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OSU Alums Fowler, Mahan The Latest Athletes To Pitch In For Tornado Relief Efforts05 / 23 / 13Golfers Rickie Fowler and Hunter Mahan, who both played collegiately at Oklahoma State Univ., have "announced plans to personally help out with relief efforts" following this week's tornadoes in Oklahoma, according to Will Gray of GOLFCHANNEL.com. Fowler yesterday "explained plans to enhance a ... Tags: Sports in Society |
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PLAYER CHARITIES: THE GIFTS THAT KEEP ON GIVING, OR DO THEY?
Pro athletes'' charity foundations were examined in a front-page piece in the WASHINGTON POST under the header "Charity Funds of Sports Figures Don''t Always Work Out." The POST''s Bill Brubaker: "In
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LAPCHICK TO OPEN BRANCH AT DISNEY WORLD
Richard Lapchick, Dir of Northeastern Univ.''s Center for the Study of Sport in Society, joined with Northeastern Univ. President Richard Freeland and Walt Disney World Sports VP Reggie Williams to an
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U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT PROFILES BLACKS AND PRO SPROTS
In a cover story entitled "Are Pro Sports Bad for Black America?," U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT''s John Simons addresses whether African-Americans "suffer as a result" of their "dominant presence" in prof
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MEDIA GIVE MIXED REVIEWS TO CONTENT OF ESPN'S TOWN MEETING
The following are reax on ESPN''s special. In St. Louis, Bernie Miklasz called its "fascinating, intelligent television" (ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, 3/2). The Newark STAR-LEDGER''s Nat Gottlieb called t
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ESPN TOWN MEETING: "SPORTS IN BLACK AND WHITE"
ESPN''s Town Meeting, "Sports in Black and White," was televised live from Howard Univ. in Washington, DC, on Friday, moderated by ABC''s Ted Koppel. The show followed ESPN''s "Outside the Lines" spec
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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES' RICK TELANDER EXAMINES RACE AND SPORTS
In a six-part series from Sunday through today, columnist Rick Telander of the CHICAGO SUN-TIMES examined race and sports. Telander: "In this, Black History Month, 1997, the 50th anniversary of second
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SPORTS ORGANIZATIONS TEAM UP TO PROMOTE GOODWILL IN SPORTS
A coalition of professional, college, high school and Olympic sports officials announced the formation of the "Citizen Through Sports Alliance" yesterday. The goal of the alliance is to "generate a sp
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BULLS-EYE: NBA'S UBIQUITOUS TEAM TOPS NEWSWEEK SURVEY
NEWSWEEK''s special "100 Newsmakers of 1996" issue on stands from December 2 to January 6 surveys readers on who is sports'' "Newsmaker of the Year." 601 adults, ages 18+, were asked to chose from a l
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HAVE YOU NO ETHICS? ORGANIZERS PUT KIBOSH ON CONFERENCE
The National Conference on Sports Ethics, which sponsors hoped would "put the fledgling University of South Florida Ethics Center on the map," has been canceled because of a "lukewarm response from po
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CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF SPORT IN SOCIETY ISSUES REPORT CARD
Richard Lapchick, Dir of Northeastern University''s Center for the Study of Sport in Society, writes a column in THE SPORTING NEWS on the results of the Center''s eighth Racial Report Card. He notes t
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