For NFL fans, it’s very a special time of the year. In this edition of GRIFF’s Prayer, GRIFF delivers an impassioned prayer to God to thank Him for the beginning of football season. After a long period of waiting while other sports seasons took place, he takes the time to bask in the excitement of […]

Towson University running back Darius Victor talks faith, family & football with Maurette Brown Clark.

The impact of the deadly shootings on police officers to citizens and citizens to police officers are devastating. Three police officers were gunned and four others injured in an apparent ambush in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. One of the officers killed on Sunday was the cousin of Virginia Tech quarterback Josh Jackson. Montrell Jackson had been […]

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According to a recent poll conducted by NBC News and the Wall Street Journal, President Obama has garnered his highest approval rating since the second time he was inaugurated. The results show that 51 percent of voters approve of how Obama is running the country; 46 percent of those polled don’t believe he is doing a […]

GRIFF‘s Prayer this morning is dedicated to those adamant football fans out there. Arthur Blank, owner of the Falcons, got approved to spend over 1 billion dollars on a new stadium in Atlanta by 2017. The stadium will have a retractable roof and will be a state-of-the-art upgrade from the current Georgia Dome, which is 21 […]

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On Thursday, Hayes was indicted on one count of aggravated assault with a handgun and second-degree murder in the shooting death of Smith.

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A federal judge ruled to keep a controversial North Carolina voter ID law in place, despite outcry from civil rights activists and residents who claim it has a negative impact on people of color. On Monday, U.S. District Judge Thomas Schroeder decided to dismiss lawsuits filed against state election laws. Judge Schroeder said there isn’t any substantial […]

The NFL’s top health and safety officer acknowledged Monday there is a link between football-related head trauma and chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE — the first time a senior league official has conceded football’s connection to the devastating brain disease. (ESPN.Go.com – Steve Fainaru) The admission came during a round-table discussion on concussions convened by […]

Former Baltimore Ravens player Ray Rice has been tapped to help coach and advise players of the NFLPA Collegiate Bowl as a co-running back coach, ESPN reports.

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Erykah Badu is known and praised for her authenticity, but the songstress recently took to Twitter to show us all just how comfortable she really is in her own skin.

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Roland Martin and NewsOne Now were on hand for the New York premiere of the movie Concussion, starring Will Smith as Dr. Bennet Omalu and Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Prema Mutiso, Omalu’s wife. From Sony Pictures: Will Smith stars in Concussion, a dramatic thriller based on the incredible true David vs. Goliath story of American immigrant Dr. Bennet Omalu, […]

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The University of Missouri’s football team has joined students in their protest against University of Missouri President Tim Wolfe by boycotting all football games until…