Category: Sports

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — It was one, two and three for the ages as Venus and Serena Williams set up another all-sisters Australian Open final and Roger Federer ensured he’ll contend for another Grand Slam title. They’re calling it Throwback Thursday at Melbourne Park: three players who can combine for 46 Grand Slam titles and […]

GENEVA (AP) — Usain Bolt has lost one of his nine Olympic gold medals because of a doping case involving Jamaican teammate Nesta Carter. FILE – In this Saturday, Aug. 23, 2008 file photo, Jamaica’s men’s 4×100 meters relay team members Usain Bolt, left, and Nesta Carter show their gold medals during the athletics competitions […]

Oklahoma City Thunder star Russell Westbrook is having a historic season, but it wasn’t enough to land him a starting spot in next month’s All-Star game. Westbrook is on pace to drop the most triple-doubles since Oscar Robertson’s record of 41 in the 1961-1962 season. Yet that still wasn’t enough to earn Westbrook a starting gig. Oklahoma City Thunder’s Russell Westbrook warms up before an […]

John Wall is playing the best basketball of his career, and the Washington Wizards are reaping the benefits. Behind Wall, Washington is climbing up the standings in the Eastern conference and looking as formidable as any team in the East that doesn’t have LeBron James on its roster. Since losing their first pair of games […]

If you live in the same world I do, I am sure you have heard this from some of your buddies and even on TV. Guys are complaining because they are catching grief from their wives over man’s love of sports. We have college sports on Saturday, Sunday double header football, Monday Night Football, Thursday […]

As we embarked on a new year, there seemed to be a malaise of sorts among Capitals fans. We’ve witnessed winning before, so that really doesn’t move the needle as it should—the fans are spoiled. Washington Capitals’ Philipp Grubauer (31) of Germany blocks a shot from Dallas Stars’ Patrik Nemeth (15) of Sweden as Andre Burakovsky […]

The Howard University Bison women’s basketball team fell to the North Carolina A&T State University Aggies, 63-55, on Jan. 21, snapping a five-game win streak for the Lady Bison. The loss to N.C. A&T dropped Howard (7-9, 3-1 MEAC) to fifth place in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) standings. Howard junior Te’Shya Heslip scored a […]

The Morgan State University Lady Bears women’s basketball team lost its 10th straight game, a 66-62 overtime loss to the Savannah State University Lady Tigers on Jan. 21 in Savannah, Ga. The Lady Bears  haven’t beaten a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) opponent (2-16 overall, 0-5 MEAC) in more than a year, according to school sports […]

When Bowie State President Dr. Mickey Burnim retires at the end of this academic year the reverberations will be felt throughout the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association for years. During more than three decades at institutions throughout the CIAA Burnim has been at the forefront of helping the conference become one of the elite in NCAA […]

How do you put the cap on a stellar college career? By totaling 450-plus yards and three touchdowns against the Alabama Crimson Tide defense in the national championship game. Simple.  Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson just left his imprint on the college football landscape with a signature win over the top program in the country. Back-to-back Heisman-worthy campaigns set Watson up for a big stage and he took full […]

Professional boxer Gervonta “Tank” Davis knocked out Puerto Rican boxer Jose Pedraza in the seventh round to take the IBF super featherweight championship on Jan. 14 at the Barclay Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. Professional boxer Gervonta “Tank” Davis. (Courtesy of Gervonta Davis Instagram) The win made the 22-year-old Baltimore native the youngest world champion currently […]