Category: Sports

The Dallas Mavericks earned what’s easily their biggest win of the postseason June 9, holding off the Miami Heat, 112-103, in Game Five of the best-of-seven NBA Final series. The Mavericks now take a 3-2 series lead, one win away from earning their first title in franchise history. Dallas received a strong performance from star […]

Former NFL receiver Plaxico Burress made headlines this week after being released from a conviction that carried a two-year sentence served in a New York state prison. Burress was once one of the best receivers in the league before accidently shooting himself in the leg while attending a New York nightclub in 2008, which led […]

Undefeated former boxing champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. recently announced his plans to return to the ring after more than a year following beating former world champ Shane Mosley. According to reports, Floyd will take on 24-year-old welterweight champion Victor Ortiz (29-2-2 wins-losses-draws record) in a winners-take all match scheduled for September 17. Mayweather relinquished his […]

The Dallas Mavericks even the series, 2-2, and forced a Game six to be played after edging the Miami Heat, 86-83, in Game four on June 7 at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas. Mavericks‚ primary scorer Dirk Nowitzki didn’t have his game shooting, only making 6-of-19 shots for 21 points. But the rest […]

Former Super Bowl champion Plaxico Burress was released after serving 21 months in a New York prison for an illegal gun possession conviction. The former New York Giants receiver walked out of Oneida Correctional Facility on June 6, meeting up with his family and friends for the first time since being sentenced in September 2009; […]

The Miami Heat could thank Dwyane Wade for his 29 points and 11 rebounds. Or they could give credit to Chris Bosh (18 points) for sinking a crucial shot in the waning moments. But perhaps the majority of the credit for the Heat’s 88-86 Game Three victory over the Dallas Mavericks should go to their […]

Whatever switch it was that got the Dallas Mavericks clicking in the waning minutes of their Game Two showdown with the Miami Heat, Dirk Nowitzki flipped it. The Mavericks star forward scored nine points in the fourth quarter to help erase a 15-point deficit and banked the deciding layup to give Dallas a 95-93 win […]

With the announcement of longtime center Shaquille O’Neal’s retirement from the NBA on June 3, the AFRO Sports Desk decided to size up O’Neal’s career and where it should finish among the greatest centers in NBA history. With a string of dominant bigs, including the likes of Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar; finding […]

LeBron James scored 24 points with 9 rebounds and 5 assists as the Miami Heat cruised to a 92-84 win over the Dallas Mavericks in Game one of the NBA Finals on May 31 at American Airlines Arena in Miami. James, who left the Cleveland Cavaliers last summer to join Heat star guard Dwyane Wade […]

Sequels usually aren’t as good as the original, but the 2011 NBA Finals should be an exception. The Miami Heat and the Dallas Mavericks will face off in a championship series for the second time since 2006, and this time around there’s a lot more star power on both rosters. Heat star guard Dwyane Wade, […]