Call Him Mr. Hamilton: The New King of The Road

By Gary Norris Gray, Staff Reporter For a sports fan the ultimate joy is the experience of watching excellence and witnessing the athlete’s perform at his/her best. This was in effect 20 years ago, when young Serena and Venus Williams played their first major tennis tournament. Even a lay person could see the difference the […]

The NFL Field Generals Report: Week No. 2

By Anthony McClean, Editor-In-Chief Emeritus After an opening week that saw the NFL’s 10 starting Black quarterbacks go a collective 7-3 (including a season-opening matchup between K.C.’s Patrick Mahomes and Houston’s DeShaun Watson), there was more history set to be made in Week Two. Entering Sunday’s contests, there were four scheduled head-to-head matchups between the […]

HEY, NBA!! IT’S TIME!!

By Gary Norris Gray, Staff Reporter OAKLAND- The National Basketball Association has to do a better job with their hiring and firing procedures. There are thirty teams and FIVE African American head coaches, 73 Black head coaches in 73 years, that is one per year. Remember the first Black head coach did not get a […]

The NFL Field Generals Report: Week No. 1

By Anthony McClean, Editor-In-Chief Emeritus A new NFL season gives us another opportunity to celebrate the black field generals of pro football. Every week after all the action, BASN Newsroom will give a different look at the brothas under center. With all the former and defending MVP’s, first-round picks, and other standouts in uniform, 2020 […]

BLACK ANGER, WHITE ANGER AT THE U.S. OPEN

By Gary Norris Gray, Staff Reporter The last two weekends the last major in tennis was played in New York City with many of the stars of the game taking a pass due to the Covid-19 scare. Men’s defending champion Rafael Nadal and Women’s defending champion Simona Helep. The long list included Stan Wawrinka, Ashleigh […]

An historic finish at The Open

By Richard Kent, Staff Reporter NEW YORK — Guess what? Neither Roger Federer, nor Rafael Nadal, nor Novak Djokovic won the US Open on Sunday. That could be a story in and of itself. After all, they had won the last 13 Grand Slams. That’s a bunch of years. Instead, Dominic Thiem defeated his buddy Alexander […]

A PEEK AT THE WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS

By Gary Norris Gray, Staff Reporter The new expansion hockey team embraced the people of Las Vegas and the people embraced the team, the two needed each other. The City of Las Vegas needed something positive to recover from a horrific tragic event two years ago. The Vegas Golden Knights were the answer. The Dallas Stars […]

Another title for Osaka

By Richard Kent, Staff Reporter NEW YORK — The cream usually rises to the top. And it did Saturday at Flushing Meadows. Naomi Osaka overcame a blistering start by Victoria Azarenka to defeat the 2-time Grand Slam champion 1-6, 6-3, 6-3. Not since 1995 had a US Open Champion come back from an opening set deficit. It was […]

SPEED KILLS: AN INSIDE LOOK AT THE 2020 STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS

By Gary Norris Gray, Staff Reporter Watching the Stanley Cup Finals this year might require speed skates and a solid neck brace, to follow the fast action on the ice because of the high scoring. This has been a different playoff season with the break in the action in March due to Covid-19. It has […]

100 & counting: Serena beats Sakkari, advances to Open quarterfinals

By Richard Kent, Staff Reporter NEW YORK — Both players played great. One of the players came up bigger on the biggest points. That was No. 3 seed Serena Williams, as she defeated No. 15 Maria Sakkari of Greece, 6-3, 6-7, 6-3 to book a spot in the US Open quarterfinals. It will […]