I have five words for everyone: First round selection – Juan Dixon. Yes indeed, he’s earned it. The NCAA tournament’s Most Outstanding Player has played his way to being a first-round selection in this year’s NBA draft. And all of you out there who disagree with me, probably thought that […]

She’s touted as a speedy, laser-throwing catcher with homerun hitting power. She stole 39 bases and hit for a remarkable .589 batting average while guiding her softball team to a 27-6 record. What’s even more amazing is that this was after last season: when she was still in high school. […]

Academically and athletically, international student-athletes are making an impact on campus. Various sports have players from Europe, South America, Africa and the Caribbean. “I have seen, in my time in the MEAC, an insurgence of international student-athletes in the Olympic sports,” said Ken Riley, athletic director. The international athletes perform […]

FAM,I know that I am a poet, but allow me these few moments to speak freely. While I am writing this,the clouds are rolling against the skycarrying a temporary night, pushing the sun over the horizon.I think it is about to rain.The climate is about to change.Life evolves and revolves […]

It’s no lil’ list. Lil’ Nino. Lil’ Nique. Lil O. Lil’ Pigg Penn. Lil Rascal. Lil’ Raw. Lil Ric. Lil’ Rob. Lil’ Romeo. Lil Sin. Lil Soldiers. Lil Spade. Lil Suzy. Lil’ Troy. Lil Wayne. Lil Will’. Li’l Willie Johnson. Lil’ Zane. Lil D. Lil’ E. Lil Dead. Lil Benny […]

Walker/Ford Pageant HelpLadies are desparately needed to help with walking and presentation for the Miss, Junior Miss, and Little Miss pageant . Practices are held every Tuesday and Thrusday from 6-8 p.m. and the Pageant will be held on April 19. The ages of participant ranges from 6 to 16. […]

DETROIT _ Grammy-award winner Eminem agreed to pay a Warren, Mich., man $100,000 in settlement of a civil lawsuit that claimed the rapper inflicted intentional and emotional stress on the man in a fight outside a bar in June 2000.Attorneys representing John Guerra and Eminem, born Marshall Mathers III, agreed […]

Let’s hope newlywed Ashley Judd chooses mates better in real life than in the movies. She picked a guy who dumped her after she became pregnant in “Smoke,” she hooked up with a bank robber in “Heat,” her hubby was a two-timing psycho in “Double Jeopardy,” and her boyfriend left […]

Supporters of more stringent drunk driving legislation in Florida assembled at the Capitol Wednesday to announce the Florida Legislature’s passing of the most comprehensive DUI legislation in Florida history. “We have put together one of the most monumental pieces of legislation in the nation in our efforts to stop drunk […]

NEW YORK – For Kathy Rohner and Barbara Pandolfo, the twin towers of light that soar above the lower Manhattan skyline each night are far more than luminous reminders of the Sept. 11 tragedy that killed their children and nearly 3,000 other people. “It’s like two beams reaching up to […]