Category: Sports

The New York Yankees recognized their oldest living fan recently, a Black Brazil-born New Yorker who, at the age of 111, can say, more than anyone else, “been there, done that.” Bernando LaPallo can say, for instance, he saw, from a seat in the bleachers, Babe Ruth, Jackie Robinson and scores of other baseball legends […]

PARIS (AP) — Serena Williams won her 16th Grand Slam title and her first French Open championship since 2002 when she beat familiar foil Maria Sharapova 6-4, 6-4 on Saturday. The victory completed the No. 1-ranked Williams’ rebound from a shocking loss to 111th-ranked Virginie Razzano in the first round at Roland Garros a year […]

New York Knicks guard Jason Kidd and Los Angeles Clippers forward Grant Hill have both decided to hang up their jerseys for good. Hill retired from the National Basketball Association on June 1 and Kidd followed suit retiring two days later on June 3. “My time in professional basketball has been an incredible journey, but […]

WASHINGTON— President Barack Obama welcomed the Super Bowl champion Baltimore Ravens to the White House June 6, congratulating the team on its unlikely title run– and offering some good-natured jibes. At a South Lawn event, Obama praised the team not only for the goal-line stand that sealed its second Super Bowl trophy, but its charitable […]

Epiphanny Prince sprained her right ankle while playing in an exhibition game for the Russian national women’s basketball team against China on Thursday night. X-rays on the ankle were negative, but Prince will head back to Chicago on Friday to be evaluated by Dr. Lowell Scott Weill Sr. He performed surgery on Prince when she […]

African American athletes, including several from Baltimore, are among the top 34 earners on the Forbes list of the world’s 100 highest paid athletes. The magazine’s annual list compiles the athletes’ earnings from salary or winnings and endorsements since last June. The list does not include agent fees, taxes or investment gains or losses. At […]

The world’s fastest man, Usain Bolt, told reporters this week that he plans to hang up his running shoes after the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Bolt had previously hinted at a future career in soccer, and he’s known to be a talented cricket player. In the meantime, however, Bolt said he plans […]

It’s come down to this: the San Antonio Spurs vs. the Miami Heat for the 2013 NBA title. After a pair of incredible seasons, both the Heat and Spurs arrive to the NBA’s grandest stage as the clear-cut best of both the eastern and western conferences. Both teams arrive with their Big Threes intact and […]

His nickname belied his calling. David “Deacon” Jones was the most feared member of the Fearsome Foursome, the original sackmaster. Reggie White, Bruce Smith, Lawrence Taylor — they all followed the lead set by Jones, who died Monday at 74. “Deacon Jones was one of the greatest players in NFL history. Off the field, he […]

PARIS (AP) — A point from losing the first set of his French Open quarterfinal, Roger Federer shanked a routine forehand, sending the ball 10 feet beyond the opposite baseline. The Court Philippe Chatrier crowd roared with approval, then loudly chanted the last name of Federer’s opponent, Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. That shot was a clear […]

WASHINGTON, D.C.–It was not what they wanted. But the Atlanta Dream gave the Washington Mystics the blues in all phases of the game in a 73-63 victory over Washington in their home opener at the Verizon Center June 1. Washington players couldn’t seem to get out of their own way at times. Sometimes it was […]

PARIS (AP) — When Serena Williams had won the final point Sunday, she paused behind the baseline to urge herself on with one last fist pump. “Come on!” she shouted, as if her work wasn’t done — which it isn’t. Williams earned a berth in the French Open quarterfinals and extended her career-best winning streak […]