By Perry Green, AFRO Sports Editor The NFL is trying to shut down Colin Kaepernick’s collusion case against the league, according to reports. Per Yahoo Sports, the league officially requested for an arbitrator to review the case to provide a summary judgment in hopes of a dismissal. The NFL has the right to call on an […]
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Former NFL Player Aaron Maybin Uses His Platform To Advocate For Better Schools
By Lisa Snowden-McCray, Special to the AFRO Last week, when primary voting at Patapsco Elementary was moved due to fears that the building was infested with fleas and mice, former NFL linebacker, artist and Baltimore City Schools teacher Aaron Maybin had some thoughts. “Crazy thing about this story isn’t that they shut down and moved […]
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L.A.-‘Bron? Can Lakers and LeBron Win Title?
By Perry Green and Stephen D. Riley, AFRO Sports Contributors James and the Los Angeles Lakers agreed to a four-year, $154 million deal on July 1, the opening day of NBA free agency. The King is on the move again, but he’s walking right into the lion’s den, heading out west to the same state […]
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Sammy Sosa Says He Uses Lotion to Look Younger, Not Lighter
By Perry Green, AFRO Sports Editor Former Baseball star Sammy Sosa recently explained his reasoning for bleaching his skin during an E60 interview. When asked how he felt about people criticizing him for lightening his skin, the 49-year-old Dominican native said he uses a special lotion on his skin not to look lighter, but to look […]
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Reimagining the Wizards with DeMarcus Cousins Next Season
By Stephen D. Riley, Special to AFRO The NBA rumor mill isn’t exactly spinning with DeMarcus Cousins-to-D.C. predictions but it is definitely moving. With no cap space available and a gaping hole in the middle of their roster after this week’s trade that swapped Marcin Gortat for Austin Rivers, the Washington Wizards are in desperate need for a […]
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Evans Hiring as AD Is a Gamble
By Mark F. Gray, Special to the AFRO Only history will judge whether the hiring of Damon Evans as the new athletic director was an act of desperation or sign of progress by the University of Maryland. That Chancellor Wallace Loh would hire the second Black man to succeed the first in Kevin Anderson – who […]
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ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith Credits Donald Trump with Career-Changing Advice
By Perry Green, AFRO Sports Editor, pgreen@afro.com Kanye West pissed off a ton of Black folks when he sported a Make America Great Again hat nearly a month ago in support of controversial President Donald Trump. But he won’t be the only Black celebrity in the dog house of the African-American community. In a recent New Yorker interview, the […]
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NBA Star Donovan Mitchell Said His Mom Was Racially Profiled In Her Own Apartment Complex
By Perry Green, AFRO Sports Editor NBA star Donovan Mitchell recently claimed his mother was a victim of racism within her own home community. Mitchell, runner-up for NBA Rookie of the Year this season, had posted a long note from his Twitter account Saturday, explaining how his mom, Nicole, was allegedly a victim of racial profiling […]
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Who Emerges as the Best Prospect from the 2018 NBA Class?
By Perry Green and Stephen D. Riley, AFRO Sports Desk The 2018 NBA Draft is recorded and in the books. The incoming rookie class is hailed as a talented group with several promising players that could emerge on the next level. Big men dominated early in the draft but some important guards went to a few […]
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Now That Hockey Is Over, We Can Get Back to Sports We Really Love
By Tim Lacy, Special to the AFRO The Washington Capitals had monopolized our TVs for the past two weeks. One couldn’t turn on the tube without seeing Ovechkin’s missing tooth smile looking out at you. Hockey isn’t the most popular conversation among people of color, but there are some dyed in the wool fans who didn’t […]
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Fire Ernie! Wizards Use First Rounder on Third String Forward
By Stephen D. Riley, Special to AFRO Despite handing an already athletically-challenged small forward $100-million-plus last summer, the Washington Wizards decided to dive back into the small forward pile and draft Troy Brown Jr. with the 15th pick in the NBA Draft on Thursday night. Wizards general manager Ernie Grunfeld lauded Brown’s position flexibility and the […]
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No. 1 Sun: Phoenix Takes Ayton; Trae Young, Doncic Swapped
By BRIAN MAHONEY, AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Phoenix Suns stayed close to home for their first No. 1 pick. The Dallas Mavericks looked all the way to Slovenia for the player they hope can be their next European superstar. Shortly after the Suns took Deandre Ayton to start the NBA draft […]