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William Tate IV Becomes 1st Black President in the History of the SEC: 'We Set About to Find a Great Leader, and We Found One'
The SEC might boast some of the most powerful programs in all of collegiate sports, but until Thursday, not a single school in the conference had ever had a Black president. That’s until William Tate IV changed the game. Tate, who currently serves as provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at the University…
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LSU Bans Odell Beckham Jr. for Two Years As Part of Self-Imposed Penalties for Improper Payments
Remember when you got bad grades in school or forgot to do your chores for the 47th time? Then before your parents could take off their belt or banish you to your bedroom for an eternity, you’d attempt to negotiate a much less severe punishment in order to preserve your freedoms and civil liberties as…
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Former Washington Running Back Derrius Guice Accused of Raping Two Women
Nearly two weeks after he was released by the Washington Football Team over disturbing charges of strangulation and assault and battery of his girlfriend, former LSU star Derrius Guice has been accused of rape by two former students who attended the same school. According to USA Today, two women allege that Guice raped them mere…
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Better Together: This Mother-Daughter Duo Earned MDs in the Same Year and Residencies in the Same Hospital
Yes, we know Mother’s Day was nearly two weeks ago, and that we’re now well into graduation season. We also know feel-good moments have sadly been far and few between, as of late—so bear with us, because this mother-daughter graduation story is a bright spot. Jasmine Kudji grew up around medicine. Her mother Cynthia Kudji…
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In The Scheme, a Basketball Mastermind Provides the Perfect Playbook to the NCAA's Biggest Scandal
Note: This review contains minor spoilers. Proceed with caution. Every great story has an even better villain. Marvel’s Cinematic Universe has Thanos, the United States has President ‘China Virus’ and HBO’s riveting documentary, The Scheme, trots out 25-year-old Christian Dawkins; a basketball prodigy-turned-business manager who was sentenced in October for attempting to funnel collegiate superstars…
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Trump Is Reportedly Heading Down to Alabama to Watch the Footballs. They Need to Boo Him Down There, Too
In what seems to be an ongoing quest to not get booed at a major sporting event, Donald Trump will head down to Tuscaloosa, Ala., on Saturday to watch the Crimson Tide face off against its SEC rival and the current top-ranked college football program in the country, Louisiana State University. Shortly after Trump’s trip…
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NFL Prospect Asked Whether He Likes Men and if His Mom Was a Prostitute: Report
Out of all the sports, football might be the most homoerotic game in the history of all homoerotic games. From the fitted uniforms to the placement of the quarterback’s hands before the ball is hiked, from the sweaty tackles and grunting men to the smacking one another on the backside, football has always been one…
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Lessons From La. State: Let Students Lead the Way in Protests Over Police Killings
Baton Rouge, La., Thursday, July 7: The perspiring temperatures outdoors were outdone by the racial climate created by years of police killings. Indoors, the climate was slightly less heated as hundreds of college students and community members crammed into the African American Cultural Center and the adjacent Women’s Center on the campus of the Louisiana…