Jelani Williams (lef) and Michae Jones (Image credit_ Eric Sucar) By Written by Kristina GarcÃa and Greg Johnson It is hard being a young person in America right now, says Chaz Howard, vice president for social equity and community and university chaplain at the University of Pennsylvania. “It’s doubly hard being a young Black person […]
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Local HBCU 2020-21 Basketball Season in Review
By Demetrius Dillard Special to the AFRO The Coppin State and Morgan State University basketball teams may not have ended their seasons the way they desired, but nonetheless have quite a bit to boast in after enduring a 2020-21 season that has transpired under unusual circumstances. The Eagles, led by fourth-year coach and University of […]
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Coppin State Men’s Track wins four events at Weems Baskin Invitational to open outdoor season
COLUMBIA, S.C. – Amadou Ba won a pair of events while Joseph Manu and Abayie Opuni triumphed in their respective sprinting events to lead the Coppin State men’s track team at the Wees Baskin Invitational over the weekend at Cregger Track. Making his outdoor debut at Coppin, Ba won the 800m in 1:53.65 and the […]
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Coppin State Softball outhits Delaware State in both games but drops Twinbill to the Hornets
DOVER, Del. – Coppin State’s softball team outhit Delaware State in both games but came up empty in the win column as the Hornets were victorious, 12-8 in game one before taking the nightcap, 5-4 in 11 innings on Sunday afternoon. In the opener, the Eagles recorded 14 base hits as Nia Bowe and Melanie […]
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Ewing leads Georgetown to Big East Tournament Championship
Georgetown head coach Patrick Ewing gestures towards fans while standing next to the tournament trophy after an NCAA college basketball game in the championship of the Big East Conference tournament Saturday, March 13, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II) By Mark F. Gray Special to the AFRO Six months after the passing of […]
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Coppin State’s Anthony Tarke named College Sports Madness MEAC Player of the Week
BALTIMORE – Coppin State’s Anthony Tarke has been named the College Sports Madness MEAC Player of the Week; it was announced by the website on Monday. This is not the official MEAC Player of the Week award which is released every Tuesday during the basketball season. Tarke averaged 23.0 points, 9.0 rebounds, 6.5 assists, 2.0 […]
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Fencing and the future
By Mylika Scatliffe Special to the AFRO Foil. Sabre. Epee. These are not terms you hear used by the average teenager from East Baltimore. Certainly not the average African-American teenager, well, anywhere. Amir Whitehead has been fencing since the age of 7 or 8, when his father, a former Broadway Shakespearean theater actor, introduced him […]
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Darren Hagan matches Coppin State baseball single game record for hits in loss at Navy
ANNAPOLIS, Md. – In just his second collegiate game, Darren Hagan (Chichester, Pa./Garnet Valley HS) matched a Coppin State baseball single game record with five base hits, but the Eagles gave up eight unearned runs in the seventh inning in a 16-11 loss at Navy on Wednesday afternoon at Max Bishop Stadium. Coppin now stands […]
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‘A rock star’: FAMU grad helps minority women discover golf
(Photo/By Jamesboy Nuchaikong_Shutterstock) By Jim Henry Tallahassee Democrat When Clemmie Perry decided to take up golf eight years ago, her reaction was immediate. First, Perry enjoyed the sport and quickly improved her skills. Secondly – and even more importantly – the 1979 graduate of Florida A&M discovered her life’s ambition due to a glaring omission […]
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College basketball roundup
Georgetown University forward Chudier Bile scored a team-high 19 points off the bench and nearly posted a double-double with a team-high effort of nine rebounds against Providence University on Jan. 30. (Courtesy Photo) By Daniel Kucin Jr. Special to the AFRO Georgetown beats Providence After four postponed games due to COVID-19 protocols, the Georgetown University […]
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Howard University swimming & diving teams ‘add depth’
Howard University added some new faces to compete for the nation’s only HBCUMen’s and Women’s Swimming & Diving Teams Division I program. (Courtesy Photo) By Daniel Kucin Jr. Special to the AFRO Howard University added some new faces to compete for the nation’s only Historically Black College or University (HBCU) Men’s and Women’s Swimming & […]
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College Basketball Roundball Report
American University senior guard Jamir Harris scored a career-high of 33 points to take down Loyola University of Maryland on Jan. 23. By Daniel Kucin Jr. Special to the AFRO Backed by a career-high, 33-point performance from senior guard Jamir Harris, American University scored its second men’s basketball victory of the season after taking down […]
