When you are sweltering in the heat of two-a -ays during the start of NFL training camp there are always questions that need to be answered before the games count. Such is the case in Ashburn, Va. where –despite their stability this off-season–the Burgundy and Gold still have enough questions to ponder before drinking the […]
Former NFL defensive back Irv Cross, the first African American network TV football analyst and studio host, will join Mark Gray on The SportsGroove at 7:34 PM ET on NewsTalk 1450 and http://www.woldcnews.com. Cross will be inducted into the Pro Football HOF as the Pete Rozelle Award recipient during a ceremony on August 7 and […]
VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: James von Brunn was indicted Wednesday in the fatal shooting last month of a security guard at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. Von Brunn, 89, of Annapolis was charged in a seven-count indictment with the killing of Stephen T. Johns, who was providing security at the museum June 10. Von Brunn, […]
VIA CBS NEWS: Michael Jackson’s mother will get custody of his three children under terms of a deal that’s just been reached. The word comes in an exclusive interview by “Early Show” features reporter and weather anchor Dave Price of L. Londell McMillan, the attorney for Katherine Jackson. He says Katherine, 79, and Debbie Rowe, […]
What do Floyd Mayweather Sr., Tisha Campbell-Martin, Evander Holyfield, Bill Russell and Angie Stone have in common? They are all victims of Sarcoidosis. Bernie McCain addresses a disease that effects many in the African American community but is little discussed. Sarcoidosis is a disease due to inflammation. The disease is characterized by the presence of […]
(Germantown, MD) — Montgomery County Police have identified the man shot and killed by police in Germantown early this morning. Police spokeswoman Lucille Baur says 39-year-old Eliodoro Hernandez was shot after police responded to a 911 hangup on Eagles Nest Court. Police say the fatal shot was fired by Officer Jesse Dickensheets, who has been […]
VIA NEWSONE: Meet the real Joe Jackson — beyond the rumors, beyond the stereotypes, beyond the usual answers to the typical questions. In a joint NewsOne/TVOne exclusive, Joe Jackson reveals more than ever before of himself and his relationship with his late son Michael. Joe Jackson talks candidly with NewsOne’s Smokey Fontaine about: … the […]
President Obama will have a beer with two men at the heart of a national controversy on racism tonight. On July 16th, Cambridge, Massachusetts Police Sergeant James Crowley responded to a call about a possible break-in at the home of black Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Junior. Gates got angry, accusing Crowley of racism. Copyright […]
VIA WTOP: WASHINGTON — The latest complaint against a Metro operator may be the most disturbing yet. Transit agency officials say a bus operator got into an argument with a passenger and refused to let that passenger off the bus last Saturday. After Metro Transit Police responded and took statements from the driver, the passenger […]
(Washington, DC) — It took more than 100 firefighters to knock down a massive house fire in the 3000 block of Chain Bridge Road. Fire officials say the blaze in the three-story home began around 8:30 Wednesday evening. Firefighters initially faced water supply problems in the area, an issue DC Fire Chief Dennis Rubin says […]
