Sport in society : equal opportunity or business as usual /

Sport in society : equal opportunity or business as usual / Richard E. Lapchick, editor. - xx, 332 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-307) and index.

I. Race in sport. Race and college sports : a long way to go / Richard E. Lapchick -- Higher education and the plight of the Black male athlete / Donald Siegel -- Cultural diversity on campus : a look at intercollegiate football coaches / Dean F. Anderson -- A step in the right direction : the presidents meet the Black coaches ; The 1994 racial report card ; There is gold at the end of this rainbow : Jesse Jackson steps up to the plate ; The use of Native American names and mascots in sports ; Seated at the table of brotherhood : sports transforms LaGrange, Georgia / Richard E. Lapchick. II. Gender in sport. Growing up with gender discrimination in sports / Donna Lopiano -- Gender equity in athletics Title IX education 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 sports / Richard E. Lapchick -- III. Athletic uses and abuses. Knowns and unknowns in intercollegiate athletics : a report to the Presidents Commission / Stanton Wheeler -- Athletic scholarship disarmament / Raymond Yasser -- Academic standards for athletes : a debate in black and white ; Two ways to go : only one is a winner / Richard E. Lapchick -- Student-athletes : so much work, so little time / Ed Sherman and Barry Temkin -- Spotting, treating troubled athletes can be difficult / Shelly Stanford and Suzanne Halliburton -- Athletes learn the lesson : the Lou Harris survey / Richard E. Lapchick -- A new beginning for a new century : intercollegiate athletics in the United States / Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics. IV. Stereotypes, myths, and realities about athletes. Intersections as dangerous places : theories and role models in sport studies / Lawrence A. Wenner -- Gender violence and lessons learned from the Simpson case ; Violence in sports / Richard E. Lapchick -- An investigation of campus stereotypes : the myth of Black athletic superiority and the dumb jock stereotype / Gary A. Sailes -- The rules of the game are changing : college coaches in the 1990s ; The need for a new code of ethics going beyond the NCAA / Richard E. Lapchick -- V. 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 : a review of the NCAA news / Bethany Shifflett and Rhonda Revelle -- Hear no evil, see no evil / Sandy Padwe. VI. Sport in the international area. The modern Olympic games : a political cauldron ; Under African skies ; The role of sports in the destruction of apartheid / Richard E. Lapchick. VII. The beauty of sport. Hope / Richard E. Lapchick and Mary Frances Anderson -- Reggie Lewis : an incredible tribute to a remarkable man ; Tom Osborne and Willie Stewart : two coaches linked by commitment ; Muhammad Ali : the people's champion, once and still ; Darryl Williams : the ultimate role model / Richard E. Lapchick.

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Sports--Social aspects--United States
Discrimination in sports--United States
Sex discrimination in sports--United States
Mass media and sports--United States
College sports--Social aspects--United States

GV706.5. / S7338 1996

306.483

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