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Brandon Walker for Urban Media Today College Park, MD— Oregon held Maryland to 27 percent shooting in a 64-54 win in a slugfest on Friday night at the Xfinity Center. Oregon scored its first conference win of the season, while the Terps have now dropped their first three conference games of the season. The early going was a defensive affair, with...

By Renuka Rayasam BALTIMORE — David Fitzgerald knows how tough it is to prevent gun violence. In 15 years working in some of Baltimore’s deadliest neighborhoods for a program called Safe Streets, he said, he’s defused hundreds of fights that could have led to a shooting. The effort, part of Baltimore’s more than $100 million gun violence prevention plan, relies on...

By Brandon Walker for Urban Media Today Washington, DC— St. John's blended excellent three-point shooting, hitting 15 three-pointers, defeating Georgetown 95-83 on Wednesday night at Capital One Arena. Georgetown (9-5, 1-2 Big East) started the game with the first basket by Isaiah Abraham, then St. John's answered with two three-pointers by Oziyah Sellers, and St. John's (9-4, 1-2 Big East) brought...

By Ray Porter Jr. for Urban Media Today CLEVELAND, OH--The AFC North-leading Pittsburgh Steelers were ‘sitting pretty’ after their 29-24 win vs. the Detroit Lions. Along with the 2nd place Baltimore Ravens losing to the New England Patriots, all the Steelers needed was another Ravens loss to the Green Bay Packers on Saturday or for them to beat the Cleveland Browns...

By Ray Porter, Jr. for Urban Media Today DETROIT, MI--The Pittsburgh Steelers knew that their path to clinching their first AFC North Division title, would mean getting a win against the NFL’s #1 ranked offense in the Detroit Lions, who had been clinging to a spot in the Wild Card Playoffs with an 8-6 record. Like a 12-round boxing match,...

KANSAS CITY – Pitt Volleyball (30-5, 18-2 ACC) lost 3-0 to Texas A&M (28-4, 14-1 SEC) in the National Semifinal Thursday night at the T-Mobile Center, 27-29, 21-25, 20-25. The Panthers hit .344 and were led by Olivia Babcock's 22 kills on her .463 hitting percentage. Set 1: 27-29 A back-and-forth first set went to the Aggies. The set featured 17 ties and eight...

Brandon Walker for Urban Media Today Kory Mincy scored a game-high 26 points in a performance that featured clutch shooting from the field and on the foul line in the second half as George Mason pulled away late to defeat Loyola Maryland 86-79 on Sunday afternoon at the EagleBank Arena in Fairfax, Virginia. The game was back and forth with limited...

PITTSBURGH – The No. 1 seeded Pitt volleyball team (30-4, 18-2 ACC) defeated No. 3 seed Purdue (27-7, 15-5 Big Ten) in four sets Saturday night at the Petersen Events Center, 25-22, 25-21, 22-25, 25-17, to advance to its fifth straight National Semifinal. Olivia Babcock was named the Pittsburgh Regional Most Outstanding Player after leading the Panthers with 23 kills,...

By Ray Porter Jr. for Urban Media Today PITTSBURGH, PA--The AFC North-leading Pittsburgh Steelers were able to put some distance from the 2nd place Baltimore Ravens after defeating the Miami Dolphins 28-15 in front of 65,663 at Acrisure Stadium and the Monday Night Football audience. The win snapped the Dolphins (6-8) 4-game losing streak. “Man, we love Monday Night Football, mission...

By Brandon Walker for Urban Media Today Zennia Thomas led the Lady Bison with 11 points and 10 rebounds as Howard University Lady Bison earned a hard-fought 64-60 victory over the Hampton Lady Pirates in “The battle of real HU” at the CareFirst Arena on Saturday afternoon. Howard (8-5) led 8-6 after the first media timeout in a first quarter that...