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By Perry Green and Stephen D. Riley, AFRO Sports Desk A 2-4 start hasn’t left the Los Angeles Lakers resorting to the panic button, but a messy team fight, suspensions and LeBron James coming up short in overtime spelled out a rough first week for a team with high expectations. LeBron doesn’t solve everything and the […]

By Perry Green and Stephen D. Riley, AFRO Sports Desk LeBron James has made a professional NBA team debut three times and counting in his now 15-year career. Despite an 0-3 record in team debuts, James has impressed each time he took the court. The ultimate team player, James can’t help but attract star attention whenever […]

By Stephen D. Riley, Special to AFRO I can’t remember the last time a Black quarterback was tops at his position but welcome to the future. Kansas City Chiefs signal caller Patrick Mahomes II is the real deal and perhaps the best in the league. And he’s only 23. Name it, Mahomes has it from the […]

By Perry Green and Stephen D. Riley, Special to AFRO Minnesota Timberwolves swingman Jimmy Butler is fed up and ready to go. The four-time NBA all-star has made his demands to be traded public since the start of the offseason. After failing to move the disgruntled Butler, he reportedly set off a series of curse bombs […]

By Tim Lacy, Special to the AFRO George Taliaferro is a name known and revered by some, and cause for others to utter,”who?” Whether you knew him, knew of him or didn’t, his legacy should be showcased right alongside Jackie Robinson. Jackie was the first African-American to tie up his spikes in Major League Baseball, and […]

By Stephen D. Riley, Special to AFRO It might take a while to get used to LeBron James wearing a Lakers uniform but it’ll be an exciting transition. After a nine-point, three-assist and three rebound preseason debut on Sunday, James dazzling for the Lakers just ups the ante a little bit more. Playing for Cleveland was […]

By Perry Green and Stephen D. Riley, AFRO Sports Desk  Seattle Seahawks super safety Earl Thomas had a unique way of thanking his soon-to-be former team for their loyalty last Sunday as he exited the field on a cart with a fractured leg. A menacing middle finger gesture by Thomas caught headlines and online views as expected but […]

By Tim Lacy, Special to the AFRO When Tiger Woods won his first tournament in five years last weekend, it was the fire that lit the fuse for the explosion that was yet to come. Weekend sports have become a ritual for my wife, Mrs. “L” and the knuckleheads, and their passion spills out all over […]

By Perry Green and Stephen D. Riley AFRO Sports Writers

By Perry Green, AFRO Sports Editor Floyd Mayweather, Jr. announced Saturday that he plans on coming out of retirement again, this time to fight Manny Pacquiao in a rematch. Mayweather used his personal Instagram account to make the announcement, posting a video of him running into Pacquiao’s entourage at a music festival in Tokyo, along with […]