Category: Sports

Three weeks after the Baltimore Orioles were knocked down to third place in the American League East, they remain mired in stagnant offensive production. Baltimore was at the top of the division earlier this season. But the Orioles suffered a seven-game losing skid in the middle of May and tumbled down to third place behind […]

CLEVELAND (AP) — The Latest on Game 4 of the NBA Finals (all times local): 12:05 a.m. LeBron James set an NBA Finals record with his ninth triple-double, and the Cleveland Cavaliers had the highest-scoring first half ever in the Finals while beating the Golden State Warriors 137-116 in Game 4 to stave off elimination […]

Former Dr. Henry A. Wise High School wide receiver Zach Pascal took a different route towards landing a spot on an NFL team this year. Prince George’s County native Zach Pascal recently signed as a free agent with Washington’s NFL Team. (Photo by Daniel Kucin) Despite posting impressive numbers at the NFL Combine in Indianapolis, […]

CLEVELAND (AP) — LeBron James and Kyrie Irving couldn’t be stopped. J.R. Smith finally got started. The Cleveland Cavaliers were so much better than in the previous two games. Cleveland Cavaliers guard Kyrie Irving drives on Golden State Warriors forward Kevin Durant (35) during the second half of Game 3 of basketball’s NBA Finals in […]

Retired NBA star Chris Webber has become a dad after what he says was “many years of trying.” FILE- In this Jan. 25, 2015, file photo, former NBA basketball player and producer Chris Webber poses for a portrait to promote the film, “Unexpected”, at the Eddie Bauer Adventure House during the Sundance Film Festival in […]

Nobody could ever confuse the friendly confines of Bowie State’s Bulldog Stadium with the college football cathedral that is Michigan Stadium, affectionately referred to as the Big House.  However, for at least one Saturday afternoon the Wolverines took control of the Prince George’s County HBCU campus for a football camp that was as important for […]

Kevin Durant and Steph Curry combined for 65 points to lead the Golden State Warriors to a 132-113 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game Two of the NBA Finals on June 4 in Oakland, Calif.  Golden State Warriors forward Kevin Durant (35) and guard Stephen Curry (30) celebrate during the second half of Game […]

There was something uneventful about seeing Kevin Durant explode for 38 points in the NBA Finals’ opener that made Golden State’s 113-91 win over LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers pretty mundane. Perhaps it was last summer’s “decision” when Durant announced he was headed to the West Coast to add his superstar presence to a […]

Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick has yet to find a gig this summer after his “controversial” 2016-2017 campaign in which the signal caller often avoided standing for the national anthem to call attention to crimes against unarmed Black motorists across the country. Kaepernick’s social activism quickly caught media attention before being recognized across the sports […]

The Baltimore Orioles still remain in third place in the American League East division after winning four of its last six games played over the week.   The Orioles had a 29-25 record as of June 4, trailing the Boston Red Sox (30-25) by a half of game and the New York Yankees (32-21) by […]

As the Washington Nationals embarked on their longest road trip of the season, critics would be hard-pressed to claim the team was resting on their laurels as the double-digit leaders in the National League East division. Yet, the team made national news on Memorial Day in San Francisco as Bryce Harper was involved in a […]