Suit argues NCAA SAT rules violate Civil Rights Act
A civil rights group filed suit in U S District Court arguing NCAA freshman eligibility standards based on SAT scores discriminate against black athletes. The lawsuit seeks an injunction while noting rising black enrollment and graduation rates at Division I schools under the rules formerly known as Proposition 48.
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Philadelphia
NCAA
Trial Lawyers For Public Justice
U.S. District Court
Dan Boggan
Simon Gratz High School
Tai Kwan Cureton
Wheaton College
Leatrice Shaw
University of Miami
Cureton
Shaw
Arthur Bryant
TLP
Wheaton
Miami
Bryant
TSPJ
Adele Kimmel
Charles Rooney
Cambridge
Mass
FairTest
Charles Whitcomb
San Jose State
Association
Minority Opportunities and Interests Committee
Ursula Walsh
Temple
John Chaney
Mercedes Championships Opens PGA Tour Season With Woods Spark
The Mercedes Championships at La Costa in Carlsbad kick off the 1997 PGA Tour. Mark O'Meara, Tom Lehman, and Phil Mickelson discuss Tiger Woods rising influence, the shift toward winning, and renewed pressure as 33 1996 winners compete for the $75 million purse.
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la Costa
Carlsbad
Calif
Mark O’meara
O’meara
Tiger Woods
Tom Lehman
Tiger Factor
Phil Mickelson
Woods
Mickelson
Greg Norman
Fresh faces ride golf's new wave
Carlsbad California notes a seismic shift in golf as a younger generation enters the PGA and LPGA tours, led by Tiger Woods and rising stars like Phil Mickelson and Karrie Webb. The piece highlights Baby Boomers aging into senior status, early 1997 results, and forecasts a changing guard with Woods as a symbol of a new era, while noting projections that Woods could reach the Senior Tour by 2026.
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Carlsbad
Calif
Beavis
Tiger Woods
Wood
Palmer
Nicklaus
Trevino
Tom Watson
Tom Kite
Ben Crenshaw
Webb
Annika Sorenstam
Kelly Robbins
Michelle McGann
Mayumi Hirase
Emilee Klein
Charlotta Sorenstam
Annika
Cristie Kerr
U.S
Kelli Kuehne
Gil Morgan
Johnny Miller
Larry Nelson
Hubert Green
Jerry Heard
Steve Melnyk
Leonard Thompson
Ed Dougherty
Young Bucks
Nick Faldo
Steve Jones
Tom Lehman
Mark Brooks
Montgomerie tops 1996 golf money list at over 3 million
Colin Montgomerie of Scotland earned 3,071,442 in 1996 the first to exceed 3 million in a year. He won four overseas titles and led the European Tour money list for the fourth straight year, with Tom Lehman second and Greg Norman third. Tiger Woods ended 31st with 894,060. Laura Davies led the women's money list.
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Jack Nicklaus
Mickelson
O'Meara
Woods
Orlando
Fla
O’meara
Lehman
Tiger Woods
Nick Faldo
Mark Brooks
Norman
Ernie Els
Justin Leonard
Jim Furyk
Tim Herron
Paul Stankowski
Dudley Hart
Stewart Cink
Nancy Lopez
Patty Sheehan
Beth Daniel
Betsy King
Pat Bradley
LPGA
Laura Davies
Dottie Pepper
Meg Mallon
Liselotte Neumann
Karrie Webb
Jan Stephenson
Australia
Colin Montgomerie
Scotland
Montgomerie
South Africa
England
Webb
Hale Irwin
Jim Colbert
Mark McCormack
International Management Group
Contemporary Books
Greg Norman
Sony
Tom Lehman
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Associated Press
Mercedes
Butch Harmon
Golf
Sdea
Ian Baker-Finch
Baker-Finch
USCA
California
USGA
Joan Birkland
Denver
Tiger Wood
Pebble Beach
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