Category: Sports

Sports media trailblazer Claire Smith has been named the recipient of the 2017 J.G. Taylor Spink Award. Claire Smith, ESPN’s news editor of remote productions, poses during Major League Baseball’s winter meetings, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2016 in Oxon Hill, Md. Smith is the first woman to win the J.G. Taylor Spink Award for meritorious contributions […]

The ninth Maryland Crab Bowl high school all-star game slated for Dec. 18 boasts the best collection of prospects since its inception and has put the free state’s talent on a stage that has gained national attention. The game and corresponding practices will be held on the campus of Bowie State University. The Maryland Crab […]

Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook has been putting up MVP-worthy numbers so far this season. He’s averaging a triple-double on the year with 31 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists per night, putting him in Oscar Robinson territory. It could be a challenge for him to maintain his showy average but it isn’t impossible. Perry Green and Stephen D. […]

Quarterback Joe Flacco put on one of the best performances of his career, tossing four touchdowns as the Baltimore Ravens dominated the Miami Dolphins in their most impressive victory this season: A 38-6 beatdown on Dec. 4 at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, Md. Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco, center, throws to a receiver in […]

Arizona quarterback Carson Palmer threw for 300 yards and three touchdowns as the Arizona Cardinals defeated Washington’s NFL team, 31-23, on Dec. 4 in Glendale, Ariz. The Washington Redskins and the Arizona Cardinals line up during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Dec. 4, 2016, in Glendale, Ariz. The Cardinals won 31-23. […]

For the Washington Wizards (6-12), the common theme in their early season struggles has been the same: defense. The Wizards have allowed opponents to score 100 or more points in 11 of their 12 losses so far this season. The team’s defense has been bad, so bad that even head coach Scott Brooks tried to give the team a spark this week by calling out […]

The Morgan State Bears’ losing slump extended to four games after a 72-58 loss to Rutgers University on Dec. 3 in Piscataway, N.J. The loss dropped the Bears’ record to 2-6 so far this season; their only wins came in back-to-back home victories against Wilmington University and Campbell University on Nov. 17 and Nov. 19. […]

The Howard Bison finally tasted victory this season. Junior guard James Miller scored 30 points to lead the Howard Bison men’s basketball team to a 71-54 win over American University on Dec. 3 at Burr Gymnasium in Washington, D.C. It marked the first win of the season for Howard (1-5), who lost the first five […]

It was 20 years ago last month when the world began to understand that golf, at least for the near future, wouldn’t be the same. Tiger Woods was on the prowl in Las Vegas, stalking what would become his first professional win. I walked inside the ropes alongside him, amid frenzied sounds from the crowd […]

Serena Williams has penned an open letter calling out what she sees as double standards faced by women in sports. FILE – In this Sept. 23, 2016, file photo, U.S. tennis star Serena Williams poses for photographers prior to the start of the Giorgio Armani women’s Spring-Summer 2017 fashion show, that was presented in Milan, […]

Welcome to the Afro’s weekly sports wrap-up. The Matchup Wrap-up: There were only two games to see this week. Dunbar versus Walkersville, and Fort Hill versus Edmonson-Westside. Both the Poets and the Red Storm were doing well this postseason. Unfortunately, last week both the Dunbar Poets and Edmonson-Westside Red Storm’s season came to an end […]