Statement from Rutgers Women's Basketball Head Coach C. Vivian Stringer: "
nappy headed hos."Head Coach C. Vivian Stringer: "nappy headed hos." The master builder of basketball programs, Rutgers head coach and Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame inductee C. Vivian Stringer has catapulted three different programs from obscurity to national prominence during her 35 years as a head coach.
"I am deeply saddened and angered by Mr. Imus' statements regarding the members of the Rutgers women's basketball team. These talented, articulate young women put forth a great deal of hard work and effort this past season to reach the nation's grandest stage - the NCAA title game†http://scarletknights.com/news/release.asp?prID=5203
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Don Imus Suspended for Two Weeks In separate communications CBS Radio (CBS-A) and NBC News (GE) said that they will suspend Don Imus for two weeks off the air because of comments made about women's college basketball team Rutgers. The suspension will begin on April 16.On NBC News' part, they said that Imus' return to television depends upon his "ability to live up to his word...
Station: Imus remarks 'inappropriate' (AP) AP - The radio station that produces Don Imus' talk show pledged to keep tabs on its content after he apologized for calling the players on Rutgers University women's basketball team "nappy headed hos."
Scarlet Knights 2006-07 Roster - Alphabetical
No. Name Pos Cl. Ht. School/Hometown 12 No. Name Pos Cl. Ht. School/Hometown 12
ADAMS, KATIE G Jr. 5-10 Ogden/Ogden, UT 22
AJAVON, MATEE G Jr. 5-8 Malcolm X Shabazz/Newark, NJ 5
CARSON, ESSENCE F/G Jr. 6-0 Rosa Parks(Eastside H.S.)/Paterson, NJ 4
JERNIGAN, DEE DEE G Fr. 5-11 East Chicago/East Chicago, IN 43
JUNAID, RASHIDAT C Fr. 6-4 Camden Catholic/Chesilhurst, N.J 24
MCCURDY, MYIA F Fr. 6-1 Winton Woods/Cincinnati, OH 10
PRINCE, EPIPHANNY G Fr. 5-9 Murry Bergtraum/Brooklyn, NY 35
RAY, JUDITH BRITTANY G Fr. 5-9 Aquinas/Bronx, NY 15
VAUGHN, KIA C So. 6-4 St. Michael's Academy/Bronx, NY 21
ZURICH, HEATHER F So. 6-1 Pascack Valley/Montvale, NJ
Stringer has been named the National Coach of the Year three times (Wade Trophy -- 1982, Converse -- 1988 and Naismith -- 1993) by her peers, an honor that is the pinnacle of achievement in her book. She also was named the 1993 Coach of the Year by Sports Illustrated, USA Today, Converse, the Los Angeles Times and the Black Coaches Association; the 2000 Female Coach of the Year by the Rainbow/PUSH Organization, a group founded by Rev. Jesse Jackson; the District V Coach of the Year in 1985, 1988 and 1993; the District I Coach of the Year in 1998; the Big Ten Coach of the Year in 1991 and 1993; the BIG EAST Coach of the Year in 1998 and 2005; and the 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2005 Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association Coach of the Year. One of her most personally-gratifying accolades is the 1993 Carol Eckman Award, which acknowledges the coach demonstrating spirit, courage, integrity, commitment, leadership and service to the game of women’s basketball.
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