By Demetrius Dillard Special to the AFRO The 2019-20 basketball season proved that Baltimore City is home to one of the richest sports cultures in the region, and the highly competitive atmosphere between programs has led to yet another exhilarating year. As the regular season comes to an end, we've rounded up the city’s best […]
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BSU Sports Review: Men Lose, Women Continue Winning
By Mark F. Gray AFRO Staff Writer mgray@afro.com When Bowie State hit the road for its last major road trip of the regular season, coach Darrell Brooks knew his Bulldogs would face its toughest challenge to date in their rematch at Virginia State. Two weeks after their double overtime win at home versus the depleted […]
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Former Local HBCU Stars Lead Defenders To First XFL Win
By Mark F. Gray AFRO Staff Writer mgray@afro.com In a town used to inauguration days, the dawn of a new beginning for professional football’s attempt at a spring league kicked off at Audi Field. Unlike the predecessors in the NFL, who 100 years ago wouldn’t consider Black players as their fledgling league started, the D.C. […]
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BSU Honors Bryant at Home Games
By Mark F. Gray Staff Writer mgray@afro.com Normally the basketball court is a therapeutic sanctuary for players and coaches alike. However, four days after the tragic death of Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna, and seven others in a helicopter crash on their way to a youth basketball game, the impact on the players and coaches […]
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DeLonte West Arrest Leads To Officer Suspension
By Mark F. Gray AFRO Staff Writer mgray@afro.com Former NBA guard DeLonte West is in trouble with the law after he was captured on police video following his arrest for his role in a street fight on Oxon Hill Road near National Harbor in Prince George’s County on Jan 20. However, the Prince George’s […]
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BSU Splits Two Games At Lincoln
By Mark F. Gray AFRO Staff Writer mgray@afro.com The northern most rivals in the CIAA met at Lincoln University as Bowie State’s men and women split a pair of games in Oxford, Pennsylvania. The Bulldogs men were led by an explosive career high performance, while the women were beaten by a team who made a […]
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Editorial Commentary: ‘Thank You’ Baltimore Ravens!
By N. D. B. Special to AFRO If you ever watch The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, then you know that he does a segment where he writes random thank you cards about any and everything. This is my personal list of thank you’s to the Ravens. Thank you Ravens for setting the all-time record […]
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Another Viewpoint
By Tim Lacy The Baltimore Ravens provided local fans with a season to be talked about for a long time. Lamar Jackson sent thrills that could be felt through your TV. A purple jersey for sale couldn’t be found between here and Nova Scotia. Sadness could be seen in the faces of little boys when […]
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Wise Basketball Coach Reaches 700 Wins In Family Affair
By Mark F. Gray AFRO Staff Writer mgray@afro.com For Henry A. Wise High School boys varsity basketball coach Louis Wilson, Jr., making an impact on the lives of young people is part of his DNA. The Prince George’s County Schools’ Facilities Administration building was renamed posthumously after his father in 2019 after an accomplished career. […]
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Bowie HBCU Review: Bowie State Tips Off MLK Weekend By Sweeping Shaw
By Mark F. Gray AFRO Staff Writer mgray@afro.com A dose of home cooking was just what the doctor ordered for Bowie State as the frigid holiday weekend tipped off a two-game basketball homestand against the Shaw Bears after their tough road trip to the Carolinas. The Bulldogs swept the men’s and women’s games before the […]
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Jackson’s Dream Season Ends In Nightmare
By Mark F. Gray AFRO Staff Writer mgray@afro.com In one unseasonably warm January night the paradigm of Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson’s career took a seismic shift. The NFL’s most valuable player and most marketable commodity, who seemed to have answered all his critics with an epic regular season, ended the year with the same […]
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Watkins Award Class of 2020 Finalists Announced
By Mark F. Gray AFRO Staff Writer mgray@afro.com The final whistle may have blown on college football season, but some of the brightest stars representing the future of the sport will be coming back to the D.M.V. to be honored in March for their exploits in the classroom and on the field. Earlier this […]