"I plan to go to college for four years and come out with little to no college debt," Bucks scholarship winner Zion Owusu-Yeboa, who also won a Louvenia Johnson Scholarship at the Black Excellence Awards, said.
NCAA President Charlie Baker said Friday that action by Congress was needed to protect what he described as the “95 percent” of athletes whose ability to play college sports would be endangered by a court ruling or regulatory decision declaring them as employees of their schools. Speaking to a small group of reporters near the NCAA's Washington office, Baker was realistic but still hopeful about the prospect of Congress doing what it didn't do despite persistent requests from his predecessor, Mark Emmert: granting the NCAA a limited antitrust exemption that would allow it to make rules safeguarding college sports without the constant threat of litigation.
Talladega College followed soon after Fisk, launching a team in 2023 and making Alabama history as the only HBCU in the state with a women's gymnastics program.
By: Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. President Joe Biden will make his State of the Union address on March 7. As a veteran civil rights leader committed to improving public safety and unlocking economic prosperity in our communities, there are a few policies I hope the president will address. There also is one I hope he