When both teams score well into the 100s in a matchup at Washington, D.C.’s streetball Goodman League, some NBA players must have joined in on the action. That was the case July 2, when Washington Wizards star John Wall teamed up with the Baltimore’s Finest squad to take out the Sweat Mob, 133-118, in the […]
Author Archives: Perry Green
AFRO Sports Editor
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NFL Lockout Could Cost Maryland $40 Million in Tax Revenue
Diehard fans of the Baltimore Ravens and the Washington Redskins are patiently waiting for the end of the National Football League’s current lockout of its players. But according to a study released by Maryland’s Comptroller’s Office, football fanatics aren’t the only folks hoping for a speedy return of America’s most popular professional sport. Maryland Comptroller […]
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Maryland’s Dorian Claggett Qualifies for National Junior Olympics
Fifteen-year-old Dorian Claggett recently made a host of Marylanders proud after qualifying for the 2011 AAU National Junior Track and Field Olympics. Dorian, a native of Baltimore, Md., earned first-place honors in the 200-meter dash, 400-meter dash, 100-meter relay and the 400-meter relay June 11-12 at the Maryland district meet, a Junior Olympics qualifying meet […]
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The Goodman League Games; D.C’s ‘Underground Pastime’
Just about anyone of the age 20 and older has heard their parents or elders call the sport baseball “America’s pastime.” And if you dig back into history, you may agree with them. Baseball has always been a popular sport that has no game clock and many hours expire by either playing or watching it. […]
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Former Howard SID Honored with CoSIDA Rising Star Award
Former Howard University Assistant Sports Information Director Chevonne Mansfield will be honored this summer as the 2011 CoSIDA Rising Star Award recipient for the University Division (Division I organizations), according to reports. According to CoSida.com, the Rising Star Award is presented to sports information personnel with a maximum of 10 years or less serving at […]
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Pacquiao Dominates Mosley in Lopsided Decision
Manny Pacquiao successfully defended his WBO Welterweight title on May 7 in a unanimous decision over former welterweight champion Shane Mosley. The most anticipated fight of the year lasted the full 12 rounds, but Pacquiao (54-3-2, 38 knockouts) spent nearly every one of them chasing Mosley, who only seemed interested in making it to the […]
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Ravens Take Jimmy Smith, Torrey Smith in NFL Draft
The Baltimore Ravens used their 2011 NFL draft to fill a number of voids, both offensive and defensive, among their championship-contending roster. Ravens general manager Ozzie Newsome took Colorado cornerback Jimmy Smith with the 27th pick in the first round of the draft on April 28. Newsome initially attempted to trade the Ravens’ 26th overall pick with […]
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Joe ‘The Jet’ Perry, First Black 49ers Player, Dies at 84
Pro Football Hall of Famer Joe Perry, the first Black player in San Francisco 49ers history, died in Arizona on April 25 of complications from dementia. He passed away at age 84. Perry played 16 seasons in the NFL, 14 of them served with the 49ers from 1948-1960 and ’62-’63. He was known mostly for […]
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Meet Henry Jones, First Known Black Ring Announcer
“It takes a lot of guts to go after goals even when most folks tell you they’re impossible to accomplish.” Washington, D.C. native Henry Jones said he learned that a long time ago when he first set out to be a boxing ring announcer back during the late 1980s. At the time, Jones said there […]
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Butler Stops VCU, 70-62, to Advance to Second Straight Title Game
No. 8 Butler advanced to the NCAA Championship game for the second straight year after outlasting No. 11 Virginia Commonwealth, 70-62, in the Final Four on April 2 at Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas. No one expected a month ago that two teams from mid-major conferences would face off in the Final Four, but both […]
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No. 1-Ranked Junior Amateur Boxer Takes Creative Path to Success
“Don’t ever let anyone tell you that you cant do things in your own creative way!” That’s advice from Jordan White, a 13-year-old nationally ranked junior amateur boxer from Waldorf, Md. White has had an independent spirit since birth and it led a string of successes in his budding boxing career. In five years, White […]
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Kenyon College Alumni Among Top Supporters of Shaka Smart’s Tournament Run
It’s been a full-campus celebration at Virginia Commonwealth University ever since its No. 11 seeded men’s basketball team defied all odds to advance to the Final Four. Even Twitter has VCU and its young, “brilliant-minded” head coach Shaka Smart as the most trending topics of discussion among students, alumni, Virginia natives and non-related fans that […]
