By Tim Lacy. Special to the AFRO The NCAA TOURNAMENT is a multi faceted event. It provides us with nail biting entertainment and the opportunity to see young athletes grow from college stand outs to stars in the real world. If you watched the tournament, you got a glimpse of stars from yesteryear. In the […]
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Comeback Cavs! A Year After Pain, Virginia Gets Its Title
By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — It was an easy question to ask, even if the answer was tough to absorb. “Why?” It dogged Virginia for a year and three weeks — following the Cavaliers through sweat-soaked practices, hostile arenas up and down the East Coast, on talk radio and pundit-driven TV, […]
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Magic Johnson Abruptly Resigns as Lakers’ President
By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Magic Johnson abruptly quit as the Los Angeles Lakers’ president of basketball operations Tuesday night, citing his desire to return to the simpler life he enjoyed as a wealthy businessman and beloved former player before taking charge of this tempestuous franchise just over two years […]
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Pro Day Gives Hall One Last Time to Shine At Bowie State
By Mark F. Gray, AFRO Staff Writer, mgray@afro.com Bowie State’s pro day on March 27 was more than just a chance for their seniors to work out before a group of football scouts. It was a time for the Bulldog nation to see their prolific quarterback Amir Hall for one last time to display the talent that […]
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Washington Nationals Rally After Turner Injury
By BRIAN ABATE, Capital News Service WASHINGTON – Despite having only played six games, the Washington Nationals were already facing adversity on Tuesday when shortstop Trea Turner suffered a broken pinky as Bryce Harper returned to the nation’s capital with the Phillies and helped crush his former team. The Nationals fell to 2-4 and ace Max […]
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Nickelberry Resigns from Howard
By Mark F. Gray, AFRO Staff Writer, mgray@afro.com Howard University is looking for a new men’s basketball coach after Kevin Nickelberry resigned following their loss in the College Basketball Invitational Tournament. The former Bison coach couldn’t save his job despite their most wins in over two decades and their first postseason appearance since 1992 when the university […]
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Star Safety Calls Playing for Washington his “Dream”
By BRIAN ABATE, Capital News Service WASHINGTON – Washington’s NFL team recently made a big move in free agency, signing safety Landon Collins to a six-year, $84 million contract. Collins, 25, had already made the Pro Bowl three times and was a member of the AP All-Pro team in 2016, all with the New York Giants, […]
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Show Focused on Black fans, Athletes Finds SiriusXM Home
By JARED BOYD, The Daily Memphian undefined MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — When Larry Robinson and Howard Robertson created a pilot for their sports talk radio program “R&R on Sports” in 2013, something was missing from the marketplace. “At the time, there were no national syndicated sports radio shows with two African-American male hosts,” Robinson says. […]
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Durant’s “Adopted Brother” Shot to Death in Atlanta
By Mark F. Gray, AFRO Staff Writer, mgray@afro.com Cliff Dixon, who was known at one time as NBA superstar Kevin Durant’s “adopted brother,” was shot to death at an Atlanta nightclub March 20. Multiple reports confirmed that Durant’s former AAU basketball teammate was fatally wounded at the SL nightclub during what was supposed to be his 32nd […]
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Lady Bulldogs Win CIAA Bowling Title for Eighth Time in 10 Years
By Mark F. Gray, AFRO Staff Writer, mgray@afro.com Bowie State University women’s bowling dynasty under head coach Andrew Campbell continued as they won their fifth straight CIAA Championship defeating Fayetteville State University 4-2. The win also marks Bowie State’s ninth overall CIAA Crown and eighth in 10 years. The Lady Bulldogs won the double-elimination tournament by scores […]
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Bison Basketball Season Ends
By Mark F. Gray, Staff Writer, mgray@afro.com Despite nearly a triple double performance from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Player of the Year R.J. Cole, Howard’s season ended with an 81-72 loss at Coastal Carolina in the first round of the Roman College Basketball Invitational (CBI) Tournament. The dynamic Bison all-MEAC backcourt did their best to continue their […]
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Another Viewpoint
By Tim Lacy, Special to the AFRO When you hear MARCH MADNESS, fasten your seat belts because it is a signal that the NCAA is about to put on their yearly showcase of basketball talent. It is a wild ride, complete with a feel good story on occasion. Last year we had our hearts warmed […]
