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PublishedMarch 29, 2010 http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2010/03/20100329/Opinion/Excellence-In-Classroom-Should-Coexist-With-March-Madness.aspx?hl=lapchick&sc=1

Date of Release: February 12, 2010 (Special to ESPN.com) by Richard Lapchick It could not be more appropriate that the Eddie Robinson Museum opens in Grambling, La., right in the middle of Black History Month 2010. More…

It  would be easy to view issues in sports in the past year and become cynical  about the role athletes play as role models or even if they should ever be role  models in the first place. The actions of some athletes often make it more  difficult to say athletes are stars in the community…
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Date of Release: December 31, 2009 (Special to ESPN.com) by Richard Lapchick Dennis Brutus died in his sleep Saturday in Cape Town, South Africa, at age 85. Between the early 1960s and the end of apartheid in South Africa, the architects of that most racist regime rarely slept, due to the force of major activists…
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Date of Release: December 9, 2009 (Special to ESPN.com) by Richard Lapchick One year ago this week, I wrote that we needed a civil rights movement in college football. As of Dec. 8, 2008, there were four African-American coaches left in the FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision), the lowest number in 15 years. More…

Date of Release: October 26, 2009 (SportsBusiness Journal) by Richard Lapchick It is still hard to believe that Myles Brand is no longer with us. We all lost a warrior for student athletes, Title IX and civil rights in sports. On Wednesday, thousands will gather in Indianapolis to pay tribute to his life and achievements.…
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Date of Release: September 29, 2009 (Special to ESPN.com) by Richard Lapchick In the course of researching a book on Hispanic athletes, I expected to find a strong Latino presence in baseball, soccer and boxing, and I did. The area that surprised me most, though, was the Latino presence, success and influence in the X…
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Date of Release: September 25, 2009 (Special to ESPN.com) by Richard Lapchick The New York Jets are off to a 2-0 start and the media is in a frenzy over quarterback Mark Sanchez, especially after he outgunned superhero Tom Brady and the New England Patriots in Week 2 of the NFL season. More…

Date of Release: September 17, 2009 (Special to ESPN.com) by Richard Lapchick America lost a champion for student-athletes, for Title IX and for civil rights in sports with the passing of Dr. Myles Brand on Wednesday. No one did more to make college sport live up to its ideals. We knew he’d been fighting deadly…
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Date of Release: September 14, 2009 (Special to ESPN.com) by Richard Lapchick In Johannesburg earlier this month, all the sports talk was about the 2010 World Cup. It dominated the sports pages and TV time. And yet, the NBA created its own space here with the arrival of its Basketball Without Borders (BWB) Program. More…