Spring semester classes at Bowie State University will begin next week, which means another class of students incarcerated at Maryland’s Jessup Correctional Institution will begin to take classes from the first historically Black college in Maryland – and one of only four HBCUs in the country – with a full bachelor’s degree program for people...
ATLANTA (AP) — Dexter Scott King, the younger son of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, died Monday after battling prostate cancer. The King Center in Atlanta, which Dexter King served as chairman, said the 62-year-old son of the civil rights icon died at his home in Malibu, California. His wife,...
Written by Sara Jane Gamelli X Instagram TikTok There are six games on the Sunday NBA slate, beginning at 3:30 p.m. ET and 10:00 p.m. ET. The Phoenix Sun have won four straight games following the return of their big three. Will newly acquired Pascal Siakam and the Indiana Pacers get a road victory against...
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. – There wasn’t a hint of surprise in Warren Moon’s voice because, well, he has seen this show many times. By now, Moon, the only Black quarterback enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, figured even casual NFL fans know that Kansas City Chiefs superstar quarterback Patrick Mahomes revels in challenges....
The recent Battle of LA revealed the thriving basketball scene in Los Angeles, featuring the second clash between UCLA and USC in less than a month. In the first match up at Pauley Pavilion, UCLA, led by sophomore guard Londynn Jones with 21 points and 7 rebounds, posed a formidable challenge for the then #6...
No matter how Jordan Love’s season ended, it was an unmitigated success. He put himself in position to secure a bag from Green Bay this offseason, obliterated the Dallas Cowboys with a 3-touchdown performance in his playoff debut, and was an all around feel-good story despite the unhappy ending. But Love does comes… Read more…
BALTIMORE – Everybody seems to have a so-called narrative about Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson. There was the narrative when Jackson came out of college that he was better suited as a wide receiver or running back. There are the game-by-game narratives that he still needs to improve this and improve that. And of course,...
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The future of Sports Illustrated is up in the air as The Arena Group laid off a portion of its staff on Friday, with the rest expected to be let go in three months’ time, according to Front Office Sports. Read more…
Pascal Siakam finally found his new home after months of trade talk speculation. Written by Sara Jane Gamelli X Instagram TikTok (Photo by Cole Burston/Getty Images) On Wednesday afternoon, the Indiana Pacers bolstered their roster, acquiring Toronto Raptors star Pascal Siakam in a three-team deal with the New Orleans Pelicans. In what I consider a...