By Mark F. Gray, AFRO Staff Writer, mgray@afro.com Reforms continue in the University of Maryland athletics department, regarding medical care for student athletes. For the first time the university will employ health care personnel who are not overseen by the athletic department. The current care team will remain in place where athletic trainers are supervised by physicians […]
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Williams Will Return to Howard
By Mark F. Gray , Special to the AFRO, mgray@afro.com Howard University got a major lift for its basketball program next season by not losing its best remaining player, who was the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference first team shooting guard last season. According to the HBCU Gameday website Charles “C.J.” Williams will return for his senior after […]
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Hamilton Wins Monaco GP to Extend Lead Over Teammate Bottas
By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writer MONACO (AP) — Lewis Hamilton won the Monaco Grand Prix on Sunday to extend his championship lead over Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas. Hamilton struggled with grip in the latter stages and was under constant pressure from Red Bull’s Max Verstappen. But Verstappen had earlier picked up a five-second time […]
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Tiger Woods Commits to Play Memorial
By The Associated Press DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) — Tiger Woods has decided to play in the Memorial next week ahead of his next chance in a major. Woods is a five-time winner at Muirfield Village. He has never missed it when healthy, except in 2006 when he took time off after his father’s death. The […]
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Riverdale Baptist Wins Another Baseball Championship
By Mark F. Gray, Special to the AFRO, mgray@afro.com For as much success as the Riverdale Baptist high school baseball program has enjoyed over the past 40 years, this year’s championship may have been its most significant. Their 7-4 win over Southern Maryland Christian Academy to win the Maryland Independent School Athletic League Championship was more […]
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Bowie HS Lacrosse Falls in MD State 4-A Semifinlals
By Mark F. Gray, Special to the AFRO, gray@afro.com Despite its perception as a suburban sport played mostly by White athletes, Black players and teams are finding more than just a niche in lacrosse. In Prince George’s County, players are picking up the game at an early age and its beginning to show up on the […]
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Graves Blends Teams At Riverdale Baptist
By Mark F. Gray, Staff Writer, mgray@afro.com In an alternate universe, Riverdale Baptist first-year baseball coach Aaron “Hercules” Graves has made a name for himself mixing beats as a national satellite radio host. But now as the leader of a famed program in Prince George’s County, he blended a group of high school and middle school players […]
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BSU Men Finish Fourth in CIAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships
By Mark F. Gray, Special to the AFRO, mgray@afro.com In the annual St. Augustine’s invitational meet that is known as the CIAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, things held true to form on the men’s side as the Falcons won for the 22nd consecutive year. However, a resurgence on the track at Bowie State led to the […]
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Howard Falls Short at Softball Championship Game
By Mark F. Gray, Special to the AFRO, mgray@afro.com Howard University’s Softball team ended its 2019 season one game shy of playing for the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference championship after an 8-5 loss to Florida A&M at the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Championships. Coach Tori Tyson’s first season restored credibility to one of the storied programs in the […]
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Ex-Texas A&M Football Player Found Guilty of Murder
By Dallas Post Tribune DALLAS — A former Texas A&M football player accused of hacking a Dallas jogger to death with a machete in 2015 has been convicted of murder. A Dallas County jury swiftly returned a guilty verdict Tuesday in Thomas Johnson’s trial in the killing of David Stevens after the former wide receiver’s […]
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Blakeney Comes To Lead Bison Basketball Fortunes
By Mark F. Gray, Staff Writer, mgray@radio-one.com In an attempt to keep the momentum of a basketball program that appears to be a contender in Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, Howard University has turned to a blue blood with ties to this area as its new head coach. Former Duke University player and DeMatha phenom Kenny Blakeney officially signed […]
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Another Viewpoint
By Tim Lacy, Special to the AFRO The world of sports turns into a BALL OF CONFUSION this time of year. There are a bunch of snaggle toothed gorillas skating up and down the ice with the intention of putting a hard piece of rubber in a net or removing a few more of an opponents’ […]