By MARK F. GRAY, Staff Writer, mgray@afro.com NORFOLK STATE END HOWARD’S MEAC SEASON WITH LOSS Howard saved its worst for last as the conference portion of its season came to a disappointing conclusion at Norfolk State. Thanks to their worst offensive performance of the season the Bison fell to the Spartans 29-17 at Dick Price Stadium. The […]
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Bell Hopes To Taste Gravy To Play With The Stars IN DCIAA
By MARK F. GRAY, Special to the AFRO Bell High School has answered every question the DCIAA stripes division has asked this regular season. They capped a perfect regular season and will take the momentum of four consecutive shutouts with them as they open the playoffs against Anacostia. Regular season success is nothing new to the […]
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Is DC’s New NBA G League Team “Washington Go-Go” Appreciating or Appropriating DC’s Black Culture?
By Perry Green, AFRO Sports Editor The Washington Wizards’ new NBA G League team, the Capital City Go-Go, launched its inaugural season, Nov. 3, in a game against the Greensboro Swarm in D.C.’s New Entertainment and Sports Arena located in Congress Heights, D.C. The Go-Go is one of the latest teams added to the NBA’s revamped […]
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Which Wizard Gets Traded First?
By Perry Green and Stephen D. Riley, AFRO Sports Writers Mired in an early season collapse, the Washington Wizards are a few more blunders away from clearing house and listening to the sounds of the Capital One Arena, the Wizards home court–and it couldn’t happen sooner. A 1-7 record never looked so bad especially when you […]
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MEAC Experts Pick Howard’s Preseason POY and Team To Finish Fourth
By MARK F. GRAY, Special to the AFRO Howard features the MEAC’s Preseason Men’s Basketball Player of the Year and is expected to be the best of the DMV teams in the conference according to the head coaches and sports information directors. Bison guard R.J. Cole should be the league’s most outstanding player for a team […]
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DMV HBCU Report: Bowie State Closer to CIAA North Title; Howard and Morgan Lose
By MARK F. GRAY, Special to the AFRO Bowie State moved one step closer to playing for their conference championship while Howard and Morgan were all but mathematically eliminated from contention with losses last weekend. Howard University celebrated its 151st homecoming last week, but lost their football game against South Carolina State (27-21) (Courtesy Photo). BOWIE […]
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From HBO to HU: Howard AD Davis Brings HBO Savvy to HBCU Sports
By MARK F. GRAY, Special to the AFRO Few people in sports know the exhilaration of constantly being at the epicenter of world-class events. Howard University Athletics Director Kery Davis does. The former HBO Boxing executive is now the steward of a Bison athletic program that is enjoying a renaissance thanks to the credibility he has […]
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DMV HBCU Report: Howard and Bowie State Keep Title Hopes Alive
By MARK F. GRAY, Special to the AFRO Howard Escapes Morgan with Tough Road Win There’s always a battle of cultures when Howard faces Morgan State in one of the understated HBCU sports rivalries. When the blue collar historic success of the Bears’ athletic program intersects with the blue blood perception of Bison lore it makes […]
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Teams Find Different Paths to Contend for DC ‘State’ Title
By MARK F. GRAY, Special to the AFRO The concept of a state high school championship in the District of Columbia has been a stroke of genius for fans and given charter school programs something to play for. With the DCIAA shunning their admittance to the conference, the non-traditional public school programs the DCSHAA championship gives […]
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Wizards Start Off 0-2 without Dwight Howard
By Stephen D. Riley, Special to the AFRO Adding Dwight Howard over the summer was supposed to remediate a lot of the things that ailed the Washington Wizards last season. Adding a defensive anchor, an athletic big who can run with the team’s speedy guards and a headliner to take the pressure off embattled all-star John […]
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UDC Icon Earl Jones to be Inducted into Small College Basketball Hall of Fame
By MARK F. GRAY, Special to the AFRO It was the best of times and the worst of times during the early 1980s when Earl Jones stepped onto the campus of the University of the District of Columbia (UDC). With a crack epidemic spreading and unemployment rampant, go-go music kept the DMV pumped while the burgundy […]
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Motivation Is Different for DCSAA Division Leaders Heading Towards Playoffs
By MARK F. GRAY, Special to the AFRO It never takes much to motivate teams for a run at the city championship. This season the motivation to play in Thanksgiving Day’s Turkey Bowl for Bell and H.D. Woodson come from opposite ends of the spectrum heading into the final month of the regular season for these […]