By Stephen D. Riley, Special to AFRO We’ve been pondering LeBron James’ next stop for the past few seasons while the Cleveland Cavaliers have been keeping their fingers crossed that he doesn’t depart again. James has done wonders for the Cavs organization, turning a ‘90s laughingstock into an annual Finals contender with merchandise sales through the […]
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Can the Rockets Run With the Warriors?
By Perry Green and Stephen D. Riley, AFRO Sports Desk The NBA doesn’t want fans to consider the Houston and Golden State series as the real NBA Finals, but it’s hard not to. The Rockets and Warriors have been the two most impressive teams this season and in a series that will be equipped with three […]
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Sam Lacy Always Loved This Time of Year In Sports
By Tim Lacy, Special to the AFRO A potpourri of sports was available for the viewer’s pleasure last weekend. It was hard to make a choice with The Kentucky Derby, the NBA Playoffs and the NHL playoffs assaulting your TV at the same time. Throw in a little golf and you pick ’em. I enjoyed […]
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LeBron’s Not Jordan, He’s Better
By Stephen D. Riley, Special to AFRO The LeBron vs. Jordan debate has raged since James’ rookie season back in 2003. It’s time to cut it out, LeBron’s better. No, he’s not better skill-wise and probably will never have the amount of rings, MVPs and accolades that Jordan has. But it’s LeBron, he’s just better. Where’s […]
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John McEnroe Says Trump Once Offered Him $1Million to Face Serena Williams
By Perry Green, AFRO Sports Editor Most folks who’ve seen tennis superstar Serena Williams play before thinks that she could probably beat just about anyone, men included. Williams is the only tennis player ever, male or female, to have won 10 Grand Slam singles titles in two separate decades, and her 23 career Grand Slam championships […]
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Raptors Fire ‘Coach of the Year’ Dwane Casey After Another Sweep by Cavs
TORONTO (AP) — The Toronto Raptors have fired Dwane Casey after the team was swept in the playoffs by the Cleveland Cavaliers for a second straight season. Toronto President Masai Ujiri on Friday said the move was a “very difficult but necessary step.” “As a team, we are constantly trying to grow and improve in […]
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Trump Wants to Talk Race with Kaepernick at White House Summit
By Perry Green, AFRO Sports Editor President Donald Trump wants Colin Kaepernick to attend a summer summit at the White House to discuss race, according to People.com. Darrell Scott, a Cleveland-based pastor and adviser to the president, was the first to share the news of Trump’s summit plans, telling People that there will be two separate […]
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Who Has Had the Better Playoff Run: Boston or LeBron?
By Perry Green and Stephen D. Riley, AFRO Sports Desk The Boston Celtics are missing two all-stars and the Cleveland Cavaliers are missing consistent contributors around LeBron James, yet both teams stand a game away from meeting up with each other in the Eastern Conference Finals. The two teams have turned adversity into advantages and are steamrolling […]
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District Sports Teams Living up to ‘Scandal’ Series
By Stephen D. Riley, Special to AFRO Sex, bigotry and racism—Washington, D.C., has it all, and I’m not even talking about politics. If you’re a sports fan trapped in the District I don’t know who you’re more ashamed of after the first week of May, the Wizards or the Washington football team. If allegations from the […]
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Washington NFL Team Expresses Concern about Cheerleader Allegations
The Associated Press The Washington NFL Team said it is concerned by allegations made by cheerleaders in a New York Times article about a trip to Costa Rica for a photo shoot in 2013. Team president Bruce Allen said in a statement May 3 the organization is immediately looking into the situation. Allen says if […]
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Eric Reid Joins Kaepernick in Suing NFL for Alleged Collusion
By Perry Green, AFRO Sports Editor It looks like the NFL’s owners will be facing another grievance suit alleging collusion, this time filed by Colin Kaepernick’s former teammate Eric Reid. According to TMZ Sports, Reid has decided to follow Kaepernick’s lead in suing the league for alleged collusion, as both players remain unsigned following their decision […]
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NFL Legend Jim Brown Says He Wouldn’t Sign Kaepernick
By Perry Green, AFRO Sports Editor, pgreen@afro.com Jim Brown recently said that if he was a general manager of an NFL team that he wouldn’t sign Colin Kaepernick. Brown, a former Pro Football Hall of Famer for the Cleveland Browns, appeared as a guest on the Rich Eisen Show radio podcast and discussed how a recent meeting […]