Atlanta Premiere of the HBO Sport s Documentary 'BREAKING THE HUDDLE: THE INTEGRATION OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL' on Tuesday, December 2

HBO Sports, the Chick-fil-A Bowl and the Atlanta Sports Council to Host Atlanta Premiere of the HBO Sports Documentary 'BREAKING THE HUDDLE: THE INTEGRATION OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL' on Tuesday, December 2 at Georgia State's Rialto Center

PRNewswire/ -- HBO has partnered with the Chick-fil-A Bowl and the Atlanta Sports Council to host the invitation-only screening of the HBO Sports Documentary BREAKING THE HUDDLE: THE INTEGRATION OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL on Tuesday, December 2 at 7:30 pm at the Rialto Center for the Arts at Georgia State University. Jerry LeVias, the first African-American football scholarship athlete in the Southwest Conference, and the film's producer, Joe Lavine, will attend.

While America celebrates the historic election of its first African-American president, HBO Sports revisits a moment in time when black athletes blazed a trail through the South. In BREAKING THE HUDDLE: THE INTEGRATION OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL, HBO's award-winning documentary unit chronicles the compelling stories of the young men who leveled the playing field in the major conferences of the South against the backdrop of the civil rights movement.

Focusing on football programs in the Southeastern, Southwest and Atlantic Coast Conferences, BREAKING THE HUDDLE: THE INTEGRATION OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL chronicles the heyday of football programs at historically black colleges and universities, and explores the profound effect of the Civil Rights movement of the '60s on the racial status quo of college athletics. The story culminates with the Sept. 1970 game played in Birmingham between the University of Southern California, featuring star African-American running back Sam "Bam" Cunningham, and the University of Alabama team of legendary Crimson Tide head coach Paul "Bear" Bryant.

"We strive to uncover sports stories such as this which display tremendous struggle, pain and triumph," says Joe Lavine, the film's producer. "BREAKING THE HUDDLE will make you laugh, make you cry and make you see just how resilient people can be -- even at very young ages."

Among those interviewed are college football trailblazers Thom Gossom, Darryl Hill, Jerry LeVias, Willie Lanier, John Mitchell, Bubba Smith, Wilbur Hackett, Jr., Jimmy Jones and Sam Cunningham; journalists Jeff Prugh, Howell Raines, Ed Krzemienski and Keith Dunnavant; and George Wallace, Jr.

HBO Sports' documentary division has produced 56 documentaries since 1991, capturing seven Peabody Awards and 27 Sports Emmy(R) Awards.

The executive producers of BREAKING THE HUDDLE: THE INTEGRATION OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL are Ross Greenburg and Rick Bernstein; Joe Lavine produces; William C. Rhoden is the writer; music composed by Joel Goodman; edited by Bill McCullough; Liev Schreiber narrates.

BREAKING THE HUDDLE: THE INTEGRATION OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL, chronicling the integration of college football in the South, debuts TUESDAY, DEC. 16 (10:00-11:00 p.m. ET/PT), the eve of college bowl season, exclusively on HBO.

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Computerworld Tabs Robinson Information Systems Program Among Top 10 for Innovation

Computerworld, one of the computer industry's leading trade publications, rated Georgia State's J. Mack Robinson College of Business as one of the top 10 innovative programs on its list of "IT Schools to Watch," which appeared in the August 18 print and online editions. Other schools listed include Carnegie Mellon, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Stanford University and the University of Pennsylvania. The Robinson College was the only program in Georgia to make the list.

Computerworld, in introducing the top 10 institutions, said, "These leading-edge graduate schools are moving at the pace of the workplace, delivering coursework that's relevant to today's IT professionals." The magazine based its results on hard data, along with surveys of corporate recruiters and MBA program representatives.

Dr. Ephraim McLean, Regents' Professor and the George E. Smith Eminent Scholar's Chair of Robinson's Computer Information Systems Department, called the listing "most gratifying, particularly since it recognizes how we are in step with what is happening in the fast-paced IT world and how well we are preparing the next generation of technology leaders."

In profiling the program, Computerworld pointed to the choices available within the curriculum. The college's offerings include a master's of science degree in information systems audit and control and a new one-year master's of science in managing information technology. The latter program provides participants with a master's of science in information systems (MSIS) degree with a concentration in managing information technology (MIT).

Also noted through student interviews was the affordability of the program ($8,000 for in-state students and $25,000 for out-of-state students) and the balance the program offers between "technical and business-focused materials."

This is the second time the college's CIS program has been recognized by Computerworld. In 2001, the program was named one of the top 25 "Techno MBAs" in the U.S.

In 2008, U.S. News & World Report ranked the CIS graduate program ninth in the nation and in 2007 listed the college's undergraduate program number 10.

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Criminal Justice Co-Eds to Investigate Chandra Levy Murder

MODESTO, Calif. — A group of criminal justice students at a small Atlanta college are preparing to launch their own investigation into the 2001 disappearance and killing of government intern Chandra Levy.

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