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NCAA Cancels March Madness Tournaments Due to Coronavirus

The NCAA has canceled the Division I men’s and women’s 2020 basketball tournaments, as well as all remaining winter and spring championships, in response to the growing number of coronavirus cases in the U.S. “This decision is based on the evolving COVID-19 public health threat, our ability to ensure the events do not contribute to […]

March 12, 2020

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Akron U Diving Coach Resigns Amid Allegations of Secretly Taping Female Students

Amid allegations that he had videotaped female students without their knowledge or consent, diving coach Chris Medvedeff has resigned from his long-time post at Ohio’s Akron University, reported Fox 8. His resignation comes a day after the school had suspended him. Hired in 1998, Medvedeff had been the only head coach in the history of […]

March 12, 2020

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New Statue Celebrates Florida A&M Alum Althea Gibson

Florida A&M University is celebrating the unveiling of a statue of tennis player and alumna Althea Gibson in New York, overlooking Arthur Ashe Stadium. The ceremony took place at the National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadow. The school’s president, Dr. Larry Robinson, called the event a “special day” for Florida A&M University. “It’s a very […]

August 29, 2019

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Brunel University Introduces Sport Hijab to Increase Muslim Women Participation in Sports

Brunel University in London has launched a sports hijab in an effort to increase Muslim women participating in sports. Several sportswear brands have introduced a sports hijab in the past, however Brunel University will be directly supplying the hijabs to their students. Eighteen percent of Muslim women participate in regular sport, compared to 30 percent of the UK’s […]

February 11, 2019

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Alignment of Values Crucial to Athletic and Academic Success

An important idea put forth at the Learfield Intercollegiate Athletics Forum presented by Sports Business Journal (IAF) is that the overall well-being of a college or university and its student-athletes requires an alliance between the board of trustees, the president and the athletic director.

December 6, 2018

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LeBron Adds to Education Support, Opens Public School

LeBron James, a forward for the Los Angeles Lakers, has opened a public elementary school named I Promise School. The school is a partnership between the Akron, Ohio Public School system and the LeBron James Family Foundation, Sports Illustrated reported. James has a history of supporting education initiatives across the country and providing scholarships to […]

July 31, 2018

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Program Aims to Improve Law Enforcement and Community Relations

Three universities are supporting Game Changer, a program created to bring community members, law enforcement and governmental officials together for moderated focus groups followed by sporting events.

July 30, 2018

HBCUs

Title IX Pathway to More Male Students and Tuition Dollars

In order to fully utilize athletics to help with financial and enrollment stability, HBCUs should tackle head-on and even embrace what some see as a legal obstacle to expanding men’s athletics – Title IX.

June 18, 2018

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University of New Mexico Considers Eliminating Sports

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The University of New Mexico has authorized its athletic director to eliminate programs in the cash-strapped department. University President Garnett S. Stokes addressed the regents Finance and Facilities Committee on Tuesday, saying athletic director Eddie Nunez has been instructed to propose sport eliminations by this summer. Stokes says student athletes should be […]

April 18, 2018

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Mixed Grades on Race, Gender Report Card for College Sports

The percentage of Black head coaches in Division I college basketball has declined the past 10 years. That startling development is among findings in the 2017 version of the annual College Sport Racial and Gender Report Card, released Wednesday by The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport at the University of Central Florida.

February 28, 2018

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Patrick Ewing to Become Head Coach of the Georgetown Hoyas

Patrick Ewing is returning to his alma mater to become the Head Coach of the Georgetown Hoyas.

April 3, 2017

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NCAA Golf Pioneer Catana Starks’ Story Finally Gets Top Billing

Movie chronicles her journey of building — from scratch — the men’s golf program at Tennessee State University and becoming the first African-American woman to coach an NCAA Division I men’s golf team.

May 12, 2014