Tag: sports
NCAA to Pull Championship Games in States that Ban Transgender Athletes...
The NCAA's Board of Governors reaffirmed the association's 2016 non-discrimination policy by announcing Monday it will pull championship games from states that ban transgender women athletes...
University of Central Oklahoma Investigates Cheerleading Hazing Incident, Suspends Squad
The University of Central Oklahoma (UCO) has suspended its cheerleading squad following reports of an alleged hazing incident, administrators announced over the weekend.
Details of...
ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith to Create Docuseries Spotlighting HBCUs
Veteran ESPN commentator Stephen A. Smith and his production company Mr. SAS Productions are set to make a documentary series that highlights the legacy...
Carroll University Coordinator Makes History as First Black Woman Coach in...
On Monday, the Boston Red Sox officially welcomed 29-year-old new hire, Bianca Smith, as a Minor League coach, making her the first Black woman...
MLB to Integrate the Negro Leagues to ‘Major League’ Status
Major League Baseball (MLB) Commissioner Robert D. Manfred, Jr. announced on Wednesday that his organization will be “correcting a longtime oversight in the game’s...
Florida HBCU Becomes First Division I School to Cancel All Sports...
This week, Bethune-Cookman University (B-CU), a historically Black university in Daytona Beach, Fla., announced it will discontinue all sports for the rest of the...
Girls Track Team Members File Title IX Complaint, Say Transgender Athletes...
Three members of a girls high school track team in Connecticut have filed a federal civil rights complaint against a state policy allowing transgender...
