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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Bison Remain Winless in MEAC After Loss To FAMU
By Mark F. Gray AFRO Staff Writer mgray@afro.com Through the first half of their Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference schedule, the Howard Bison men’s basketball team has mastered the art of beating themselves. It’s something that continues to frustrate head coach Kenney Blakeney, but, to his credit, the team is still fighting despite their lack of success. […]
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IN MEMORIAM: Lakers Legend Kobe Bryant Killed in Helicopter Crash
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant and his daughter, Gianna Maria Onore, were among nine people killed in a helicopter crash on Sunday, January 26, 2020. Bryant was 41, and his daughter, affectionately known as GiGi, who was only 13. “As the reports came in on […]
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Gianna Bryant, 13, Was Going To Carry On A Basketball Legacy
By TIM REYNOLDS, AP Basketball Writer She had next. Her name was Gianna Maria Onore Bryant. The world, now and forever, knows her as Gigi. Her dad, Kobe Bryant, called her Mambacita. He was Mamba, of course, and she was going to be basketball’s female version of him. She was going to play at Connecticut […]
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Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old Daughter and 7 Others Killed in California Chopper Crash
By STEPHANIE DAZIO, Associated Press (Updated 01/26/2020) – NBA legend Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter and seven others were killed in a helicopter crash on a steep hillside in dense morning fog in Southern California on Jan. 26, his sudden death at age 41 touching off an outpouring of grief for a star whose celebrity […]
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Reaction to the Death of Retired NBA Superstar Kobe Bryant
By The Associated Press Reaction from the basketball world and beyond on the death of retired NBA superstar Kobe Bryant in a helicopter crash on Sunday at age 41: “Kobe was not only an icon in the sports arena, he was a man of the world and touched so many lives and communities in the […]
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Retired NBA Star Kobe Bryant Dies in Helicopter Crash
By The Associated Press (Updated 01/26/2020) – LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kobe Bryant, the 18-time NBA All-Star who won five championships and became one of the greatest basketball players of his generation during a 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers, died in a helicopter crash Sunday. He was 41. Bryant died in a helicopter […]
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NFL Initiative Yields PSA on Man Killed by Dallas Officer
By The Associated Press A public service announcement honoring the life of a Black man killed in his living room by a White Dallas police officer who said she mistook his apartment as her own debuted as part of an NFL initiative aiming to promote social justice and racial equality. The two-minute video featuring Botham […]
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Youth Served: Gauff Wins, Serena Loses at Australian Open
By Howard Fendrich AP Tennis Writer Perhaps Serena Williams, now 38, will win a 24th Grand Slam title someday. And maybe Coco Gauff, still just 15, never will earn her first major championship. Sure felt, though, as if a generational shift was being signaled Jan. 24 at the Australian Open, with a pair of monumentally […]
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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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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 […]
