(Akiit.com) The Rutgers’ women’s basketball team and coach C. Vivian Stringer were scheduled to appear on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” Thursday as furor continues over remarks made about the team by radio host Don Imus. Stringer and the 10 team members will appear live via satellite, a spokeswoman for Harpo ...
(Akiit.com) The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) are outraged at a number of crude comments made by WFAN radio personality Don Imus, regarding Rutgers University’s women’s basketball team. During a radio interview on his simulcasted radio show on MSNBC, Imus referred to athletes of the basketball team as “nappy-headed ...
(Akiit.com) RUSTON, La. (AP) — Former Grambling coach Eddie Robinson, who created a football powerhouse at the small, black college in northern Louisiana that turned out hundreds of NFL players, has died. He was 88. The soft-spoken coach spent nearly 60 years at Grambling State University, where he set a ...
Camillus, NY (Akiit.com) – Dr. Boyce Watkins, a Finance Professor at Syracuse University and author of the book Everything you ever wanted to know about college, has recently stated that March Madness takes unfair advantage of athletes and students. He also appeared on BET’s Top 25 Events that Misshaped Black ...
Daytona Beach, FL (Akiit.com) – The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) announced plans to continue its at-track diversity mentorship program throughout the 2007 season. The program, which was developed last season, gives two minority college students in nine different race markets an in-depth look at the business ...