By Perry Green and Stephen D. Riley, AFRO Sports Writers Mired in an early season collapse, the Washington Wizards are a few more blunders away from clearing house and listening to the sounds of the Capital One Arena, the Wizards home court–and it couldn’t happen sooner. A 1-7 record never looked so bad especially when you […]
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Minnesota Timberwolves Unveil Prince-Inspired Uniform
By The Associated Press CHANHASSEN, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Timberwolves are paying tribute to Prince with a purple-highlighted uniform. The team Thursday unveiled Prince-inspired City Edition uniforms. The new look uniforms were created in collaboration between the Timberwolves, Nike and the Prince estate. The new City Edition Minnesota Timberwolves uniform, honoring the legacy of […]
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Hill Returns to TV Post-ESPN with ‘Shut Up and Dribble’
By JOE REEDY, AP Sports Writer Jemele Hill’s first couple months since leaving ESPN have been busy. There have been speaking engagements, writing for The Atlantic and starting to set up her own production company. What Hill hasn’t done is appear on television. But that changes on Saturday when Hill debuts as the narrator for the […]
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ACC Players: Cost of Attendance Stipend Helps in Many Ways
By HANK KURZ Jr., AP Sports Writer The cost of attendance stipend is quietly helping college players while the debate rages on whether they should be paid. The modest stipend is a fraction of the millions college football generates, but is intended to provide players with money to buy an occasional pizza when university food service […]
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Still Golden: Biles, Americans Roll at World Championships
By WILL GRAVES, AP Sports Writer DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Relaxed, relieved and with the gold medal the U.S. women’s gymnastics team flew halfway across the globe for secured, Morgan Hurd needed a break. So the 17-year-old hopped on the back of Simone Biles and went for a brief ride, the two teammates laughing all the […]
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Four NFL Players Arrested in London for Skipping Out On Club Tab
By Perry Green, AFRO Sports Editor Four NFL players were arrested in London, Oct. 27, apparently, for attempting to skip out on paying their tab at a nightclub, according to reports. Per ESPN, Jacksonville Jaguars’ Barry Church, Ronnie Harrison, Jarrod Wilson and D.J. Hayden were each detained “over restitution of a bill,” read a statement from […]
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Tampa Man Kills Girlfriend and Her Son Because She Tried to Change Channel From Football Game
By Perry Green, AFRO Sports Editor A Tampa, Florida man killed his girlfriend and her child last Sunday because she wouldn’t let him watch a football game on TV, according to reports. Per Fox News, 42-year-old Tyrone Terell Johnson shot his live-in girlfriend and her 10-year-old son to death in their Tampa-based apartment after an argument […]
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Cavaliers Fire Coach Tyronn Lue After 0-6 Start
By TOM WITHERS, AP Sports Writer Tyronn Lue didn’t make it through the season’s first month without LeBron James. The Cleveland Cavaliers fired their coach on Sunday and named assistant Larry Drew interim head coach. The Cavaliers are off to a 0-6 start without James, who left Cleveland this summer for the second time in his […]
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Another Viewpoint – Celebrating John Henry “Pop” Lloyd Was the Highlight of October for Me
By Tim Lacy, Special to the AFRO Major League Baseball is going about the business of testing the best against the best. The National League Champs and the American League Champs meet every October to play a 7-game series for the championship. This year we have the Boston Red Sox (AL) against the L.A. Dodgers (NL). […]
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Recalculating LeBron’s Lakers: What to Expect Now?
By Perry Green and Stephen D. Riley, AFRO Sports Desk A 2-4 start hasn’t left the Los Angeles Lakers resorting to the panic button, but a messy team fight, suspensions and LeBron James coming up short in overtime spelled out a rough first week for a team with high expectations. LeBron doesn’t solve everything and the […]
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25 years After Spurning NBA Jam, Jordan Invests in Esports
By The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A quarter century after being famously excluded from the cult favorite video game NBA Jam, Michael Jordan is investing in esports. Jordan on Thursday was announced as an investor with aXiomatic, a major esports ownership group whose properties include powerhouse franchise Team Liquid. Former NBA star and […]
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Thurman Thomas Reflects Back as Bills set to Retire No. 34
By JOHN WAWROW, AP Sports Writer ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Thurman Thomas was in the midst of getting taped up before a Bills game at Chicago during his rookie season in 1988 when the running back recognized the unmistakable voice of one of his teenage idols, Walter Payton. “I can still hear it,” Thomas […]
