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The Valparaiso Crusaders mascot helps the cheer squad during a timeout in an NCAA college basketball game against North Dakota on Nov. 17, 2019, in Valparaiso, Ind. Valparaiso University will begin searching for a new team name after dropping Crusaders, the school mascot and all logos associated with the name because school officials said hate groups have embraced the term, the school announced Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021. (Kale Wilk/The Times via AP)
Valparaiso will look for new team after dropping Crusaders

Feb. 11, 2021 03:47 PM EST

FILE - Temple head coach John Chaney reacts to a foul call in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Duke in Durham, N.C., in this Jan. 8, 2005, file photo. John Chaney, one of the nation’s leading Black coaches and a commanding figure during a Hall of Fame basketball career at Temple, has died. He was 89. His death was announced by the university Friday, Jan. 29, 2021.(AP Photo/Sara D. Davis, File)
John Chaney, commanding Temple basketball coach, dies at 89

By Dan Gelston Jan. 29, 2021 03:21 PM EST

FILE - In this Dec. 22, 1961, file photo, Cleveland Pipers coach John McLendon, right, greets Dick Barnett, in Cleveland. When George Floyd died under the knee of a Minneapolis policeman, Harvard basketball coach Tommy Amaker knew it was time to get to work. Kentucky college basketball coach John Calipari and Harvard coach Tommy Amaker partnered on an internship program named for John McLendon, one of basketball’s first black coaches. (AP Photo/File)
For Harvard coach Tommy Amaker, class is always in session

By Jimmy Golen Nov. 10, 2020 01:41 PM EST

FILE - In this March 12, 2017, file photo, Texas State coach Danny Kaspar reacts during the first half of the team's NCAA college basketball game against Troy for the Sun Belt tournament title in New Orleans. Kaspar, the former Texas State basketball coach who resigned while under investigation for allegations he directed racist taunts at Black players, said he holds “only love in my heart for people of all races, colors and creeds” in a resignation letter released Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020, by the school. AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
Former Texas State coach Kaspar denies allegations of racism

By Jim Vertuno Oct. 14, 2020 08:21 PM EDT

FILE - In this March 7, 2020, file photo, South Carolina head coach Frank Martin talks to Jermaine Couisnard (5) and Alanzo Frink (20) in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Vanderbilt in Nashville, Tenn. Martin is joining dozens of college basketball coaches in taking action on racism and diversity. The NABC announced Martin would chair a new committee designed to address issues of race and discrimination and not only within college sports. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)
College hoops coaches move to eliminate standardized testing

By Dave Skretta Jul. 16, 2020 03:58 PM EDT

Syracuse University appoints diversity director for sports

By John Kekis Jul. 10, 2020 02:01 AM EDT
Syracuse athletic director John Wildhack has added a position to his department, bucking a trend toward athletic cuts during the coronavirus pandemic. ...

College coaches recommend required Black history courses

Jun. 22, 2020 12:47 PM EDT
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The new committee formed by the National Association of Basketball Coaches to address racism and diversity recommended Monday that high...

Judge dismisses discrimination suit that named Jim Calhoun

By Pat Eaton-Robb Jun. 19, 2020 03:05 PM EDT
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a sexual discrimination lawsuit against the University of Saint Joseph that accused Hall of Fame men's...

FILE - In this Nov. 10, 2018, file photo, Texas players sing "The Eyes of Texas" after an NCAA college football game against Texas Tech in Lubbock, Texas. A group of University of Texas football players and athletes across several sports on Friday, June 12, 2020, urged the school to rename several campus buildings, change the traditional school song and donate a percentage of athletic department revenue to organizations supporting the Black Lives Matter movement. (AP Photo/Brad Tollefson, File)
NCAA encourages day off from college sports on election day

By Ralph D. Russo Jun. 12, 2020 05:11 PM EDT

NCAA says it will review Idaho's transgender law in August

Jun. 11, 2020 05:42 PM EDT
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — NCAA officials will discuss Idaho’s law banning transgender women from competing in women’s sports amid calls for the organization to move...

FILE - In this Monday, May 13, 2019, file photo, Seattle Storm's Sue Bird talks with media members at the basketball team's media day in Seattle. Groups that advocate for civil rights and women’s rights have joined notable athletes in asking the NCAA to move the first and second rounds of the 2021 men’s basketball tournament out of Idaho after the state passed a law banning transgender women from competing in women’s sports. A letter sent and signed by a list of professional athletes including Megan Rapinoe, Billie Jean King, Jason Collins and Sue Bird calls for the NCAA to move the games set to be held March 2021 at Boise State University. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)
Rights groups, athletes ask NCAA to move tourney from Idaho

Jun. 10, 2020 02:44 PM EDT

FILE - In this March 7, 2020, file photo, South Carolina head coach Frank Martin talks to Jermaine Couisnard (5) and Alanzo Frink (20) in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Vanderbilt in Nashville, Tenn. Martin is joining dozens of college basketball coaches in taking action on racism and diversity. The NABC announced Martin would chair a new committee designed to address issues of race and discrimination and not only within college sports. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)
College basketball coaches discuss racism, diversity

By Dave Skretta Jun. 05, 2020 05:25 PM EDT

South Carolina's Martin to chair hoops committee on race

Jun. 04, 2020 02:32 PM EDT
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — South Carolina coach Frank Martin will chair a new committee formed by the National Association of Basketball Coaches to address issues...

FILE - In this Sept. 7, 2019, file photo, Georgia Tech head coach Geoff Collins reacts during the second half of an NCAA college football game against South Florida, in Atlanta. In the wake of nationwide protests over police brutality, Georgia Tech wants to make sure its athletes take time to vote in November. The school said Thursday, June 4, 2020, that nine teams, including football, will cancel all mandatory activities on the Nov. 3 to recognize the importance of casting a ballot. Geoff Collins was one of the first Power Five football coaches to express his support for those protesting the treatment of George Floyd, who died while in police custody in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jon Barash, File)
Georgia Tech athletes get day off to vote on Election Day

By Paul Newberry Jun. 04, 2020 11:35 AM EDT

NCAA faces lawsuit over violence against women at colleges

By Noah Trister Apr. 30, 2020 06:32 PM EDT
The NCAA is facing a federal lawsuit accusing the organization of failing to address gender-based violence by male athletes against female students at colleges...

South Carolina's A.J. Lawson, right, drives against Vanderbilt's Maxwell Evans (3) in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Saturday, March 7, 2020, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
South Carolina Gamecocks at Vanderbilt Commodores 3/7/2020

Mar. 07, 2020 12:44 PM EST

Kentucky AD: 'consequences' for fan yelling racial slur

Mar. 04, 2020 11:16 PM EST
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky athletic director Mitch Barnhart tweeted “there will be consequences” for a Wildcats fan shown in a couple of videos yelling a...

FILE - In this July 10, 2019 file photo, Jim Calhoun, men's basketball coach for the University of Saint Joseph in West Hartford, Conn., accepts the best coach award at the ESPY Awards at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.  Calhoun has been accused of sexual discrimination by a former associate athletic director at the University of Saint Joseph, the Division III school where he now works. Jaclyn Piscitelli filed a lawsuit Wednesday, Oct. 9 in U.S. District Court against the school, which began admitting men in 2018.  (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)
Hall of Fame coach Jim Calhoun denies sex bias claims

Oct. 13, 2019 12:03 PM EDT

FILE - In this July 10, 2019 file photo, Jim Calhoun, men's basketball coach for the University of Saint Joseph in West Hartford, Conn., accepts the best coach award at the ESPY Awards at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.  Calhoun has been accused of sexual discrimination by a former associate athletic director at the University of Saint Joseph, the Division III school where he now works. Jaclyn Piscitelli filed a lawsuit Wednesday, Oct. 9 in U.S. District Court against the school, which began admitting men in 2018.  (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)
Hall of Fame coach Jim Calhoun accused of sex discrimination

By Pat Eaton-Robb Oct. 09, 2019 02:18 PM EDT

Arkansas college finds no evidence of bias over dreadlocks

Sep. 12, 2019 02:43 PM EDT
FORT SMITH, Ark. (AP) — An investigation found no evidence that a white head coach discriminated against a black basketball player because of his dreadlocks, the...

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