By Mark Kreidler, Word In Black When Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin suffered cardiac arrest and collapsed on the field in the middle of the “Monday Night Football” game in Cincinnati on Jan. 2, Carrie Hastings, half a continent away, understood what she needed to do — and right away. “I had a few guys […]
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Frank Reich, fired by Colts, named to coach Carolina Panthers
By Reginald Williams, Special to the AFRO The Carolina Panthers filled its head coach vacancy with former Indianapolis Colts Frank Reich Jan.26 in a move viewed as the latest example of Black coaching talent being overlooked in the National Football League. The decision to jettison interim head coach Steve Wilks comes in the wake of the […]
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The Moore Report: Sports betting: the power to win- or not– now in the palm of your hand
By Ralph E. Moore Jr., Special to the AFRO Looking at the television commercials these days, comedian and Oscar winning actor, Jamie Foxx, is quite excited about betting on sports events on his phone. So is the also very popular comic and movie star, Kevin Hart. The former entertainer is on the BET MGM app, […]
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Ed Reed ‘gone’ from Bethune-Cookman head coaching job
By Reginald Williams, Special to the AFRO “Bethune Cookman University has announced that Ed Reed has withdrawn his name from consideration to become the next head football coach at the university,” read the email submitted to Reed on the morning of Jan. 21. Responding before a room filled with parents, players and volunteers, an emotional […]
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Titans’ 1st Black GM says he stands on ‘shoulders of giants’
By Teresa M. Walker, AP Pro Football Writer Ran Carthon looked up, pausing before answering a question his aunt warned would come. He is the first Black general manager in the history of the Tennessee Titans, a franchise founded in 1960 as the then-Houston Oilers in the original American Football League. “I understand I’m standing […]
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The Moore Report: Aching knee, breaking hearts: Lamar Jackson and his absence for the season
By Ralph E. Moore Jr., Special to the AFRO The Ravens’ season was going well, but then in week number, unlucky 13 against the Denver Broncos, star quarterback Lamar Jackson went down. It was officially diagnosed as a sprain in his PCL (posterior cruciate ligament). Jackson suffered a reported knee sprain on Dec. 4 against the Broncos […]
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Naomi Osaka says she’s pregnant, plans tennis return in 2024
By The Associated Press Naomi Osaka is pregnant and plans to return to competition in 2024, the tennis star announced Wednesday. The former world No. 1 posted what she called “a little life update for 2023” on social media, including a picture of an ultrasound. The 25-year-old Osaka has been dating Cordae, a rapper, for years. […]
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Texans make Lovie Smith a one-and-done coach
By Terrance Harris, The Defender Network Count veteran NFL coach Lovie Smith as the Texans’ latest one-and-done coach. Smith was informed shortly after Sunday’s regular-season finale win over the Colts that he was being fired after just one season on the job. He was 3-13-1 in his lone season as head coach. Smith is the […]
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Venus Williams out of Australian Open due to injury
By Courtney Walsh, The Associated Press Venus Williams has withdrawn from the Australian Open for an undisclosed injury she sustained while playing in a tournament in Auckland, New Zealand this week. A seven-time Grand Slam singles champion, Williams received a wild-card entry into the Australian Open last month to compete in what would have been […]
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Bills’ Hamlin breathing on his own, joins team via video
By John Wawrow, AP Sports Writer It was uplifting enough for the Buffalo Bills staff and players to see Damar Hamlin appear on the video screen in the team’s meeting room Jan. 6 — “larger than life,” as coach Sean McDermott put it — for the first time since the safety collapsed and had to […]
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NFL balances emotions, tight schedule after Hamlin shock
By ROB MAADDI, Associated Press The NFL pushed ahead Tuesday with a difficult balancing act, navigating players’ emotions after Buffalo safety Damar Hamlin’s shocking cardiac arrest with a tight playoff schedule and emphasizing Hamlin’s health was its main focus. The league informed the Buffalo Bills and Cincinnati Bengals that their game, suspended Monday night, would […]
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Pelé buried at cemetery in Brazilian city he made famous
By MAURICIO SAVARESE, Associated Press SANTOS, Brazil (AP) — Brazil said a final farewell to Pelé on Tuesday, burying the legend who unified the bitterly divided country. Newly inaugurated President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva paid his respects at Vila Belmiro, the stadium where Pelé played for most of his career. Pelé was laid to […]