By Mark F. Gray, AFRO Staff Writer, mgray@afro.com There was a pulse at RFK Stadium Sept. 14 as high school football took center stage at the venerable old site that holds so many memories to so many people. The second act of the DC Kickoff Classic wasn’t the most competitive doubleheader the District has ever seen, but […]
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ESPN’S Rose Prepares To Fight For High School Sports
By Mark F. Gray, AFRO Staff Writer, mgray@afro.com Former NBA star turned broadcaster Jalen Rose can’t imagine a life without high school sports. It was the platform that led him to the University of Michigan as the leader of the two time Final Four quintet known as the Fab Five. However, Rose a charter school founder in […]
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PGCC Unveils Performing Arts Center
By Mark F. Gray, AFRO Staff Writer, mgray@afro.com Prince George’s Community College (PGCC) is set to cut the ribbon on the centerpiece when the Center for the Performing Arts opens to the public on Sept. 26. The grand opening is a weekend long event featuring performances and shows at the Largo campus. PGCC is upgrading its facilities […]
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Fatal Auto Accidents Continue
By Mark F. Gray, AFRO Staff Writer, mgray@afro.com Despite repeated attempts and pleas by Prince George’s County Police for motorists to slow down, the epidemic of vehicular tragedies continue. There are once again ongoing investigations into the tragic collisions that plague the area. One man died after two separate vehicles hit him in District Heights. County police […]
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BSU Wins To Open Post Hall Era
By Mark F. Gray, AFRO Staff Writer, mgray@afro.com It’s the dawn of a new beginning as Bowie State opened the post Amir Hall era with a hard earned road victory in a non conference game. Meanwhile, Howard and Morgan took lopsided beatdowns for guaranteed pay on the road against Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) opponents. BSU Pulls Away […]
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Attorney General Sues Parents
By Mark F. Gray, AFRO Staff Writer, mgray@afro.com Sixteen families in the D.M.V. are being sued by the District of Columbia, who seeks more than $2.9 million from parents it says falsified residency records to enroll their children in public schools for free. A few of those parents are also accused of residency fraud to receive public […]
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Rep. Waters Delivers Keynote on Women’s Equality Day
By Mark F. Gray, AFRO Staff Writer, mgray@afro.com Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) was the keynote speaker as Maryland Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) held his 17th annual Women’s Equality Day Luncheon at the Hotel at the University of Maryland on Women’s Equality Day Luncheon in College Park. In a county where the leadership is comprised of mostly African […]
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Suspect Arrested In Uber Double Homicide
By Mark F. Gray, Staff Writer, mgray@afro.com Law enforcement authorities made an arrest after two people were shot and killed during a fatal Uber attack in Oxon Hill. Meanwhile, a Bowie man is released from jail after over two months, following a mixup in which his Jamaican honey was thought to be methadone. Charges Filed In Uber […]
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HBCUs and Smaller Schools for Student-Athletes
By Mark F. Gray, AFRO Staff Writer, mgray@afro.com The powerball parent raises a pro athlete who becomes LeBron James or Dwayne Haskins. On the other hand, the parent who raises a lottery athlete doesn’t have to worry about taking a second mortgage on their home to pay for college. That’s how you play to win the game […]
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Don’t Smoke the Brothers, Sisters
By Mark F. Gray, AFRO Staff Writer, mgray@afro.com The bands and boxers were used as tools of peace at Upshur Recreation Center playground in Northwest, D.C., while approximately 5,000 people joined in the Don’t Smoke the Brothers and Sisters’ (DSTBS) 12th Anniversary Cookout to end gun violence Labor Day weekend. This grassroots organization is realistic in […]
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Howard’s Short Pay Day Is Long Afternoon
By Mark F. Gray, AFRO Staff Writer, mgray@afro.com The only good that came from Howard University’s visit to the University of Maryland on Aug. 31 was the size of the guaranteed pay day. Minus travel expenses, it was an all profit beatdown as the Terps rolled the Bison 79-0 in College Park. Maryland’s win was to be […]
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Second BSU Student Killed
By Mark F. Gray, AFRO Staff Writer, mgray@afro.com Days after losing a student leader following a hit and run accident, Bowie State University and the Paint Branch communities came together in mourning the death of 18-year-old Damion Callery Jr. who was killed at his home in Burtonsville, Md. on Aug. 17. Damion Callery Jr., 18, was shot […]