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Gopher AD departs with ‘no alibis, no regrets’
May. 16 | By Charles Hallman Staff Writer When Joel Maturi steps down next month to become a special assistant to the school president, he will leave a collegiate athletic environment that is markedly different than it was a decade ago...
Kentucky wins men’s championship 67-59
Apr. 4 | It’s been a long time coming, but the Wildcats of Kentucky have quenched their thirst for a title. John Calipari in just his third year wins his first NCAA Championship 67-59 over the Kansas Jayhawks before 70,000 in New Orleans. Man,...
NCAA has little to say about Black-White graduation disparity gap
Mar. 21 | By Charles Hallman Staff Writer All last week, endless bracket stories were told ad nauseam. But not a Mavis Staples hoot about Richard Lapchick’s annual “Keeping Score When it Counts” report on NCAA men’s and...
Will Tiger Woods win again?
Mar. 21 | I remember a few years ago covering the NCAA Men’s Golf Championships at Hazeltine National in Chaska. Northwestern from the Big Ten had the No. 1-ranked player — his name was Luke Donald. Lo and behold, that same guy, Luke Donald,...
Hoops odds and ends—Free at last: Charde Houston traded to Phoenix
Mar. 7 | By Charles Hallman Staff Writer If there was an appropriate theme to summarize last week’s announcement that the Minnesota Lynx traded Charde Houston to Phoenix, it should be: Free at last! The 6-0 forward, who was a...
Penn State women’s basketball team the top seed in tourney
Feb. 29 | By Charles Hallman Staff Writer Penn State will be the top overall seed in this week’s Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament in Indianapolis. The four-day conference tournament starts Thursday. It is the school’s sixth Big...
With Coach Kelsey, now four Black female coaches in the Big Ten
Feb. 8 | By Charles Hallman Bobbie Kelsey Photo by Sophia Hantzes Staff Writer If Bobbie Kelsey has her way, her Final Four consecutive appearance streak will stay intact. Her last four seasons she has sat on the Stanford bench as an assistant coach...
Wanted: more Black women athletic directors
Feb. 1 | By Charles Hallman Staff Writer Less than 10 percent of Division I athletics directors are women, and only two percent are women of color. Schools can’t say they can’t find Black women to fill these roles when openings occur....
2012 NCAA changes for women’s and men’s basketball
Dec. 28 | By Charles Hallman Staff Writer Among the items to be discussed at the NCAA Convention in January is a proposal to help grow women’s college basketball. The Division I Women’s Basketball Committee has been gathering information from conferences...
