By Mark F. Gray, AFRO Staff Writer, mgray@afro.com The only good that came from Howard University’s visit to the University of Maryland on Aug. 31 was the size of the guaranteed pay day. Minus travel expenses, it was an all profit beatdown as the Terps rolled the Bison 79-0 in College Park. Maryland’s win was to be […]
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NFL Veteran Launches Supplement Brand
By Mark F. Gray, Special to the AFRO, mgray@afro.com Health is a “lifestyle” for Visanthe Shiancoe. Regarded as the greatest NFL tight end, since Raymond Chester from Morgan State University, Shiancoe was notorious for his insane training regimen while preparing for a pro football career.. That same drive now fuels his foray into the business world as […]
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A Time for Black QBs in D.C.
By Mark F. Gray, Special to the AFRO, mgray@afro.com At some point this season there will be two Black starting quarterbacks on either side of the Baltimore Washington Parkway. However, the Baltimore Ravens will start Lamar Jackson, who they’ve tethered the future of the franchise, while the Washington Redskins will keep Dwayne Haskins under wraps for the […]
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Tale of Two Teams as NFL Preseason Opens
By Mark F. Gray, Special to the AFRO, mgray@afro.com The glaring non-similarities of two NFL franchises on either side of the parkway were on display as the Baltimore Ravens and Washington’s franchise opened their exhibition schedules. While the outcomes of the games are meaningless, especially in game one of the fake schedule, Baltimore’s performance was more prepared […]
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Celebrities Play Kickball Game For Mental Health Awareness
Mark F. Gray, Special to the AFRO, mgray@afro.com Leigh Bodden promised the Black team would win, but Santana Moss wasn’t having any of it. Moss delivered a three-run kickball home run in the bottom of the first inning, which proved to be the difference in the game as the white team won the inaugural Barry’s Game […]
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Reed Enters Pro Football Hall of Fame
By Mark F. Gray, Special to the AFRO, mgray@afro.com In the movie Harlem Nights Sugar Ray and young Quick were inseparable. They took down a rival crew of gangsters, saved the community, and became legends to their fans before riding off into the sunset leaving memories for the people they left behind. The same holds true […]
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Coppin State Baseball Receives 2019 ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award
By Coppin State University Department of Athletics GREENSBORO, N.C. – The Coppin State baseball team was one of 51 NCAA Division I baseball programs to receive the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) Team Academic Excellence Award, it was announced by the organization over the weekend. The ABCA awards teams at all college levels with a cumulative team […]
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Law, Reed, Mawae, Bowlen, Brandt, Robinson, Bailey in Hall
By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer CANTON, Ohio (AP) — What a defensive backfield in gold jackets: Ed Reed , Ty Law and Champ Bailey. And what a challenge they had throughout their careers, trying to cover fellow inductee Tony Gonzalez. All four entered the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday night. “Fitting […]
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HU and Morgan Not Threatening MEAC
By Mark F. Gray, Special to the AFRO, mgray@afro.com During the 2019 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) football media day in Norfolk, VA, it was clear the league’s coaches and sports information directors had a great deal of respect for the talent pool at Howard and Morgan State. With a total of 18 preseason all conference players between […]
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The Champ Is Here!
By AFRO Staff The Pride of Baltimore, Gervonta “Tank” Davis defended his WBA Super Featherweight title at downtown’s Royal Farms Arena on July 27. Davis defeated Ricardo Nunez of Panama, with a sensational technical knockout (TKO) in round two of the scheduled 12-round contest. Davis’ victory takes his record to a perfect 22-0, with an […]
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Bowie State Picked To Win CIAA Football Title
By Mark F. Gray, Special to the AFRO, mgray@afro.com Conference media day is the time when wolf tickets are sold and targets are placed on teams who are on top even when evidence suggests there figures to be a dropoff after transcendent seasons. When the CIAA held its preseason football media kickoff in Roanoke, VA last […]
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Maryland’s Baines Enters Hall
By Sean Yoes, AFRO Baltimore Editor, syoes@afro.com Former Baltimore Oriole Harold Baines, one of the deadliest clutch hitters in the history of Major League Baseball and a native of Maryland’s Eastern Shore, was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY last weekend. Eastern Shore native Harold Baines, a notorious clutch hitter for the […]