By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sean McVay and the Los Angeles Rams know what it’s like to redefine how the NFL looks at offensive football, so they appreciate what Lamar Jackson is doing this season with the Baltimore Ravens. The Rams aren’t exactly looking forward to seeing the latest innovations […]
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Any Given Saturday: Children’s Football
By Ori Shabazz Special to AFRO The weekend of Oct. 12 was a huge celebratory day throughout Maryland and Washington D.C. Morgan State University, Bowie State University, and Howard University all celebrated Homecoming throughout the week, and all three universities played their Homecoming Football game that same Saturday. Thousands of people attended the games. There […]
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Bulldogs Will Host Division II Playoffs Again
By Mark F. Gray AFRO Staff Writer mgray@afro.com Two years ago Bowie State was shackled by the same championship ghosts that surround Fayetteville State. The Bulldogs had proven they were clearly the best team in their division, but couldn’t win the championship game after multiple trips. After beating the Broncos in the 2018 CIAA Championship […]
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Lenny Moore Statue One Step Closer
By Sean Yoes, AFRO Baltimore Editor, syoes@afro.com GOAT (Greatest Of All-Time) lists are inherently debatable, but the argument regarding the greatest NFL running backs of all-time is less controversial. The consensus of most is Jim Brown was the greatest fullback of all-time, while Gale Sayers was the greatest halfback in the league’s history. But, the most heated […]
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MSU Upsets NC A&T as BSU Caps Perfect Regular Season
By Mark F. Gray, AFRO Staff Writer, mgray@afro.com It was going to take a seismic event if Morgan State was to share the headlines with Bowie State after a season that went to the dogs. The Bears shocked the Black college football world after beating the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference standard bearer in the biggest upset of the […]
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Morgan State Teams to Honor Rep. Elijah Cummings
By AFRO Staff Throughout the 2019-20 season, the Morgan State Bears student-athletes will celebrate the life of longtime Baltimore Congressman Elijah Cummings, who died on October 17. Cummings was 68. In honor of Congressman Cummings and all of his many positive contributions to the University and his district, all Morgan State athletic teams will wear a […]
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Lamar’s In The House!
By David Ginsburg, Associated Press It’s time to take the Baltimore Ravens seriously as a Super Bowl contender. Their 14-point victory in Seattle two weeks ago put them in the discussion, and no further evidence is necessary after Baltimore rang up 37 points and repeatedly harassed Tom Brady in a rout of the previously unbeaten New […]
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DMV HBCU Review: Bowie State Passes Last Major Test, MSU & HU Fall Again
By Mark F. Gray, AFRO Staff Writer, mgray@afro.com BOWIE STATE CLINCHES CIAA NORTH Each year Bowie State sets its goals and the first is always to win the CIAA North Division, which puts them in the conference championship game. The mission was accomplished on Nov. 2 in the first half, as the Bulldogs cruised to a 65-20 […]
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Historic Rivalry: 131st Meeting of City-Poly
The Poly Class of 1992 celebrates at the City-Poly Fest during the City-Poly homecoming weekend. The two storied high schools, Baltimore City College High School and Baltimore Polytechnic Institute have a football rivalry, which goes back more than a century to 1889. The two teams, the City Black Knights and the Poly Engineers had been […]
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Doc Walker Talks Business and Finances With College Students
By Mark F. Gray, AFRO Staff Writer, mgray@afro.com There is a generation of professional football fans who don’t remember the halcyon days of pro football in the District. They only know of the legendary offensive line known as the Hogs that went to consecutive Super Bowls as the Joe Gibbs era began to carve its place in […]
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Bowie State Passes Last Major Test, MSU & HU Fall Again
By Mark F. Gray AFRO Staff Writer mgray@afro.com Bowie State may have passed their final test on the road to the CIAA Championship Game and left no doubt who the best team is in the North Division and their conference. The Bulldogs, who actually dropped a spot in the national Division-II polls after the win […]
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Kaila Charles Hopes To Put Maryland Over The Top
By Charles Nyonga Special to the AFRO The Maryland Terrapins Women’s Basketball Team returns all five starters this season, including First Team All-Big Ten player Kaila Charles. Charles, from Glen Dale, Md., a graduate of Riverdale Baptist, enters her senior season as the leader of a loaded Maryland team. The Riverdale Baptist product earned 2016 […]