Category: Sports

Junior forward Justin Jackson scored a game-high 19 points and sophomore forward Luke Maye scored 17 points, including the game-winning shot, as No. 1 North Carolina survived a 75-73 thriller over No. 2 Kentucky in the South Region championship game on March 26 in Memphis, Tenn. North Carolina head coach Roy Williams, left, celebrates with […]

It wasn’t long after UCLA’s 85-76 loss to the Kentucky Wildcats in the NCAA tournament’s Sweet 16 on March 24 that star freshman guard Lonzo Ball announced he was headed for the NBA. Ball erupted on the scene for the UCLA Bruins this season, averaging close to 15 points and eight assists per contest while […]

The Washington Wizards were still shaking their tired legs off early in the week before they found their resolve and closed the week out in impressive fashion. Thanks to an impressive January and February, Washington developed dreams recently of securing a top three seed in the Eastern Conference as the postseason nears. Guards John Wall and Bradley Beal have been leading the charge while important players like Markieff […]

A few weeks ago, the AFRO Sports Desk debated if the Washington Wizards were built to be contenders for a deep playoff run. But after an impressive week that saw the Wizards start a five-game road trip out west by winning their first four games, it might be time to recalculate Washington’s chances at winning […]

Junior guard Nigel Williams-Goss scored a game-high 23 points as the No. 1 seed Gonzaga Bulldogs made light work of No. 11 seed Xavier with a 83-59 victory in the West Region final on March 24 in San Jose, Calif.  Gonzaga players celebrate after a win over Xavier during an NCAA Tournament college basketball regional […]

An opera about Negro Leagues baseball star Josh Gibson, whose power hitting rivaled Babe Ruth’s, will have its world premiere in Pittsburgh in April. This 1942 photo provided by the Carnegie Museum of Art shows Homestead Grays baseball catcher Josh Gibson crouched on Forbes Field in Pittsburgh. Gibson is featured in an opera about his […]

Freshman guard De’Aaron Fox scored a game-high 39 points to lead the No. 2 seed Kentucky Wildcats to a win over the No. 3 seed UCLA Bruins in the South Region semifinals on March 24 in Memphis, Tenn.  Kentucky (32-5) advances on to the Elite Eight for the 39th time in school history and sixth […]

 Senior guard Jordan Mathews tied for a team-high 13 points, including a game-deciding three-pointer to help lead the No. 1 seed Gonzaga Bulldogs to a 61-58 win over the No. 4 seed West Virginia Mountaineers in the West Regional semifinals on March 23 in San Jose, Calif. The win sends Gonzaga (35-1) to the Elite […]

CINCINNATI (AP) — Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Adam “Pacman” Jones faces three misdemeanor charges, including assault, but no longer is being charged with a felony for a January confrontation with hotel security guards, police and a nurse. A felony charge of harassment with a bodily substance, for allegedly spitting at a nurse, was dismissed at the […]

For college baseball’s boys of summer, whose rites of passage are drenched in the warmth of heat and humidity in June and July, a frosty March weekend at the Washington National Baseball Academy helps the DC Grays fulfill its mission to embrace HBCU baseball. Despite freezing temperatures Coppin State represents the MEAC and HBCU Baseball […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Spike Lee says it’s “fishy” that former 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick remains an NFL free agent. FILE – In this combination photo, director Spike Lee, left, appears at the premiere of “Touched With Fire” on Feb. 10, 2016, in New York and San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick appears at a […]