By Dion Johnson, Special to the AFRO We Washingtonians, if anything, are a prideful bunch. With all the tough losses and idiotic things that come our way as fans, we have never wavered. Nevermind that this is “just hockey” as most hating-a** dudes have been uttering since late in the Eastern Conference Finals, once our Washington […]
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Durant’s Happy Being Favorite Stepchild and the NBA is Finished Because of It
By Stephen D. Riley, Special to AFRO “The Bay Area allows me to be who I am, as a city, to just blend in, and the team allows me to do the same thing,” Maryland native and the ultimate LeBron counter, Kevin Durant told Yahoo Sports this weekend. I sulked miserably after I heard the news. […]
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Which Team Fits LeBron Best for Next Season?
By Perry Green and Stephen D. Riley, AFRO Sports Desk Nobody knows whether Lebron James will leave Cleveland or not this summer but one thing is for sure: he’ll definitely be on somebody’s roster next year. Any guess would be a good one at this point but what factors do we consider? Is it about legacy […]
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St. Frances Football Goes National, Local Teams Won’t Play Them
By Perry Green, AFRO Sports Editor St. Frances Academy’s football team will prepare to take on opponents from all over the U.S. as a part of a national schedule after most of its neighboring schools in Baltimore refused to play against them this upcoming season. As a member of the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference, […]
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Serena Continues to Impress, Continues to be on Backburner
By Stephen D. Riley, Special to AFRO It shouldn’t matter that Serena Williams is a woman. And it shouldn’t matter that she’s Black. She’s probably in the top five of best athletes of all time and she does not get credit for it. Williams will play on June 4 against Maria Sharapova at the Grand Slam […]
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Death, Taxes and LeBron in the Finals
By Stephen D. Riley, Special to AFRO A believable shocker. I don’t think the phrase has been coined but it was the only words I could get off watching LeBron James clinch an eighth-straight Finals appearance in an 87-79 Game 7 win over Boston on Memorial Day Eve. Counting LeBron in for another championship round wasn’t the shocker but analyzing the way he […]
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Will Kevin Durant Leave if Warriors Lose?
By Perry Green and Stephen D. Riley, AFRO Sports Desk We’ve been so busy calculating LeBron James’ next move that we totally took Kevin Durant and the Golden State Warriors for granted. Not that we haven’t been marveling at their greatness even before Durant got there but we’ve just been assuming Golden State will hoist this […]
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The NFL Needs to Ignore Trump Before It’s Too Late
By Tim Lacy, Special to the AFRO Colin Kaepernick has assumed the guise of a Roman Soldier. He has thrown himself upon his sword. As a futile effort to bring a semblance of equality to the landscape of American racial relations, Colin chose to kneel during the National Anthem before football games. This action proved to […]
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NFL Polled Americans to Vote on If Kaepernick Should Be Signed
By Perry Green, AFRO Sports Editor The NFL polled Americans last summer to get their opinions on whether Colin Kaepernick should have been signed by a team, according to reports. Yahoo Sports (https://sports.yahoo.com/sources-nfl-used-polling-firm-get-public-opinion-colin-kaepernick-050421636.html) reported that the NFL hired The Glover Park Group, a Washington-based consulting firm that was co-founded by ex-NFL Communications Chief Joe Lockhart, to […]
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Legalized Sports Betting: Good Idea or Bad Idea?
By Perry Green and Stephen D. Riley, AFRO Sports Desk Supreme Court announced earlier in the week that wagering on college and pro spirits will now be legal and coming to a casino near you. While the parameters and rules haven’t been laid, imaginations have been running wild as to how the future of sports will […]
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LeBron Should Do Cleveland a Favor and Leave
By Stephen D. Riley, Special to AFRO We’ve been pondering LeBron James’ next stop for the past few seasons while the Cleveland Cavaliers have been keeping their fingers crossed that he doesn’t depart again. James has done wonders for the Cavs organization, turning a ‘90s laughingstock into an annual Finals contender with merchandise sales through the […]
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Can the Rockets Run With the Warriors?
By Perry Green and Stephen D. Riley, AFRO Sports Desk The NBA doesn’t want fans to consider the Houston and Golden State series as the real NBA Finals, but it’s hard not to. The Rockets and Warriors have been the two most impressive teams this season and in a series that will be equipped with three […]