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Star Ukrainian athlete disqualified from Winter Olympics for refusing to remove war tribute helmet

Thursday, February 12 by ABC News

(LONDON) -- A Ukrainian athlete has been disqualified and had his accreditation withdrawn at the Winter Olympics after insisting on wearing a "helmet of remembrance" as a tribute to people killed in his country's ongoing war with Russia, officials said.Vladyslav Heraskevych, a medal hopeful... Read More.

Transgender athlete bans get Supreme Court review in landmark case

Monday, January 12 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday will for the first time wade into the heated national debate over whether transgender girls should be allowed to participate in girls' and women's sports.The justices will hear arguments in a pair of cases from Idaho and... Read More.

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Ryan Wedding timeline: How Canadian went from Olympic athlete to alleged drug kingpin

Tuesday, December 16 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- A former Olympic snowboarder is one of the FBI's most wanted fugitives, with authorities comparing the Canadian citizen to notorious drug lords like Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman and Pablo Escobar.The alleged drug kingpin -- 44-year-old Ryan Wedding -- is accused of... Read More.

UAPB Track & Field: Caleb Snowden Named Outdoor Field Athlete of the Week

Thursday, April 4 by Laron Marbley

UAPB Track & Field: Caleb Snowden Named Outdoor Field Athlete of the Week BIRMINGHAM, AL. Caleb Snowden, a track and field athlete from the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, has been named the Southwestern Athletics Conference men's Field Athlete of the Week. The conference announced... Read More.

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Judge rules suspect in the murder of UAPB athlete and student fit to stand trial

Friday, August 20 by Deseray Mckinzy

Octavius Easterling has been found competent to stand trial for the November 2019 shooting death of the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff freshman basketball player and ROTC cadet Sierra Wade of Lake Village. Easterling, 42, is alleged to have shot Wade at a Lake... Read More.

Ruling keeps NCAA from limiting some athlete compensation

Tuesday, August 11 by Greg

WASHINGTON (AP) — A court decision the NCAA says will hurt college sports by allowing certain student-athletes to be paid “vast sums” of money as “educational expenses” will go into effect after the Supreme Court declined Tuesday to intervene at this point. Justice Elena Kagan... Read More.

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The Campus of UAPB Mourns Death of Freshman Athlete

Tuesday, November 26 by Staff

Authorities with the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff say a student has died after a shooting. On Monday, police reported that Sierra’li Wade died from gunshot wounds she sustained while playing basketball in Lake Village, which is Wade's hometown. Wade was a freshman at UAPB,... Read More.

Stories tagged with: athlete

Star Ukrainian athlete disqualified from Winter Olympics for refusing to remove war tribute helmet

Transgender athlete bans get Supreme Court review in landmark case

Ryan Wedding timeline: How Canadian went from Olympic athlete to alleged drug kingpin

UAPB Track & Field: Caleb Snowden Named Outdoor Field Athlete of the Week

Judge rules suspect in the murder of UAPB athlete and student fit to stand trial

Ruling keeps NCAA from limiting some athlete compensation

The Campus of UAPB Mourns Death of Freshman Athlete

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