Table of Contents
Introduction
PART ONE: RACE IN SPORT
Race and College Sports - Richard E Lapchick
A Long Way to Go
Higher Education and the Plight of the Black Male Althlete - Donald Siegel
Cultural Diversity on Campus - Dean F Anderson
A Look at Intercollegiate Football Coaches
A Step in the Right Direction - Richard E Lapchick
The Presidents Meet the Black Coaches
The 1994 Racial Report Card - Richard E Lapchick
There is Gold at the End of this Rainbow - Richard E Lapchick
Jesse Jackson Steps Up to the Plate
The Use of Native American Names and Mascots in Sports - Richard E Lapchick
Seated at the Table of Brotherhood - Richard E Lapchick
Sport Transforms La Grange, Georgia
PART TWO: GENDER IN SPORT
Growing Up with Gender Discrimination in Sports - Donna Lopiano
Gender Equity in Athletics Title IX Fact Sheet - National Collegiate Athletic Association
Masculinity and Sports Culture - Jackson Katz
The Image of the Black Male - Byron Hurt
How Jocks View Women - Alison Bass
David Williams and Family Choices - Richard E Lapchick
Slow Progress on Equity - Debra E Blum
Eliminating the Battle of the Sexes in College Sport - Richard E Lapchick
PART THREE: ATHLETIC USES AND ABUSES
Knowns and Unknowns in Intercollegiate Athletics - Stanton Wheeler
A Report to the President's Commission
Athletic Scholarship Disarmament - Raymond Yasser
Academic Standards for Athletes - Richard E Lapchick
A Debate in Black and White
Two Ways to Go - Richard E Lapchick
Only One Is a Winner
Student-Athletes - Ed Sherman and Barry Tempkin
So Much Work, So Little Time
Spotting, Treating Troubled Athletes Can Be Difficult - Shelly Sanford and Suzanne Halliburton
Athletes Learn the Lesson - Richard E Lapchick
The Lou Harris Survey
A New Beginning for A New Century - Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics
Intercollegiate Athletics in the United States
PART FOUR: STEREOTYPES, MYTHS AND REALITIES ABOUT ATHLETES
Intersections as Dangerous Places - Lawrence A Wenner
Theories and Role Models in Sport Studies
Gender Violence and Lessons Learned from the Simpson Case - Richard E Lapchick
Violence in Sports - Richard E Lapchick
An Investigation of Campus Stereotypes - Gary A Sailes
The Myth of Black Athletic Superiority and the Dumb Jock Stereotype
The Rules of the Game Are Changing - Richard E Lapchick
College Coaches in the 1990s
The Need for a New Code of Ethics Going Beyond the NCAA - Richard E Lapchick
PART FIVE: MEDIA AND SPORT
Black Faces Still Rare in the Press Box - Ron Thomas
The State of Women in Sports Media - Mary Schmitt
Gender Equity in Sports Media Coverage - Bethany Shifflett and Rhonda Revelle
A Review of the NCAA News
Hear No Evil, See No Evil - Sandy Padwe
PART SIX: SPORT IN THE INTERNATIONAL ARENA
The Modern Olympic Games - Richard E Lapchick
A Political Cauldron
Under African Skies - Richard E Lapchick
The Role of Sport in the Destruction of Apartheid - Richard E Lapchick
PART SEVEN: THE BEAUTY OF SPORT
Hope - Richard E Lapchick and Mary Frances Anderson
Reggie Lewis - Richard E Lapchick
An Incredible Tribute to a Remarkable Man
Tom Osborne and Willie Stewart - Richard E Lapchick
Two Coaches Linked by Commitment
Muhammad Ali - Richard E Lapchick
The People's Champion, Once and Still
Darryl Williams - Richard E Lapchick
The Ultimate Role Model
Conclusion - Richard E Lapchick