By Mark F. Gray, Staff Writer, mgray@afro.com The first college basketball event at the new DC Entertainment and Sports Arena marked the beginning of a new experience for the hoops hotbed that is the area surrounding the Congress Heights Community. However, a change of venue didn’t make for a change of fortune for the one hometown representative […]
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Dallas Mavericks’ Cynthia Marshall: A Woman for All Seasons
By Dorothy J. Gentry, Sports Editor, Texas Metro News Inspirational. Servant Leader. Math Geek. Funny. Detail Oriented. Confidant. Serious. Role Model. Mentor. Female NBA Executive. These are just a few of the many adjectives one could use to describe Dallas Mavericks CEO Cynthia Marshall. Marshall, better known as Cynt Marshall, is all of these, for […]
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Redacted Video Released of Jordan McNair’s Fatal Practice
By Mark F. Gray, AFRO Staff Writer, mgray@afro.com After a tumultuous semester, just hours before the start of the holiday break, the University of Maryland released a redacted video of former Terrapin Jordan McNair’s fatal football practice. The video paints a picture of negligence by the former training staff. The videos, first released to Fox 5 […]
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Future Begins Now with Jackson At QB For Ravens
By Mark F. Gray, AFRO Staff Writer, mgray@afro.com It has been well chronicled that Ozzie Newsome’s first two drafts defined his legacy well before the Baltimore Ravens ever won a Super Bowl. He anchored the offense with Hall of Famer Jonathan Ogden at tackle, when leading the troops in act one of commanding their war room. A […]
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Video of New Jersey of High School Wrestler’s Dreadlocks Being Cut Goes Viral
By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Correspondent In New Jersey, Andrew Johnson, an African American wrestler with dreadlocks was told he had to cut his dreadlocks or forfeit a wrestling match. Under pressure, the teenage wrestler stood resigned while a white female coach hurriedly cut his dreadlocks by ringside. The incident was captured on video […]
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James Sorry For Posting Rapper’s ‘Jewish Money’ Lyric
By The Associated Press LeBron James is sorry for posting a lyric that referenced “Jewish money.” The Los Angeles Lakers star says he simply got caught up in the music, thought the lyric was a “compliment” and offers “apologies, for sure.” The lyric comes from the song “ASMR” by rapper 21 Savage. James shared it […]
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Jermall Charlo Keeps Title, Twin Jermell Loses His
By BARRY WILNER, AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Jermall Charlo had every reason to be distracted when he entered the ring to defend his WBC interim middleweight championship. Minutes before his bout with Matt Korobov, Jermall’s twin, Jermell, lost a unanimous decision to Tony Harrison, costing Jermell his WBC super welterweight crown. It was […]
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2 Black Idaho State Football Players Sue Idaho, Utah Police
By The Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Two Black Idaho State University football players are suing law enforcement in Idaho and Utah, saying they were illegally detained and arrested, and victims of excessive force based on their race. Nehemiah McFarlin and Atoatasi Fox, through their Orem, Utah-based attorney, Daniel Steele, filed a civil rights […]
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Jackson Leads Surging Ravens to 22-10 Victory Over Chargers
By JOE REEDY, AP Sports Writer CARSON, Calif. (AP) — Just like that, the Baltimore Ravens have gone from a midseason swoon to the brink of their first playoff trip in four years. The resurgent Ravens continued their late push with a 22-10 victory over the Los Angeles Chargers on Saturday behind Lamar Jackson’s first […]
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Olympian Slams Ref Who Told Teen Wrestler to Cut Dreadlocks
By The Associated Press BUENA, N.J. (AP) — An Olympic champion wrestler has reached out to a New Jersey high school wrestler who had his dreadlocks cut off minutes before his match after a referee told him to lose the hairstyle or forfeit his bout. Jordan Burroughs, a 2012 Olympic gold medalist and four-time world […]
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Another Viewpoint: The NFL Running Back
By Tim Lacy, Special to the AFRO THE NFL RUNNING BACK issue was thrown up for debate once again. This time I have to take a shot at the choices. The top 10 backs to transition from college to the big leagues changes every time this list is posted. The travesty comes to light when […]
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Redskins’ Nicholson Arrested, Charged with Assault & Battery
By STEPHEN WHYNO, AP Sports Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Redskins safety Montae Nicholson was arrested early Tuesday morning and charged with assault and battery and being drunk in public stemming from a fight at a restaurant and retail complex near the team’s practice facility in Ashburn, Virginia. Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Kraig Troxell confirmed Nicholson’s […]
