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Notable Deaths

As the AFRO prepares to end the year, we also remember those who have died in 2022. This is a compiled list of individuals...

Texas Metro NewsJanuary 3, 2023

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Black Student Without Legs Makes His Middle School’s Basketball Team

Nationwide — Josiah Johnson, an 8th grader at Moore Middle School in Louisville, Kentucky who was born without legs, has become a part of the...

Texas Metro NewsDecember 31, 2022

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RE: Allegations that a Texas Tech University Football Player used a racial slur against a player from the University of Mississippi, and request for an investigation into the same

Dear President Schovanec: I am deeply disturbed by allegations reported by The Washington Post, Sports Illustrated, ESPN, and other publications and networks, that a...

Texas Metro NewsDecember 30, 2022

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Luka Doncic Makes NBA History

Luka Doncic made both NBA and Dallas Mavericks history on Tuesday night before a sold-out audience at the American Airlines Center. The 23-year-old Doncic...

Dorothy GentryDecember 28, 2022

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Dirk Nowitzki Statue Unveiled Outside AAC

By Dorothy J. GentrySports EditorPhotos: Dorothy J. Gentry For 21 years he was the face of the Dallas Mavericks and a beloved athlete in...

Texas Metro NewsDecember 26, 2022

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Inside Phoenix Suns guard Chris Paul’s graduation from Winston-Salem State: ‘I just wanted to be a graduate, just like them’

Paul traveled cross-country to receive his diploma between NBA games, a proud and memorable day for his family

Texas Metro NewsDecember 20, 2022

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Dallas mavericks luka dončić and his foundation plan special holiday surprise and party for more than 350 pediatric patients at dallas’ scottish rite for children and two slovenian children’s hospitals

While never forgetting his Slovenian roots, Luka expands his holiday celebration and giveback this year to include pediatric patients in both his home country...

Texas Metro NewsDecember 15, 2022

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Black coaches happy to be where they are

by Charles Hallman Another View The Gophers women’s basketball team this season will play six games where their opponents are coached by Black women. Coming...

Texas Metro NewsDecember 9, 2022