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Academy Sponsors Significant Black Sports Oral History Project
The period between 1955 and 1980 marked a sea tide of change throughout the United States, and especially in the states of the old Confederacy. The U.S. Supreme Court decision in June 1954 in Brown v....
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NFL’s ‘Suicide’ Squad Tradition Continues
The National Football League is open for business again. Players are on the field showing coaches that they can indeed play football, even though the season is months away. The players showcasing their...
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Wu backed for IOC Presidency by AIBA Executive Committee
International Boxing Association (AIBA) President CK Wu has been backed to enter the race to become the next International Olympic Committee (IOC) President by his world governing body’s ruling...
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The Sacramento-Seattle Fight over NBA Franchise
So it is another day of reckoning for sports. The National Basketball Association (NBA) owners are supposed to decide who might be the new owners of the Sacramento Kings franchise and whether the...
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Straight Talk about Qatar
They held a track meet Friday on a typically warm and balmy evening in Doha, the opening Diamond League event of the 2013 season. It was sensational. American long jumper Brittney Reese, the 2012...
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Ng Ser Miang Officially Enters Race for IOC Presidency
Singapore’s Ng Ser Miang has officially confirmed he is putting himself forward as a candidate to replace Jacques Rogge as President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Ng Ser Miang...
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David Beckham Ending His Soccer Career
David Beckham is set to retire after Paris Saint-Germain’s (PSG) season comes to a close, according to the 38-year-old’s statement on Facebook. He wants to retire while still playing at the highest...
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Social Media Response to Andrew Wiggins’ Decision to Play for Kansas –...
Andrew Wiggins is a 6-foot, 8-inch high school basketball player from Canada who played his last two years at a prep school in West Virginia. Many scouts and so-called recruiting experts believe he is...
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Founding Working Group Calls for Universal Monitoring System to Fight Illegal...
A group set-up by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge to fight irregular and illegal betting in sport has called for a universal monitoring system to help stop the...
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“I Believe There Will Be a Games Bid from Africa,” Says Ng Ser Miang
Ng Ser Miang, the Singaporean International Olympic Committee (IOC) vice-president who last week launched his election campaign to replace Jacques Rogge in the most powerful position in world sport,...
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President of International Soccer Federation Speaks on Racism Incidents in Milan
“Just giving a pecuniary sanction is not acceptable” – President of FIFA Sepp Blatter After incidents during the Serie A match between AC Milan and Roma on Sunday, where Mario Balotelli and...
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Mystery as Iranian Wrestlers Quit U.S. to Fly Home
Iran cut its trip short to the United States that was supposed to help showcase wrestling’s campaign to stay in the Olympics. The Iranians had competed at an event against the U.S. and Russia in New...
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Puerto Rican Richard Carrión Enters Race for IOC President
Richard Carrión today gave official confirmation he is entering the race to succeed Jacques Rogge as International Olympic Committee (IOC) President, bringing to three the number of declared...
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Nuzman Denies Backing Baseball-Softball for 2020 and Reiterates Support for...
Honorary International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Carlos Nuzman has insisted he has not backed the joint baseball-softball bid for inclusion at the 2020 Olympics, despite the World Baseball...
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Olympic Softball Icon Calls on Women Everywhere to Unite in Show of Global...
One of the legends of Olympic softball, Gold medalist Jennie Finch, has called on women everywhere to show their support for softball to be played at the Olympic Games ahead of next week’s decision by...
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Krzyzewski to Remain as USA Basketball Coach for Rio 2016
Duke University coach and the United States Sports Academy’s 2012 Amos Alonzo Stagg Coaching Award recipient Mike Krzyzewski will remain in his role as United States basketball coach for Rio 2016 after...
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IOC President Calls for More Targeted Drug Testing Following Key Meeting in...
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge says more targeted, out-of-competition testing in high-profile sports is needed to catch the drug cheats following a key meeting of sports...
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IOC Presidential Candidate C.K. Wu’s Vision is Education
C.K. Wu of Chinese Taipei, the president of the International Amateur Boxing Association (AIBA) and a member of the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) policy-making executive board, on Thursday...
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Judge to Soon Decide Lawsuit Against NCAA over Penn State Sanctions
A federal judge said last Monday that she would decide in a few weeks whether to dismiss a lawsuit by Governor Corbett against the NCAA over sanctions against Pennsylvania State University stemming...
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Rutgers Again. Where is the Due Diligence?
Rutgers again. The latest “here we go again with a college wanting so badly to be a sports power having a problem” comes from New Brunswick, N.J. Apparently Rutgers’ new Athletic Director has a problem...
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