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Despite their 5-1 record, the Baltimore Ravens enter a pivotal Week 7 clash against the Houston Texans with a few question marks. A 31-29 win over the Dallas Cowboys on Oct. 14 cost Baltimore a blossoming shutdown corner, Lardarius Webb, and their prized on-field leader, Ray Lewis. Both defenders were lost for the year just […]

Earlier this month, ESPN analyst and famous sports writer Michael Wilbon went on a rant citing Washington, D.C. as being a poor sports town. And despite the flak that Wilbon took for his comments, attendance at Wizards, Nationals, Capitals and even Redskin games over recent past seasons haven’t exactly highlighted the ideal sports mentality. However, […]

After a busy offseason which saw the Washington Wizards add another high-profile rookie and a pair of solid veterans, the team appeared wired to make some noise this season—noise which sounds less like the terrifying screech of recent seasons, and more like serious, competitive, hopeful music. But the tune changed some after star guard John […]

It’s October in the Baltimore-Washington area and while football is kicking into high gear, the Boys of Summer have taken center stage. The Orioles are guaranteed a playoff spot for the first time in 15 years. The Nationals sported the best record in the majors for much of the season. Both cities have majority Black […]

Last year the National Basketball Association (NBA) didn’t start until Christmas day. A 66-game season, courtesy of an intense summer-long NBA lockout, sidelined basketball until nearly the New Year. The result however, was a highly entertaining, less drawn out version of the NBA as we used to know it. Some fans even argued that’s the […]

Long before Robert Griffin III even took his first snap with the Washington Redskins, comparisons to other notable Black quarterbacks in the NFL had already begun. From being the face of the Baylor University’s program to the shadows of Carolina Panthers star signal caller Cam Newton and Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick, Griffin’s transition into […]

College football has it perks. Whether it’s the 100,000-plus seat stadiums filled to the brim or the marching bands starting parades from 20 miles outside the arena, the aura of college football has been a Saturday tradition for decades. But the NFL has become the new Sunday religion for most. From buckets of beers and […]

From soccer games to the AT&T Nation’s Classic, Washington, D.C.’s ancient Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium still provides an electric atmosphere for sporting events around the District. Throughout Saturday’s contest between the Howard Bison and the Morehouse Maroon Tigers, RFK was in rare form. Shaking stands, a vibrant crowd and a parking lot parade of […]

With the NFL preseason winding down and the regular season around the corner, the annual “Super Bowl question” is already being asked. While some pundits look down on the preseason for its injuries, expenses and fluff, rabid football fans praise it as a chance to see which teams look good and which ones look horrid. […]

Russell Westbrook was often erratic but electric. Dwyane Wade and Kevin Durant played up to potential and LeBron James was LeBron James. Although Oklahoma City Thunder sixth man of the year winner James Harden struggled mightily, his ineptitude wasn’t the problem in his team’s 4-1 series loss. While Oklahoma’s big three never played great as […]

There are a few things that youths are guaranteed to gain when they sign up at the Upton Boxing Center in West Baltimore: great training, toughness, work ethic, discipline and skills. But there’s also a bonus that most gain from training at the legendary boxing gym: championship status. More than 15 boxers actively training at […]

Summer basketball leagues, the mountaintop of pickup basketball, are about to resume their annual blossom in Black urban and suburban communities of the Washington, D.C.-metropolitan area. Why? According to Suburban Coalition Pro-Am League Commissioner Howard Hill, it’s the best way to have fun and stay out of trouble at the same time. “We use organized […]