By Mark F. Gray Staff Writer mgray@afro.com Until the Baltimore Ravens are eliminated from the NFL Playoffs or win another Super Bowl, Lamar Jackson is the hottest player on earth. Jackson’s stage this weekend is one that tends to introduce transcendent moments that either launch or derail careers in front of one of the league’s […]
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Brown Denounces Trump’s Attack on Iran
By Mark F. Gray Staff Writer mgray@afro.com Maryland Congressman Anthony Brown (D-4th District), Vice Chair of the House Armed Services Committee and 30-year combat veteran, denounced President Donald Trump’s decision to engage Iran in a potentially major military conflict with fatal drone strikes, which he said “left us with little hope of reducing tensions or […]
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Gaines Sentenced To Six Months
By Mark F. Gray Staff Writer mgray@afro.com Former Prince George’s County delegate Tawana Gaines was sentenced to six months in jail after pleading guilty to federal charges of misusing campaign donations. State prosecutors were asking for an eight-month prison term, while the defense team was hoping for home detention. Gaines was facing the possibility […]
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Bowie State Women Off To Best Start In School History
By Mark F. Gray Staff Writer mgray@afro.com At the dawn of this new decade, the nation’s only undefeated HBCU basketball program plays in Prince George’s County. Entering the heavyweight portion of the schedule, Bowie State’s women’s basketball won its first 13 games and are pushing Virginia Union to be the team to beat when the […]
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Howard Swept By BCU in MEAC Home Openers
By Mark F. Gray Staff Writer mgray@afro.com Rarely, if ever, do a men’s and women’s basketball team become mirror images of one another but such was the case when Bethune Cookman University (BCU) visited Howard for early season Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference games at Burr Gymnasium. However, to borrow an analogy from boxing, styles make fights […]
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Former State Senator Currie Passes Away at 82
By Mark F. Gray Staff Writer mgray@afro.com Former Prince George’s County Senator Ulysses Currie, a former educator who became one of the most prominent members of the Maryland State Assembly before getting tangled in a 2010 ethics scandal, passed away at 82 years old Dec. 27. In a statement announcing his death, Maryland Senate President […]
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School Bus Driver Shortage Continues For PGCPS
By Mark F. Gray Staff Writer mgray@afro.com As the second semester of the 2019-2020 school year begins, the Prince George’s County Public Schools (PGCPS) system is facing a transportation crisis. The absence of enough bus drivers are hampering efforts to deliver students, which is forcing the school system to take drastic measures to overcome the […]
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T.C. Williams Coach Remembered For More Than Football
By Mark F. Gray Staff Writer mgray@afro.com There were few who really knew the story of coach Herman Boone before Academy Award winning actor Denzel Washington made Remember The Titans. Boone, the African American high school coach who integrated Alexandria, Virginia’s T.C. Williams High School’s football team in the early 1970s, died at 84 years […]
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Whole Foods Plans Development At Old Walter Reed
By Mark F. Gray Staff Writer mgray@afro.com The gentrification of Northwest, Washington, D.C. continues with a new real estate development anchored by a Whole Foods supermarket on the old Walter Reed Hospital’s medical campus. Whole Foods plans to begin new development on the old campus of Walter Reed. (Courtesy Photo) A project featuring over 2,200 […]
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Brown Joins Democrats Voting To Impeach Trump
By Mark F. Gray Staff Writer mgray@afro.com Maryland’s Congressman Anthony Brown (D- 4th District) remained true to his party and joined the Democrats in the United States House of Representatives by voting to impeach President Donald J. Trump. Trump, the nation’s 45th Commander In Chief, became just the third President to be handed articles of […]
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McClain Indicted For Popeye’s Stabbing In Oxon Hill
By Mark F. Gray Staff Writer mgray@afro.com A Prince George’s County jury will get the chance to determine whether it was the chicken or a beef that led to last month’s fatal stabbing at a Popeye’s restaurant in Oxon Hill. Ricoh McClain, 30, of District Heights, was indicted in connection with the murder of Kevin […]
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Three Local Players Named CIAA and MEAC Co-Players of the Week
By Mark F. Gray Staff Writer mgray@afro.com Once basketball season officially became center stage for the DMV’s HBCU programs several women’s players have become box office worthy heading towards the holiday recess. Bowie State, Howard, and Morgan State had key members of their resurgent teams earn player of the week honors in the CIAA and […]