By Mark F. Gray AFRO Staff Writer mgray@afro.com From a very public tragedy that changed their lives forever, Tonya Wilson and Martin McNair have shown the world incredible resilience and the ability to forgive. The parents of former University of Maryland football player Jordan McNair channeled their heartache and turned it into meaningful policy changes […]
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Local Athletes Embrace ‘Fair Pay to Play’ Concept
By Demetrius Dillard Special to the AFRO From the days of Wilt Chamberlain and Lou Alcindor in the 60s, Michigan’s Fab 5 and UNLV’s Runnin’ Rebels of the 90s and the Zion Williamsons of today, the long-held debate over whether college athletes should be paid is moving from a mere conversation to an actuality. Several […]
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Family, Friends Celebrate Life of `Binx’ Watts
By Sean Yoes AFRO Baltimore Editor syoes@afro.com Rodney “Binx” Watts, a beloved Baltimore golf legend, as well as an entertainment lawyer in Los Angeles, died on August 7, due to complications from COVID-19. He was 75. Watts, the son of pioneering legal figure, Judge Robert Watts, who worked with Thurgood Marshall, was the first Black […]
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D.M.V. HBCU Report: Howard and Morgan Sidelined As MEAC Cancels Fall Sports Season
By Mark F. Gray AFRO Staff Writer mgray@afro.com There will be no HBCU sports during the fall of 2020 in the DMV. Once the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) made the official announcement to cancel their sports, Howard University and Morgan State joined Bowie State on the sidelines thanks to the ongoing struggles HBCUs are facing […]
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DMV HBCU Report: COVID-19 Costs BSU Its Fall Season, MSU’s Big Pay Day
By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically altered the schedules of Maryland HBCU football programs who will not play big money games or an entire conference schedule. Bowie State University (BSU) will not take the field as the CIAA cancelled it’s entire sports schedule for 2020. Meanwhile, […]
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DMV HBCU Report: MSU Sign Top Basketball Prospects
By Mark F. Gray AFRO Staff Writer mgray@afro.com Following the George Floyd killing, elite prospects have expressed a renewed interest in competing at Black Colleges. It was only a matter of time before one transcendent blue chip high school basketball player would sign at an HBCU and change the landscape of college basketball forever. Howard […]
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Durant Foundation Feeds 500 Families in Prince George’s
By Mark F. Gray Staff Writer mgray@afro.com Though absent while continuing to rehab from an achilles tendon injury that hasn’t allowed him to play this season, NBA all-star and two time world champion Kevin Durant scored big once again in his hometown. A couple weeks after the release of the critically acclaimed documentary, “Basketball County: […]
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Documentary Stamps Prince George’s Basketball Skills
By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com Although it is a Maryland suburb with one of some of America’s wealthiest Blacks per capita, Prince George’s County is somewhat overshadowed in national attention by the major city it borders- the nation’s capital. However, in the new documentary “Basketball County: In the Water,” area natives and basketball […]
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Ravens Draft LSU Linebacker Patrick Queen With 28th Pick
By DAVID GINSBURG, AP Sports Writer OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — The Baltimore Ravens got a potential starter in the middle of their defense by selecting linebacker Patrick Queen out of LSU with the 28th overall pick in the NFL draft on Thursday night. Queen had 85 tackles, three sacks and an interception to help […]
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Collegiate Coaches Moving Forward Through Coronavirus Concerns
By Alex Murphy Capital News Service VOORHEES, N.J. — Athlete eligibility and scholarship availability are two of the biggest questions college coaches are now tasked with moving forward as the COVID-19 pandemic spreads across the United States. On March 12, the National Collegiate Athletic Association announced the cancellation of the remainder of winter and spring […]
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Ravens’ Jackson Showing Trump Love?
By Sean Yoes AFRO Baltimore Editor syoes@afro.com A recent tweet by Baltimore Ravens superstar quarterback Lamar Jackson has some people wondering if he wants to “make America great again.” On April 18, Jackson posted his University of Louisville teammate Jaire Alexander’s exuberant response to Jackson being drafted by the Ravens with the last (32nd) pick […]
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Former Colts Great Mike Curtis Dies
By Sean Yoes AFRO Baltimore Editor syoes@afro.com Old school Baltimore Colts football fans are remembering the legendary linebacker known as “Mad Dog.” Mike Curtis, the ferocious Colts middle linebacker died on April 20, in St. Petersburg, Fl. He was 77. Fox 45 Sports director Bruce Cunningham reported that Curtis died due to complications from Chronic […]