By Mark F. Gray AFRO Staff Writer mgray@afro.com Bowie State’s women rode the wave of their defense to bring them to within 5:00 of their first CIAA championship since 1999. Ultimately, however, it was the defense of Fayetteville State which proved to be the difference down the stretch of the finals in a gut-wrenching 61-53 […]
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DCIAA Review: Gonzaga Beats Wilson For DC State Title
By Mark F. Gray AFRO Staff Writer mgray@afro.com The D.C. State Athletic Association Class AA boys’ basketball championship game gave Wilson High School a chance to erase the memory of a heartbreaking loss in the DCIAA championship game to Theodore Roosevelt a week earlier. The veterans who remained from last year’s team were playing in […]
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BSU Benefits From CIAA Corporate Partner To Feed Students
By Mark F. Gray AFRO Staff Writer mgray@afro.com One of the corporate partners from Bowie State University’s athletic conference is making a contribution so that students won’t go hungry on campus. Food Lion, which has been a long time supporter of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA), partnered with Prince George’s County’s Historically Black university […]
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Brown Introduces Bill To Improve Safety For Community Transportation
By Mark F. Gray Staff Writer mgray@afro.com Amidst the focus on the Democratic presidential campaign season, Maryland Congressman Anthony Brown (D-09) recently introduced legislation that is intended to increase funding for infrastructure improvements that he feels are critical to student safety. Brown’s bill has been co-sponsored by representatives around the country. From states with large […]
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BSU Splits on Senior Day Before CIAA Tournament
By Mark F. Gray AFRO Staff Writer mgray@afro.com Senior day at Bowie State marked not only the end to a remarkable era in the school’s basketball history, it was a chance to try and make the road a smoother run towards playing in the championship rounds of the CIAA Tournament. However, the celebration was tempered […]
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Sports Review: LA Wildcats Hammer DC Defenders in First Road Game
By Mark F. Gray AFRO Staff Writer mgray@afro.com After all the warm and fuzziness that accompanied two triumphant home victories to open the season, the D.C. Defenders first road trip had to be considered a resounding failure. The Defenders were manhandled by the Los Angeles Wildcats 39-9. This debacle was defined by the dominance […]
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HU Report: North Carolina A&T Sweeps Howard
By Mark F. Gray AFRO Staff Writer mgray@afro.com Kenny Blakeney’s first year at Howard may not have netted as many wins as he hoped for, but his team continues to fight. At the start of the final regular season road trip to North Carolina, the Bison had the chance to pull off the biggest upset […]
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AFRO Exclusive: Inherent Racism Against Black Astronauts
By Mark F. Gray AFRO Staff Writer mgray@afro.com Did you know Robert Lawrence could have been the first African-American astronaut in space? Did you know Ed Dwight might have been the first African-American astronaut on the moon, but couldn’t “make the cut?” While the acclaimed book and motion picture Hidden Figures told the dramatic story of […]
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Roosevelt and Dunbar Win DCIAA Basketball Titles
By Mark F. Gray AFRO Staff Writer mgray@afro.com It was a tale of two sagas on the final day of the D.C. Interscholastic Athletic Association Championship Tournament. The girls of Dunbar left no doubt who was the best team in the city with another blowout victory over Banneker. On the other hand, the boys match […]
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Defenders Win Over New York
By Mark F. Gray AFRO Staff Writer mgray@afro.com Despite taking the field with heavy hearts, the DC Defenders found their will and imposed it on the New York Guardians to become the first 2-0 in the XFL with a 27-0 win at Audi Field. The Defenders started the game with heavy hearts after the passing […]
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UMD Hires Darryll Pines As New President
By Mark F. Gray AFRO Staff Writer mgray@afro.com Despite a national search, the University of Maryland looked to its engineering building to find its next president. It was recently announced that Darryll J. Pines was chosen to become the 34th president of the University of Maryland, College Park after serving as dean of the university’s […]
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AFRO Photographs on Display At BSU
By Mark F. Gray AFRO Staff Writer mgray@afro.com Bowie State kicked off the celebration of Black History Month by launching an exhibition of photographs from the AFRO chronicling the local civil rights movement through the lens of former photographer Paul Henderson. During a career that spanned almost 40 years, Henderson recounted some of the most significant […]
