| Smith Speaks on Black Male Athletes
Whether you are a student-athlete or just an uninterested spectator, it doesn't take much for one to realize that sports is an important aspect of Colgate life. So when guest speaker Professor Earl Smith of Wake Forest University was invited to give a special lecture titled "The Overrepresentation of African American Student-Athletes in Division I-A Sport Programs," its message was bound to have a strong impact on campus.
As a sociology professor, Smith's observations and research have led him to believe that the arena of professional sports has produced a system of inequality for African American athletes. Whereas, in sports such as football and basketball, African American athletes make up the majority of players, in other competitive sports such as tennis, soccer and swimming, hardly any players are African American.
Seth Davis: Postcard from Gonzaga
SPOKANE, Wash. -- Here in this sleepy town in the Pacific northwest, a basketball hoop still hangs over the driveway of the house where John Stockton grew up on, appropriately enough, Superior Street. After Stockton graduated from Gonzaga in 1984 and became a star with the Utah Jazz, he purchased a small, three-bedroom house next door. That house would hardly merit a spot on MTV's Cribs, but as Gonzaga coach Mark Few drove me past it last Friday, it provided a snapshot not just of Gonzaga's past, but also its present. "Do you see Stockton much?" I asked Few. "Oh, yeah," he replied. "I just got done working out with him." You see, John Stockton may have graduated from Gonzaga, but he never really went anywhere. The same is true for Gonzaga.
Basketball signups end Thursday
This story appeared in the Antelope Valley Press on Monday, November 26, 2007. Valley Press
Youth basketball registrations are currently underway. Divisions are available for boys ages 5-17 and girls ages 5-16. The registration fee is $51 and the deadline is Thursday. Adult basketball league registration is also available for ages 16 and up. Games will be played on Monday and Wednesday nights. There is also a 35 and older league that plays on Sundays. Team fees are $400. For additional information, call Randy Autry at 267-5611. Volleyball Revolution Volleyball Club tryouts will be held at Vasquez High School on Saturday. Ages 15-16 will tryout from 9-11:30 a.m., 17-18's from 12-2:30 p.m., and 12-14's from 4-6 p.m. The tryout fee is $15 for each participant.
Balanced schedule on NHL agenda
The NHL owners have a busy agenda as they gather this week in picturesque Pebble Beach, Calif., but they'll still find time to squeeze in a little golf. The annual two-day board of governors meeting, the most important of the year, goes tomorrow and Friday and should finally bring about a new format for the schedule. It means every team will play one another starting next season. "There's quite a large sentiment for change," said Edmonton Oilers president and CEO Patrick LaForge. Other main items on this week's agenda include: - A vote on the sale of the Predators to a local group in Nashville. - A thorough discussion of the on-ice product. Scoring is down, but what should be done? - A look at the finances, including last season's final numbers and an early season projection on this season's revenue figures.
Pele: England lacks good players
Pele believes England is too quick to blame its managers for underachieving - instead of admitting that the soccer-mad country is starved of talent.
The national team's only significant triumph remains the 1966 World Cup, which it hosted, and is now in danger of missing its first major tournament since the 1994 World Cup after last month's defeat in Russia maintained a patchy qualifying campaign for the European Championship.
Manager Steve McClaren, fighting for his future after 15 months at the helm, needs Israel to deny Russia three points on November 17 and for his team to beat Croatia four days later at Wembley.
"England has few very good players," three-time World Cup winner Pele said on Wednesday.
"When those players get injured in a tough, long tournament they don't have a player to replace them - that is the big problem in England.
The CNN Wire: Tuesday, Nov. 27
Suicide bomber wounds 12 BAGHDAD (CNN) -- Seven U.S. soldiers and five Iraqi citizens were wounded Tuesday when a female suicide bomber wearing an explosives-laden vest detonated in Baquba, a statement released Wednesday by the U.S. military said. The injured were taken by helicopter to a military hospital for treatment. The military said the incident is under investigation. (Posted 2:45 a.m.) U.S. military investigates checkpoint shooting in Baghdad BAGDHAD (CNN) -- Two women were killed and four others -- two men and two women -- were wounded Tuesday when members of the U.S. military fired warning shots at a minibus as it approached a checkpoint in Baghdad, according to Maj. Bradford Leighton with Multi-National Force - Iraq.
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