Category: Sports

Papa John’s International Inc. founder John Schnatter is going after NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, saying weak handling of the league’s national-anthem controversy has hammered sales of his pizza. “The NFL has hurt us by not resolving the current debacle to the players’ and owners’ satisfaction,” Schnatter, who serves as the pizza chain’s chairman and chief executive […]

COLLEGE PARK, Maryland — With Los Angeles clinging to a 3-1 lead in the ninth inning of World Series Game 1, Tupac’s “California Love” blared over the Dodger Stadium loudspeaker as Kenley Jansen walked from the left-field bullpen to the mound. For Dodger fans, “California Love” has become an anthem signaling the bitter end for […]

Welp, this season was fun, wasn’t it? With 14 minutes left in the fourth quarter at a rain-soaked FedEx Field, the Washington NFL team was down by just 10 points. And I have just one question to ask all of their fans: did anyone truly believe that this team would mount a comeback against the […]

A 1-2 start to kick off a West Coast road trip isn’t the ideal way to make a name for yourself, but when you’re a fringe playoff team with deep postseason hopes, it can be very telling. The Washington Wizards showed some maturity issues while sleepwalking through an important week in which they could have […]

The Latest on the eighth Sunday of the NFL regular season (all times Eastern): 4:12 p.m. Only 10 active Houston Texans players stood for the national anthem with the rest of the team kneeling down. Houston Texans players kneel and stand during the singing of the national anthem before an NFL football game against the […]

Junior quarterback Amir Hall threw six touchdown passes as the Bowie State Bulldogs routed the Lincoln Lions, 86-14, during Bowie State University’s Homecoming on Oct. 28 in Bowie, Md.  Bowie State’s amazing offensive showing against Lincoln set a new school record for the most points scored in a single game. The former record of 83 points was […]

Sophomore quarterback DeAndre Harris led Morgan State University with three touchdowns but the Bears still fell just short in a 34-31 loss to the Florida A&M University Rattlers on Oct. 28 in Baltimore.  The loss dropped Morgan State’s overall record to 1-7, and 1-4 against the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC), tied with the Savannah State […]

The Howard University Bison won their third straight game after holding off the South Carolina State Bulldogs, 28-20, in a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) battle on Oct. 28 in Orangeburg, S.C.  The win advanced Howard’s overall record to 5-3, 4-1 against the MEAC, currently tied for third place with the Hampton Pirates (5-3 overall, 4-1 […]

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Tiger Woods pleaded guilty Friday to reckless driving in a deal that will keep him out of jail as long as he stays out of trouble, resolving charges from an arrest last spring in which he was found passed out in his Mercedes with prescription drugs and marijuana in […]

Never would I have thought that a 40-0 victory could feel so good yet so miserable at the same time.  The Baltimore Ravens shut out the Miami Dolphins in dominant fashion on Thursday Night Football, 40-0, but my emotions as a die-hard Ravens fan are all over the place. The win gave Baltimore a much-needed boost, advancing […]