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<\/div>\nWednesday, April 05, 2017<\/p>\n
The Politics of College Athletics: Is It All About the Money?<\/h2>\nJack Ford<\/h2>\n
Award-winning Journalist, Documentary Producer, Prominent Trial Attorney,
\nAuthor, and Teacher<\/p>\n
Rebecca Stafford Student Center, Anacon Hall<\/p>\n
Discussion: 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n
Reception: 7:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.<\/p>\n
About This Lecture<\/strong><\/p>\n Share your<\/em> opinion with Emmy and Peabody Award-winning journalist and CBS News Correspondent Jack Ford as we discuss the ethics of college athletics.<\/p>\n About Our Speaker<\/strong><\/p>\n Emmy and Peabody Award-winning journalist, documentary producer, prominent trial attorney, author, and teacher, Jack Ford has had a unique and remarkably successful career. Raised by a single parent, his journey has taken him from a small town in New Jersey to Yale University, where he was a scholarship student and three-year starter on the varsity football team, to the Fordham University School of Law, where he helped finance his legal education with winnings from three appearances on the television quiz show \u201cJeopardy,\u201d to courtrooms and classrooms throughout the country, and, ultimately, to the upper echelons of television journalism.<\/p>\n Currently a CBS News Correspondent for \u201c60 Minutes Sports\u201d and the co-host of \u201cMetro Focus\u201d on PBS (WNET-New York), he is also the Co-Founder and Chief Anchor of the American Education Network. Mr. Ford began his television news career in 1984 with WCBS-TV in New York. In 1991, he was an original anchor at the launch of Court TV. He also appeared in Fred Friendly\u2019s award-winning PBS Media and Society broadcasts, serving as Moderator for \u201cThat Delicate Balance II: The Bill of Rights.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Presented by The Wayne D. McMurray School of Humanities & Social Sciences and Monmouth Athletics Wednesday, April 05, 2017 The Politics of College Athletics: Is It All About the Money? 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