALISTS

Shardea Croes is a heavy hitter on and off the softball field. An outfielder, Croes helped lead her team to its first NCAA postseason tournament appearance this year and scored second-team All-Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) honors in 2008. Croes, a rising junior at Slippery Rock University in Pennsylvania, is expected to earn her second […]

May 27, 2009

Sports

Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars 2009 – MALE FINALISTS

Sam Bradford, the starting quarterback for the University of Oklahoma football team, was selected as the 74th winner of the Heisman Memorial Trophy as the Most Outstanding College Football Player in the United States for 2008. During the past season Bradford completed 302 of his 442 passes, for 4,464 yards and 48 touchdowns while throwing […]

May 27, 2009

Sports

A Legacy of Leadership

A tireless leader, volunteer and scholar,Kenneth Avila’s impact goes beyond the baseball field.

May 27, 2009

Sports

Coach Keeling: The Rescuer

Throughout his three-decades-long sports career, Rudy Keeling has been a builder.

May 27, 2009

Sports

Capital Gains For Richmond

Arthur Ashe Jr.’s hometown amasses a surprising athletic leadership profile.

May 27, 2009

Students

Honing Athletic Skills, Academics at Community Colleges

Athletic programs build community and help mold a student’s identity.

May 27, 2009

Sports

When Eligibility Is Over

Too often Black student-athletes are left unprepared for life after collegiate sports.

May 27, 2009

Sports

Shaq Takes Crash Course in Broadcast at Syracuse University

NBA star Shaquille O’Neal is back in university, taking a crash course designed to teach athletes about the broadcasting industry.

May 19, 2009

Students

BOOK REVIEW: Creatiing a Class: College Admissions and the Education of the Elites by Mitchell L. Stevens

It is not by chance that Dr. Mitchell L. Stevens, the author of Creating a Class: College Admissions and the Education of the Elites (Harvard University Press, 2007), appropriately chooses the word “class” in his book titles.

May 12, 2009

Sports

Grad Rates for Black College Athletes Increase

ORLANDO Fla. Black college athletes are graduating at higher rates than in the past. The Graduation Success Rate (GSR) for Black athletes is 62 percent in 2009, up from 59 percent three years ago, according to a report released Monday by The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport at the University of Central Florida. […]

April 6, 2009

Leadership & Policy

March Madness for Tribal Colleges

Sunday presented a sweet feeling of accomplishment for Andrae Domebo and Dani Augare.

March 26, 2009

Sports

Scenes From CIAA

Sights from the Central Intercollegiate Athletics Association (CIAA), courtesy of The Charlotte Observer. Photos by Yalonda M. James and T. Ortega Gaines.

March 3, 2009