Author Archives: Perry Green and Stephen D. Riley

By Perry Green and Stephen D. Riley, AFRO Sports Desk Sports media conglomerate ESPN announced on Friday that it will not air the national anthem before Monday night NFL games this upcoming season. ESPN president Jimmy Pitaro issued a statement on Friday detailing the networks plans but didn’t reveal a reason. It’s presumed that the network […]

By Perry Green and Stephen D. Riley, AFRO Sports Desk Terrell Owens and Randy Moss both offered different versions of the prototype late-90s wide receiver and they both crushed it. The lanky Moss was nicknamed ‘The Freak’ for his combination of height (6-foot-4-inches) and 40 time (4.25 seconds), but his circus catches made him a legend. […]

By Perry Green and Stephen D. Riley, AFRO Sports Desk LeBron James didn’t let out any groundbreaking news this week when he admitted he regrets handing his name down to his oldest son, who now faces extreme pressure and scrutiny as he enters the world of amateur basketball as an early teenage AAU star. Fresh off […]

By Perry Green and Stephen D. Riley, Special to AFRO Perennial and tarnished all-star Carmelo Anthony is expected to sign with the Houston Rockets in the next coming days and the rumors are already spinning. Pending Anthony’s clearance of waivers after an expected release from the Atlanta Hawks, whom Anthony was just traded to last week […]

By Perry Green and Stephen D. Riley, AFRO Sports Desk The details surrounding a battery and robbery allegation against Buffalo Bills running back LeSean McCoy are strong but sketchy. Photos of social media model and McCoy’s former girlfriend, Delicia Cordon, looking bruised and battered spread through the Web last week, suggesting strongly that McCoy or someone […]

By Perry Green and Stephen D. Riley, AFRO Sports Desk The Washington Wizards haven’t won 50 games in a season in 40 years. Poetically fitting, the last time the franchise won 50 games was during the 1978-1979 season as the team approaches their 2018-2019 campaign. After trading away Marcin Gortat (and secretly hoping for DeMarcus Cousins […]

By Perry Green and Stephen D. Riley, AFRO Sports Contributors James and the Los Angeles Lakers agreed to a four-year, $154 million deal on July 1, the opening day of NBA free agency. The King is on the move again, but he’s walking right into the lion’s den, heading out west to the same state […]

By Perry Green and Stephen D. Riley, AFRO Sports Desk The 2018 NBA Draft is recorded and in the books. The incoming rookie class is hailed as a talented group with several promising players that could emerge on the next level. Big men dominated early in the draft but some important guards went to a few […]

By Perry Green and Stephen D. Riley, AFRO Sports Writers All we can do is dream at this point, but the thought of a potential Los Angeles Lakers team featuring some type of combination of LeBron James, Chris Paul, Kawhi Leonard and maybe even Paul George sounds like it would launch a lengthy and versatile attack […]

By Perry Green and Stephen D. Riley, AFRO Sports Desk Nobody knows whether Lebron James will leave Cleveland or not this summer but one thing is for sure: he’ll definitely be on somebody’s roster next year. Any guess would be a good one at this point but what factors do we consider? Is it about legacy […]

By Perry Green and Stephen D. Riley, AFRO Sports Desk We’ve been so busy calculating LeBron James’ next move that we totally took Kevin Durant and the Golden State Warriors for granted. Not that we haven’t been marveling at their greatness even before Durant got there but we’ve just been assuming Golden State will hoist this […]