By Alex Murphy Capital News Service VOORHEES, N.J. — Student-athletes across the college sports landscape are faced with tough realizations and a new challenge amidst the current COVID-19 pandemic as seasons have been stripped away and preparations begin for next season, which remains up in the air. Winter and spring sports came to an unfortunate […]
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Players Scoff at Major League Baseball’s Plans to Return to Action
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Major League Baseball is batting around plans to start its 2020 season next month despite the struggle by health officials to blunt the spread of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. The ambitious plan, which reportedly may have the support of the player’s union […]
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Northwestern Hoops Coach Falls To COVID-19
By Mark F. Gray AFRO Staff Writer mgray@afro.com Northwestern High School head basketball coach and counselor Terrance Burke died as a result of the COVID-19 virus over the weekend. Burke’s passing was confirmed by Dr. Monica Goldson, the chief executive officer of Prince George’s County Public Schools, who broke the news of Burke’s death March […]
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O’s Slugger Davis Expects Return to Spring Form
By David Ginsburg Associated Press Following three straight frustrating seasons that led him to consider retirement, Chris Davis was in the midst of an outstanding spring training when Major League Baseball came to a halt because of the deadly coronavirus. Now, as the slugger strives to find ways to keep his three daughters amused while […]
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FedEx Field Becomes COVID-19 Screening Center
By Mark F. Gray AFRO Staff Writer mgray@afro.com The home of Washington’s National Football League franchise will play a role in the defense of the DMV in its battle against the COVID-19 virus. FedEx Field in Landover, Maryland has been set up and is being used as a coronavirus testing site for Prince George’s County, […]
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UMD and BSU Athletes Earn Regional, National Honors
By Mark F. Gray AFRO Staff Writer mgray@afro.com Despite the final horn sounding before they could start competing in either version of the NCAA Tournament, two Maryland women’s basketball players earned all-American and regional honors in Division I and Division II. University of Maryland star Kaila Charles was named Third Team All-American for the second […]
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Ohio State Prospect Williams Earns 29th Watkins Award
By Mark F. Gray AFRO Staff Writer mgray@afro.com Despite the scare caused by the COVID-19 epidemic that forced the cancellation of sports events around the country, the 29th edition of the National Alliance of African-American Athletes Watkins Awards went off as planned. Most of the alumni who comprise the fraternity of student-athletes that make the […]
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NFL’s Gerald McCoy, Keynotes Watkins Award Banquet
By Mark F. Gray AFRO Staff Writer mgray@afro.com NFL defensive lineman Gerald McCoy is following his former coach Ron Rivera to Washington. However, McCoy won’t be playing for the Burgundy and Gold, he will be wearing a different uniform. McCoy, an 11 year NFL veteran who played last season under Rivera with the Carolina Panthers, […]
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BSU Women Head to NCAA Tournament Again
By Mark F. Gray AFRO Staff Writer mgray@afro.com Coming off their trip to the CIAA Tournament finals appearance, the Bowie State women’s basketball team earned their consecutive trip to the NCAA Division II Tournament under coach Shadae Swan. The Bulldogs are one of three CIAA teams who made the tournament in what many analysts thought […]
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BSU Loses in CIAA
By Mark F. Gray AFRO Staff Writer mgray@afro.com Bowie State’s women rode the wave of their defense to bring them to within 5:00 of their first CIAA championship since 1999. Ultimately, however, it was the defense of Fayetteville State which proved to be the difference down the stretch of the finals in a gut-wrenching 61-53 […]
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Lawmakers Push for Curt Flood’s Enshrinement in Hall of Fame
By BEN NUCKOLS, AP Sports Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Curt Flood’s widow has a simple explanation for why her late husband, who is revered by players for sacrificing his career to advocate for free agency, has not been enshrined in baseball’s Hall of Fame. “I think the holdup is that he got on a lot […]
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BSU Splits on Senior Day Before CIAA Tournament
By Mark F. Gray AFRO Staff Writer mgray@afro.com Senior day at Bowie State marked not only the end to a remarkable era in the school’s basketball history, it was a chance to try and make the road a smoother run towards playing in the championship rounds of the CIAA Tournament. However, the celebration was tempered […]