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Students

Grambling Players Have No Regrets about Boycott

After ending their boycott and agreeing to resume practice, Grambling player Naquan Smith says team “took a stance on what we thought was right.”

October 21, 2013

Sports

Grambling Turns to 2nd Interim Football Coach

Grambling University, rocked by the football’s team boycott of practice on Wednesday, named its second interim coach Thursday since firing school legend Doug Williams as head coach last month.

October 17, 2013

Students

Should College Student Athletes Be Paid in Excess of a Scholarship?

Though the debate persists over whether college football players should receive some sort of compensation package, it is still a privilege to be able to have an athletic scholarship to attend college.

October 9, 2013

Sports

HBCU Football Teams Suffer Losses for Greater Gain

The athletic departments of Historically Black Colleges and Universities have once again benefitted financially but their football teams certainly paid the price in this season’s matchups against big-time opponents.

September 23, 2013

Sports

College Football Obsession: Sending the Wrong Academic Message?

This glorification of a sport, particularly in the case of college athletes, puts priorities in the wrong spot.

September 19, 2013

Sports

Football Effect? Texas A&M Raises Record $740M

Johnny Football isn’t just helping Texas A&M University on the football field.

September 16, 2013

Sports

Grambling Fires Head Football Coach

Grambling State fired head football coach Doug Williams on Wednesday after the Tigers lost the first two games of the season.

September 11, 2013

Sports

FAMU Band Back on the Field After Suspension

Florida A&M University’s famed band made its first appearance in a football stadium in nearly 22 months on Sunday after the 2011 hazing death of a drum major.

September 1, 2013

Students

FAMU Band Returns to the Field After 2 Year Suspension

Florida A&M University’s Marching 100 will return to the field Sept. 1 in Orlando, nearly two years after it was suspended because of a hazing-related death.

August 15, 2013

Students

On Slate, the Washington Football Team and ‘N’ Wording the ‘R’ Word

Slate strips Washington, D.C.’s resident football team of its controversial name.

August 11, 2013

Leadership & Policy

FAMU Lifts Suspension of Marching Band

Florida A&M University’s interim president said Thursday he was lifting the suspension of its famous Marching 100 band about a year and a half after a drum major’s death that led to the departure of school leaders and reforms trying to crack down on brutal hazing in the band.

June 27, 2013

Sports

Man Charged in Florida A&M Hazing Case Gets No Jail Time

By Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. — The roommate of the Florida A&M drum major who died after undergoing a hazing ritual in 2011 won’t spend any time in jail for his role in the hazing death. Rikki Wills was sentenced Friday to one year of house arrest and five years probation. Wills previously pleaded no […]

June 9, 2013