Category: Sports

With a 29-24 victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sept. 1, the Washington Redskins improved to 3-1 this preseason to give them some steam as they head into the 2011-2012 National Football League season. After a dismal 6-10 campaign last season, Skins fans will welcome any signs of improvement. But despite an exciting finish, […]

The Baltimore Ravens sat nearly the entire starting unit during the final preseason game against the Atlanta Falcons on Sept. 1 at the Georgia Dome. Ravens’ coach John Harbaugh didn’t want to risk a chance of any of his key players getting injured so he let the second- and third-string players fight off the Falcons […]

Charges of lying about performance enhancing drug use have been dropped against former major league baseball star slugger Barry Bonds, a federal judge in San Francisco declared Sept. 1. The ruling, on an Aug. 31 motion by U.S. Attorney for San Francisco Melinda Haag, ends the threat of a new trial on perjury charges against […]

The scene surrounding the tiny neighborhood of Barry Farms on a cool Thursday evening couldn’t have been cropped better if it arrived fresh out of a movie. Blaring music veered around the corner; the trace of barbecue decorated the air above the local playground; smiles and grins outlined several faces in the audience and the […]

The road to redemption for National Football League player Mike Vick, following his dog-fighting days, has led him to once again sign-up with a company that has proven its loyalty to troubled athletes: Nike. In 2007, Nike—along with Coca-Cola, Kraft, EA Sports—dropped the then-Atlanta Falcons football player after it was uncovered that Vick was a […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Two days after playing her first match in two months, Venus Williams suddenly pulled out of the U.S. Open on Wednesday, revealing she recently was diagnosed with Sjogren’s syndrome, an autoimmune disease that can cause joint pain. The 31-year-old American has won seven Grand Slam titles, including at Flushing Meadows in […]

On a night when tens of thousands of Baltimore City residents remained without power, Baltimore native Carmelo Anthony joined LeBron James, Chris Paul, and Kevin Durant to electrify an over-capacity crowd at Hill Field House at Morgan State University. Anthony, James, and Paul took to the court as members the Baltimore-based Melo League, challenging Durant […]

Barry Bonds’ obstruction of justice conviction has been upheld by a federal judge, who denied the home run king’s motion for a new trial or acquittal on the charge. More than four months after the verdict and one day after hearing oral arguments, U.S. District Judge Susan Illston in San Francisco issued a 20-page order […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former NBA player Javaris Crittenton was in police custody after being arrested at a Southern California airport to board a flight to Atlanta, where his lawyer said he would go to surrender in a murder case. Crittenton, who was suspended from the league for having guns in a locker room with […]

Following in the footsteps of the recent Los Angeles vs. Washington, D.C. streetball clash, Morgan State University will be the host site of tonight’s basketball mega showcase at 7p.m. headlined by LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony. Last weekend’s faceoff between California’s Drew League and the District’s George Goodman League swarmed the nation’s capital and sold out seats […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Venus Williams takes these tournaments one match at a time. Not a bad plan for a player who’s played only one match since Wimbledon. Williams returned to tennis on the big stage Monday, winning her first match at the U.S. Open after a two-month break she needed to fight off a […]

NBA superstars’ LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony and Washington, D.C.’s Kevin Durant and many more high profiled basketball players took over Morgan State University’s Hill Field House basketball arena on August 30, performing in a celebrity basketball game that attracted thousands to the campus. The game was put together within only the last few days, but […]