Category: Sports

When both teams score well into the 100s in a matchup at Washington, D.C.’s streetball Goodman League, some NBA players must have joined in on the action. That was the case July 2, when Washington Wizards star John Wall teamed up with the Baltimore’s Finest squad to take out the Sweat Mob, 133-118, in the […]

Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis became a hot topic of discussion after the NFL Network recently announced that he was voted among the NFL’s top 10 current players, as voted by the players themselves. No big surprise, right? Or is it? While some believe it’s a no-brainer to pick a guaranteed Hall of Famer like […]

NBA analysts have continued to sing the praises of the job the Washington Wizards did in the NBA Draft on June 23. Washington was able to come away with three highly touted prospects, Jan Vesely, Chris Singleton and Shelvin Mack, from a draft class that most experts considered “weak.” While the draft’s first two selections, […]

Pro boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. said he remains open to the possibility of fighting Filipino superstar Manny Pacquiao following his fight with welterweight champion Victor Ortiz scheduled for Sept. 17 at the MGM Grand Casino in Las Vegas. It was the first time Mayweather has talked publicly about Pacquaio in nearly a year. Both boxers, […]

Diehard fans of the Baltimore Ravens and the Washington Redskins are patiently waiting for the end of the National Football League’s current lockout of its players. But according to a study released by Maryland’s Comptroller’s Office, football fanatics aren’t the only folks hoping for a speedy return of America’s most popular professional sport. Maryland Comptroller […]

Tennis superstars Venus and Serena Williams have won nine of the last 11 Wimbledon tournament championships combined, but there won’t be a 10-out-of-12 for the famous pair of sisters. Both Williams sisters were eliminated from the fourth round of the tournament on June 27. Venus, a five-time Wimbledon champ, was defeated 6-2 and 6-3 by […]

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Serena Williams wonders why she and her older sister Venus have played once each on Court 2 at Wimbledon this year — instead of Centre Court or Court 1. After winning her second-round match Thursday on Court 2, four-time Wimbledon champion Serena was asked about being put in that venue, where […]

There’s still a month left for the National Football League to end the lockout before it cuts into the 2011 season. Unfortunately for Carroll County, Md. residents, the lockout didn’t end soon enough to save their annual dosage of live, in-person football action. Traditionally, the Baltimore Ravens hold their annual summer training camp—last year covering […]

A disastrous 2009 season helped the Washington Wizards net a franchise point guard in John Wall. So, after finishing 23-59 in the 2010 season, the Wizards were looking for a few good men out of the 2011 NBA draft and, on June 23, and they scored big. With the sixth and 18th pick in the […]