Date of Release: February 11, 2010 (Press Release) The NCAS is seeking nominations for the Giant Steps Awards in honor of National STUDENT-Athlete Day. National STUDENT-Athlete Day, created by the National Consortium for Academics and Sports, is designed to honor the hard work and dedication of high school and college student-athletes nationwide who have excelled…
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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: December 7, 2009 (Press Release) Updated: December 22, 2009 Overall academic progress continued while the gap between white and African-American football student-athletes increased slightly for the 68 Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) schools (formerly known as Division I-A schools) playing in this year’s college football bowl games according to a study released today…
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Date of Release: November 24, 2009 (Press Release) This is the 16th issue of the Racial and Gender Report Card (RGRC), which is the definitive assessment of hiring practices of women and people of color in most of the leading professional and amateur sports and sporting organizations in the United Sates. The report considers the…
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Date of Release: November 17, 2009 (Press Release) The key leadership positions at Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) schools and conferences remained overwhelmingly white and male even though there was a record number of nine head coaches of color in the 2009 college football season at the FBS schools (formerly Division IA) according to a new…
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Date of Release: November 10, 2009 (Press Release) The Scholar-Baller® Program, in conjunction with the NCAS announced the winners of the Academic Momentum Award. Seventy-nine nominations were received from 50 different colleges and universities across the country. A male winner was chosen from all of the NCAS’ 10 regions and a female winner was chosen…
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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: October 20, 2009 (Press Release) MLS earned a third consecutive solid A (92) for racial hiring after getting A’s in the categories of MLS League Office, players, head coaches, team president/CEO and team professional administration. MLS had 93.4 points for racial hiring practices in 2008 and 93.3 in 2007… Download Press Release…
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