Congress Takes Up Minority Coaches Issue
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WASHINGTON -- The lack of black head coaches in college football was lamented in powerful language Wednesday by the Rev. Jesse Jackson, NCAA president Myles Brand and congressmen from both parties.
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A landmark sex-equity law should protect people who report complaints of discrimination, the Supreme Court was told yesterday as it heard arguments in the case of an Alabama coach who was fired when he protested the unequal treatment of his girls&#39; high
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A girls&#39; basketball coach who was fired after complaining that his high school team&#39;s facilities weren&#39;t equal to those used by the boys&#39; team should be allowed
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The expensive flurry of legislation passed by Congress as it left Washington this month is providing some lift to Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle's fierce struggle to keep his job. The South Dakota Democrat is the Republican Party's top target in Congress this year.
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The Supreme Court is weighing a lawsuit brought by a school coach who says his firing violates Title IX.
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Voters this fall could take small steps toward increased diversity in the Senate.
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With the school basketball tournament less than three weeks away, a dispute between game officials and the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association over a new handshake rule could leave a shortage of officials and an altered postseason schedule.
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The Black Coaches Association still wants more minority hires in college football. But the group&#39;s new report card finds that most Division I schools are increasing their efforts to include minorities in the search process.
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More than 45 players on at least 10 teams have been barred from playing in bowl games because of academic ineligibility or a failure to follow team rules.
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WASHINGTON - Voters this fall could take small steps toward increased diversity in the Senate.    After the election, the chamber will have its first black member in six years, and the possibility exists that one or two Hispanic candidates could end a quarter-century absence of Latino representation...
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The NFL's rule that at least one minority candidate be interviewed for each head coaching vacancy is the reason there are now a record seven black head coaches, six more than 16 years ago, the author of several sports diversity studies said Thursday.
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After an investigation into possible discrimination, the U.S.T.A. says it will increase the number of women and minorities working as chair umpires.
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Rep. Danny K. Davis (D-Ill.), chairman of the House federal workforce subcommittee, is increasingly skeptical of pay-for-performance systems in the federal government. He's also a little frustrated.
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COLLEGES The dearth of black head coaches in college football was lamented in powerful language by NCAA president Myles Brand before the House Subcommittee on Commerce. "Sadly, if the pace of progress remains the same, it will be approximately 80 years before we reach a percentage [of coaches] that even approximates the number of African-Americans in the general population," said ...
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A new report from Representative Henry Waxman (D-CA) and the minority staff of the House Committee on Government Reform, The Content of Federally Funded Abstinence-Only Education Programs
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OTTAWA (CP) - This week's gathering of federal Liberals will allow Paul Martin to hone his skills for the consensus-building exercise that is minority government.
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NCAA Division I universities fared better this year in considering minority football coaching candidates, the Black Coaches Association said Thursday.