Student Athletes

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Coolidge Ball, First Black Student-Athlete at Ole Miss, Passes Away at 71
August 31, 2023
Ole Miss announced Tuesday that Coolidge Ball, the first African-American student-athlete with the Rebels, passed away at 71.
Sacramento Republic FC makes history by signing 13-year-old
August 10, 2023
Sacramento announced the signing of 13-year-old Kimbrough on Tuesday, with the soccer team's president calling him "a remarkable talent."
Myzelle Law, young athlete with big dreams, dies of heat-related injuries at football practice
August 2, 2023
Myzelle Law, a beloved 19-year-old MidAmerica Nazarene University student-athlete, passed away over the weekend from heat-related injuries.
April 16, 2023
Two Alabama teenagers died in a car crash early Saturday morning after attending a local high school’s prom dance together.
September 3, 2022
Nearly 90 players at FAMU penned a blistering letter to school president Larry Robinson on Sunday due to player ineligibilities.
May 19, 2022
Some Albany High Falcons were booted from practice for wearing sports bras instead of shirts, which led to immediate activism.
May 29, 2021
The Illinois House on Saturday voted 95-18 to give student athletes the right to hire agents and market their names…
CBS Sports Classic - Ohio State v UCLA
December 31, 2020
Researchers found that out of more than two dozen athletes who tested positive for COVID-19, over 30% had heart damage.
NCAA
September 30, 2019
Defying the NCAA, California's governor signed a first-in-the-nation law Monday that will let college athletes hire agents and make money…
November 2, 2015
Notre Dame has fired a female academic coach for violating the school's "values" and its "discrimination harassment policy" amid claims…
March 28, 2014
OPINION - This is a student movement, and I am not too far removed from being college student. I commend…
March 26, 2014
CHICAGO (AP) — Northwestern University says it disagrees with the decision from a federal agency that found that the school's…
October 24, 2013
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — College athletes are graduating at an all-time high rate, the NCAA said Thursday...
June 20, 2013
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Lawyers for former student athletes are seeking Thursday to turn their lawsuit against the NCAA over…
May 27, 2013
COLUMBUS, Ohio9 (AP) — Filmmaker and actor Tyler Perry has surprised middle school students in Ohio by showing up at…
November 27, 2012
OPINION - There’s no such thing as a 'student-athlete' anymore...
March 15, 2012
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - A new study comparing the graduation rates of the men's and women's teams in this year's…
November 1, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - A Democratic congressman compared the NCAA to the Mafia over how it controls the lives of student…
August 25, 2011
OPINION - A long list of 'unsung' black heroines marched, sat, rode, bled and died in the struggle for equality…