Based on his own experience and others who were entrenched in the university athletic system, Rashad reveals how academic fraud continues to steal a “real” education from young black athletes.Rashad recounts his own journey as an athlete-student, seeing the talent of his idols like Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant and then paving his own path of success—all the way to the UNC 2005 basketball championship.Rashad doesn’t just explain the problem. He offers viable solutions for ...

In 2010 allegations of an utterly corrupt academic system for student-athletes emerged from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus, home of the legendary Tar Heels. As the alma mater of Michael Jordan, Larry Brown, Marion Jones, Lawrence Taylor, Rashad McCants, and many others; winner of forty national championships in six different sports; and a partner in one of the best rivalries in sports, UNC–Chapel Hill is a world-famous colossus of college athletics. In the wake of t...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.The Bible exhorts us to dwell in the secret place of the most high. We can then dwell under the shadow of the almighty. It is only at that point that we need not fear the arrows that fly by day. Have you been the recipient of too many day arrows? Join Zion Willingham, in this second installment of the Battle Plan series, as she explores ways to enjoy the mercy of God, that is new every morning.

Female scholars reevaluate gender and the female presence in the life and work of one of America’s foremost writersErnest Hemingway has often been criticized as a misogynist because of his portrayal of women. But some of the most exciting Hemingway scholarship of recent years has come from women scholars who challenge traditional views of Hemingway and women. The essays in this collection range from discussions of Hemingway’s famous heroines Brett Ashley a...