Former NBA player Robert Whaley was arrested on March 11 for hiding drugs in his butt, the Salt Lake Tribune reported. According to Salt Lake County police, the 27-year-old former Utah Jazz center was first given a minor citation for not wearing his seatbelt. But he made the situation worst when he gave police a […]
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Bears Clinch the ‘Big Dance’
The Morgan State Bears earned the biggest win of their season when they defeated the South Carolina State University (SCSU) Bulldogs, 68-61, on March 13 to claim their second consecutive Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) championship and punch their ticket to the NCAA championship tournament for a second straight year. But the historic victory also offered […]
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Tiger Woods Hires Former Bush P.R. Chief For Comeback
Tiger Woods has hired Ari Fleischer, former press secretary for George W. Bush, to help organize his comeback. According to the New York Post, Woods may return to golf at the Arnold Palmer Invitational in Orlando, Fla. on March 25. “They were in his living room this week going over a strategy for how to […]
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Skins Can Learn From Ravens’ Oz
Just what in the heck is going on around here? A Maryland-based NFL team breaks out the dollars at the start of free agency and it’s not the Washington Redskins? Nope, guess again. The Redskins’ Interstate 95 north neighbor, the Baltimore Ravens, pulled off the headline move of the weekend when they snagged disgruntled Arizona […]
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Georgetown’s Austin Freeman Develops Diabetes
Georgetown junior guard Austin Freeman has been diagnosed with diabetes. Doctors don’t believe the condition will affect his basketball career, however. Freeman, Georgetown’s leading scorer at (17 points per game) complained of a stomach virus before a home game against Notre Dame on Feb. 27. Freeman did not start the game but scored five points […]
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MEAC Offers ‘Big Stage’ for HBCUs
The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference basketball championship tournament, scheduled to begin March 8, has attracted more followers than normal this year, thanks in large part to the outstanding play of its top-ranked team, the Morgan State Bears. The Bears have won 23 games this season (nine losses), and are 10-1 in the MEAC. If they win […]
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Howard Finds Gem in Doyle
During a time when there are no secrets in the recruiting world of college athletics, Howard University may have trumped everyone and landed one of the best-kept secrets in women’s college basketball. When the 2009-10 college basketball season began back in November, very few people knew about Saadia Doyle. She did not come to Howard […]
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Morgan State Basketball: Bears Fall in ESPN Bracket-Buster
Morgan State has played outstanding basketball for most of this season, which is why they were selected to be one of the mid-major basketball programs to compete in the ESPN Bracket-Buster weekend games. Unfortunately for MSU, they were matched up against the Murray State Racers of the Ohio Valley Conference, who were on a 17-game […]
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Black Figure Skating Duo First in Olympic History
Many viewers in the African-American community took an interest in the Winter Olympics to follow Black speed skater Shani Davis. But they may have another reason to tune into the Winter Games this year. French pairs skaters Yannick Bonheur and Vanessa James will make history on February 21 when they become the first Black duo […]
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Morgan State Basketball: Bears on 11-Game Winning Streak
The Morgan State Bears extended their winning streak to 11 games with a rout of the Winston-Salem State Rams, 79-65, on February 13 in a non-conference matchup at Hill Field House in Baltimore. The win also improved Morgan State’s home record this season to 8-0. “We’re happy about the victory,” MSU coach Todd Bozeman said. […]
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Nate Robinson Wins Third Dunk Contest
New York Knicks star Nate Robinson became the first player in NBA history to win the slam dunk contest three times after edging out Toronto Raptors rookie DeMar DeRozan in the contest’s final round on February 13 during All-Star Weekend festivities in Dallas. The 5-foot-9-inch guard shocked several fan favorites in his past two dunk […]
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2010 Winter Olympics: Davis Starts Slow, but Ready for Fast Finish
Superstar speed skater Shani Davis finished his first event in the 2010 Winter Olympics with a 12th place time of 6 minutes and 28.44 seconds during the 5,000 meter race, finishing one place behind fellow America Chad Hendrick. But neither Davis or Hendrick were disappointed with their low placing as both Americans have trained and […]
