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By AFRO Staff Passionate Black polo players joined Susan Smallwood in hosting the Polo x Jazz event with celebrities Judge Mathis and Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins from…
By Deborah Bailey, AFRO Contributing Editor, dbailey@afro.com Thanks to the Durant Family Foundation, the standout player at Bowie State University’s A.C. Jordan Arena this basketball season…
By Cliff Brunt, The Associated Press | The Afro Floyd Keith has waited half a century for a Black coach with Deion Sanders’ swagger and success…
By John Celestand, Word in Black Being a lover of sports since I was a toddler and later becoming a professional basketball player in the NBA,…
By Ralph E. Moore Jr. Face it, it has taken a long time to watch a baseball game from start to finish over the years. America’s…
Bay Area leaders and key notables in the city of Oakland congratulated Marc Spears, NBA writer for Andscape/ESPN for receiving the 2023 Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Curt Gowdy Media…
The Atlanta Hawks today announced their highly-anticipated promotional schedule for the 2023-24 NBA season, promising fans an unforgettable lineup of events and experiences at the award-winning…
A new interactive community training mural was unveiled in Chicago in partnership with Black Star and inspired by U.S. Soccer stars Crystal Dunn, Naomi Girma, and…
By Jonathan Landrum Jr.AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Usher has a new confession: The Grammy winner will headline the Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime…
By Mekhi Abbott, Special to the AFRO ‘It’s like hockey on horseback’ A perfect illustration of the sport of polo. However, even though one can start…