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Playing With Fire: Race and Sport in American Culture

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Location: Legends Nightclub

This four-part discussion series examines the intersection of sports and social inequity related specifically to race in American life. Events will occur on four consecutive Wednesdays from January 25, 2012, through February 15, 2012, and will consist of informal conversations with prominent former and current athletes, coaches, university athletic directors, scholars, and analysts. The full schedule is as follows: *Players* Wednesday, January 25 Featuring: * Raghib “Rocket” Ismail, former Notre Dame All-American and professional football star; one of CollegeFootballNews.com’s “Top 100 Greatest College Football Players of All-Time” * Dwight “Doc” Gooden, former Major League pitcher, National League Rookie of the Year, National League Cy Young Award Winner * Briann January, former Arizona State University star and current WNBA star for the Indiana Fever

*Coaches* Wednesday, February 1 Featuring: * Jay Alexander, head coach of the Eastern Michigan University Eagles baseball team * Bill Lewis, former head football coach at Wyoming, East Carolina, and Georgia Tech, and former assistant head coach for the Miami Dolphins and for the University of Notre Dame.

*Athletic Directors* Wednesday, February 8 Featuring: * David Williams II, vice chancellor for University Affairs and Athletics, General Counsel, and University secretary at The Vanderbilt University and Medical Center * Dr. Ingrid Wicker-McCree, director of athletics at North Carolina Central University * Kathy Beauregard, director of athletics at Western Michigan University

*Scholars and Analysts* Wednesday, February 15 Featuring: * Pam Oliver, Fox Sports reporter and analyst; former All-American track star at Florida A&M * Dr. Richard Lapchick, director of both the National Consortium for Academics and Sports and the Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sports * Dr. Earl Smith, professor of sociology and director of American ethnic studies program at Wake Forest University

The series is free and open to the public. This is part of the Multicultural Student Programs and Service's Martin Luther King Jr. Series for the Study of Race.