By Mark F. Gray, Special to the AFRO, mgray@afro.com Two former high school stars who participated in the Super Bowl, a Major League Baseball legend, and one of the youngest athletes in the history of USA Track and Field to win a gold medal were honored for their impact of interscholastic athletics in Washington, D.C. during the […]
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Title IX Impact Felt On Local High School Sports
By Mark F. Gray, Staff Writer, mgray@afro.com If there was any doubt about the impact that Title IX is having on women in sports, the number of girls who won D.C. Pigskin Club Spring Awards and their impact on high school athletics this year left no doubt. Accessibility and improvements training over the last two decades are […]
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Pigskin Club Honors Swing Sports Athletes
By Mark F. Gray, Special to the AFRO, mgray@afro.com In the shadows of FedEx Field a new array of sports were recognized at the second annual Pigskin Club of Washington Spring Awards Banquet at the original First Baptist Church of Glenarden. Known primarily for honoring the excellence of football and basketball student athletes from the Metropolitan area, […]
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Pigskin Club’s Spring Awards Banquet Set
By Mark F. Gray, AFRO Staff Writer, mgray@afro.com The Pigskin Club of D.C. is synonymous with honoring excellence in athletics in the D.C. metropolitan area for more than eight decades. Most athletes and their supporters recognize the significance of winning the Club’s awards, which had traditionally been given after football season, to honor some of the top […]
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Howard Falls Short at Softball Championship Game
By Mark F. Gray, Special to the AFRO, mgray@afro.com Howard University’s Softball team ended its 2019 season one game shy of playing for the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference championship after an 8-5 loss to Florida A&M at the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Championships. Coach Tori Tyson’s first season restored credibility to one of the storied programs in the […]
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Comeback Cavs! A Year After Pain, Virginia Gets Its Title
By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — It was an easy question to ask, even if the answer was tough to absorb. “Why?” It dogged Virginia for a year and three weeks — following the Cavaliers through sweat-soaked practices, hostile arenas up and down the East Coast, on talk radio and pundit-driven TV, […]
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Washington Nationals Rally After Turner Injury
By BRIAN ABATE, Capital News Service WASHINGTON – Despite having only played six games, the Washington Nationals were already facing adversity on Tuesday when shortstop Trea Turner suffered a broken pinky as Bryce Harper returned to the nation’s capital with the Phillies and helped crush his former team. The Nationals fell to 2-4 and ace Max […]
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Nickelberry Resigns from Howard
By Mark F. Gray, AFRO Staff Writer, mgray@afro.com Howard University is looking for a new men’s basketball coach after Kevin Nickelberry resigned following their loss in the College Basketball Invitational Tournament. The former Bison coach couldn’t save his job despite their most wins in over two decades and their first postseason appearance since 1992 when the university […]
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Star Safety Calls Playing for Washington his “Dream”
By BRIAN ABATE, Capital News Service WASHINGTON – Washington’s NFL team recently made a big move in free agency, signing safety Landon Collins to a six-year, $84 million contract. Collins, 25, had already made the Pro Bowl three times and was a member of the AP All-Pro team in 2016, all with the New York Giants, […]
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Bison Basketball Season Ends
By Mark F. Gray, Staff Writer, mgray@afro.com Despite nearly a triple double performance from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Player of the Year R.J. Cole, Howard’s season ended with an 81-72 loss at Coastal Carolina in the first round of the Roman College Basketball Invitational (CBI) Tournament. The dynamic Bison all-MEAC backcourt did their best to continue their […]
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Peterson Brothers Bring Their Family Affair to MGM Fight Card March 26
By Mark F. Gray, AFRO Staff Writer, mgray@afro.com MGM National Harbor arena is now a timeshare for the D.M.V.’s first families of world championship boxing. The venue, which has already hosted two championship cards featuring Team Gary Russell, now gives way to Lamont and Anthony Peterson who will take center stage for a nationally televised card on […]
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DMV HBCU Report: Howard’s MEAC Run Falls Short But They Earn CBI Bid
By Mark F. Gray, AFRO Staff Writer, mgray@afro.com The road of perfection ended for Howard in the semifinals of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Tournament when they couldn’t beat Norfolk State for the second time in just over a week in Tidewater. The fourth seeded Bison lost in the 2019 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Tournament Semifinals 75-69 to […]