By Mark F. Gray Staff Writer mgray@afro.com The difference between the D.C. Interscholastic Athletic Association Championship and the perennial D.C. State Champions from Friendship Collegiate is equivalent to varsity beating up on JV annually. This year’s D.C. State Athletic Association (DCSAA) championship game personified the gap between the leagues that meet each year for the […]
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Dunbar Upsets Woodson To Win Turkey Bowl
By Mark F. Gray, AFRO Staff Writer, mgray@afro.com Eastern High School’s football field may have held the 50th anniversary of D.C.’s Turkey Bowl, but it was really contested at another place. Somewhere at the intersection of Destiny Boulevard and Dynasty Place, perhaps the next era of Crimson Tide dominance returns, after a victory in the 2019 District […]
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Woodson and Dunbar Will Meet In 50th ‘Turkey Bowl’
By Mark F. Gray AFRO Staff Writer mgray@afro.com For the 50th time, the District’s biggest high school football game of the year will kickoff on Thanksgiving. Two of the city’s hallowed programs will take center stage for the District of Columbia Interscholastic Athletic Association (DCIAA) championship, where Dunbar will face H.D. Woodson in the 2019 […]
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Any Given Saturday: Children’s Football
By Ori Shabazz Special to AFRO The weekend of Oct. 12 was a huge celebratory day throughout Maryland and Washington D.C. Morgan State University, Bowie State University, and Howard University all celebrated Homecoming throughout the week, and all three universities played their Homecoming Football game that same Saturday. Thousands of people attended the games. There […]
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MSU Upsets NC A&T as BSU Caps Perfect Regular Season
By Mark F. Gray, AFRO Staff Writer, mgray@afro.com It was going to take a seismic event if Morgan State was to share the headlines with Bowie State after a season that went to the dogs. The Bears shocked the Black college football world after beating the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference standard bearer in the biggest upset of the […]
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Howard Vetting Process Questioned After Suspending Football Coach
By Mark F. Gray, AFRO Staff Writer, mgray@afro.com Howard University football coach Ron Prince has been placed on administrative leave, while he is under an internal investigation regarding verbal abuse and intimidation of players. Director of Football Operations Aaron Kelton is serving as the interim coach until further notice, according to a University statement. The investigation began […]
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DMV HBCU Review: Bowie State Passes Last Major Test, MSU & HU Fall Again
By Mark F. Gray, AFRO Staff Writer, mgray@afro.com BOWIE STATE CLINCHES CIAA NORTH Each year Bowie State sets its goals and the first is always to win the CIAA North Division, which puts them in the conference championship game. The mission was accomplished on Nov. 2 in the first half, as the Bulldogs cruised to a 65-20 […]
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Nationals Championship Celebration Brings Love To an Ailing City
By Mark F. Gray, AFRO Staff Writer, mgray@afro.com For a few hours in the shadow of the Canadian Embassy and the United States Capitol, the Washington Nationals World Series championship celebration personified what makes America great. Fans representing every demographic that makes D.C. an international city, celebrated the city’s third world championship in two years. It was […]
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Another View Point
By Tim Lacy, Special to the AFRO Everybody in the Washington D.C. Metropolitan Area, whether you’re a baseball fan or not, are aware that the Washington Nationals are participating in the World Series for the first time in 95 years. The Nats have struggled year after year while their fans have remained loyal braving hot, […]
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Nationals Bring Black Baseball Back To D.C.
By Mark F. Gray AFRO Staff Writer mgray@afro.com Major League Baseball has been trying to diversify its clubhouse, front offices, and fan base, so the 2019 World Series did as much to gentrify the game as the demographics of Southeast, D.C. Among the glistening skyscrapers that have risen along the banks of the Anacostia River […]
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Bowie State Passes Last Major Test, MSU & HU Fall Again
By Mark F. Gray AFRO Staff Writer mgray@afro.com Bowie State may have passed their final test on the road to the CIAA Championship Game and left no doubt who the best team is in the North Division and their conference. The Bulldogs, who actually dropped a spot in the national Division-II polls after the win […]
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Ballpark Boos A Rarity For Shielded President
By JONATHAN LEMIRE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The boos were loud. And for President Donald Trump, they may have felt unfamiliar. Trump was showered with jeers, boos and chants (as well as some cheers) when he attended a World Series game at Nationals Park in Washington on Sunday. It was a rare moment of in-your-face […]
