The third annual Grand Prix of Baltimore presented by SRT is scheduled to start on Aug. 30 and will end on Sept. 1. Just as in the past two years, the races of the Grand Prix of Baltimore will be driven on a temporary street circuit located at the inner harbor area; the circuit runs […]
Author Archives: Perry Green
AFRO Sports Editor
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Durant Scores 40, Oladipo Scores 28 in Roundball Classic at DeMatha
The hottest basketball summer league in the nation took over DeMatha High School on Aug. 25 as the George C. Goodman League hosted its annual Roundball Classic at the catholic school gymnasium located in Hyattsville, Md. Miles Rawls, the Goodman League’s legendary commissioner, invited several star basketball players out to compete in the classic, including […]
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Bowie State’s Wilson Spends Summer as NFL Coaching Intern
Bowie State University head football coach Damon Wilson, long regarded as one of the sharpest and best-respected Central Interscholastic Athletic Association coaches, has taken another step on the coaching ladder. Winner of several CIAA coach of the week honors for leading his teams to several record-breaking performances since taking the job in 2009, his professional […]
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Orioles Stuck Three Games Behind in Wild Card Race
(Aug 19-21) Baltimore Struggles against Tampa Bay The Baltimore Orioles faced a pivotal series against the Tampa Rays, a team that they’ve struggled against all season long, for three games between Aug. 19 and Aug. 21. The O’s had already lost six of their nine games against the Rays this season, and made it one […]
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Nationals Use Five-Game Win Streak to Soar Above .500
(Aug. 19-22) Nationals Jumpstart Win Streak against Cubs The Washington Nationals began a four-game series against the Chicago Cubs with a lopsided 11-1 loss in Game One. Nats starting pitcher Jordan Zimmermann delivered perhaps his worst performance of the season, giving up three homeruns in the first five innings. But that would be Washington’s final […]
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Morgan State Football Team Receives Visit from Former Bears Legends Heading into Season
The Morgan State University football team held its final scrimmage of the season in a 90-minute session at Hughes Stadium on Aug. 22. The Bears will take on Army in their first game of the season on Aug. 30, and coach Don Hill-Eley made them play at night under the lights, as the game against […]
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Quarterbacks Rex Grossman, Pat White Lead Redskins to 30-7 Win over Bills
Washington Redskins third-string quarterback Rex Grossman and fourth-string quarterback Pat White led a dynamic offense in the team’s 30-7 victory over the Buffalo Bills on Aug. 24 in FedEx Field in Landover, Md. Though the third game of each preseason usually features extended playing time for a team’s starters, top quarterback Robert Griffin III continued […]
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Ravens’ Offensive Still Shaky in Preseason Loss to Panthers
The Baltimore Ravens lost their first game of the preseason, falling to the Carolina Panthers, 34-27, on Aug. 22 at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore. It was the third game of the preseason schedule, traditionally the game in which the first-string personnel see the most action. Most NFL head coaches allow the starters to play […]
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Kirk Cousins’ Foot Injury Overshadows Redskins’ Victory
The Washington Redskins claimed a 24-13 victory against the Pittsburgh Steelers in week two of the preseason on Aug. 19. But the win was overshadowed by an injury to their backup quarterback, Kirk Cousins. Cousins had become sort of a fan favorite in Redskins Nation after playing well in place of their franchise savior, Robert […]
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Untimely Losing Streak Pushes Orioles Three Games Away From Wild Card
The Baltimore Orioles were in desperate need of a win after entering this week 1.5 games behind in the race for a wild card seed. Instead, they went on to lose four of five games and ultimately fell behind three games in the wild card hunt. (Aug. 12-14) Arizona Diamondbacks Sweep Three-Game Series .The first of […]
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Rare Winning Week for Nationals
There weren’t many times this season in which the Washington Nationals had more wins in a week than losses. But that was the case this week as they capped a three-win sweep against the Phillies on Aug. 11 with a 6-0 win, and then won two of a three-game series on Aug.13-15 against the San […]
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Ravens’ Starters Struggle but Backups Stage Comeback Victory
It was a tale of two halves for the Baltimore Ravens in a 27-23 win over the Atlanta Falcons in week two of the 2013 NFL preseason. The Ravens’ starters went into halftime trailing 20-7 before the backups took to the field and scored 20 unanswered points in the second half for the comeback win […]