By JENNIFER THIBODEAUX BOURQUE AND MICHAEL – LOUIS INGRAM BASN NEWSROOM LAFAYETTE, LA and PHILADELPHIA PA (www.basnnewsroom.com) As the spectre of COVID -19 looms over sports, the effort to regain normalcy landed in two unlikely areas. The National Hockey League turned its post – season into an old school round-robin tournament. To the delight of […]
Read more "PADDOCK TO POST – TRIPLE CROWN REWIND"WILL ‘WAR OF WILL’ BE A RISING STAR – OR A “RISEN STAR?” By Jennifer Thibodeaux Bourque and Michael – Louis Ingram BASN NEWSROOM LAFAYETTE, LA and PHILADELPHIA, PA (www.basnnewsroom.com) For a Triple Crown series without a contender, this has been one of the more interesting in recent years… The first DQ […]
Read more "WILL WAR OF WILL BE A RISING STAR – OR A “RISEN STAR?” PADDOCK TO POST"By Jennifer Thibodeaux Bourque and Michael – Louis Ingram LAFAYETTE, LA and PHILADELPHIA, PA (www.basnnewsroom.com) The fastest two minutes in sport degraded into 22 minutes of “Truth or Dare” – and a humongous tragedy after the 145th edition of the Kentucky Derby. As sporting events go, the tone of the day denigrated from victory to […]
Read more "“HOUSE” CALL!"Run for the Roses 2019 – Can WIN WIN WIN…WIN? By Jennifer Thibodeaux Bourque and Michael – Louis Ingram BASN NEWSROOM MAURICE, LA and PHILADELPHIA, PA (www.basnnewsroom.com) The fastest two minutes in sport await as fancy hats and sharps ‘n flats meet at Churchill Downs for the 145th running of The Kentucky Derby. By […]
Read more "Run for The Roses 2019 – Can WIN WIN WIN…WIN?"I BET YOU! (A BASN Black Paper, continued) By Michael – Louis Ingram, Editor – in – Chief BASN Newsroom PHILADELPHIA (www.basnnewsroom.com) Over two years ago, rows of betting machines were lying dormant in parts of Central and Southern New Jersey. After much arm twisting, the road to legal sports betting outside of Las Vegas […]
Read more "I BET YOU! (A BASN Black Paper, continued)"Backstretch…or Back Broke? By Jennifer Thibodeaux Bourque and Michael – Louis Ingram, Editor – in – Chief BASN NEWSROOM LAFAYETTE, LA and PHILADELPHIA, PA (www.basnnewsroom.com) Justify, having survived the first true challenge on winning The Preakness by surviving a bounce effort, must now steel himself for the Test of Champions – The Belmont Stakes; […]
Read more "Paddock to Post – Triple Crown Edition: Backstretch…or Back Broke?"EDITOR’S NOTE: With Justify sitting one win away from horse racing’s Triple Crown, BASN Newsroom gives you a history lesson on two of the greatest black jockeys in the sport’s history. Yesterday, we focused on the great Isaac Murphy. Today, we focus on the legendary Jimmy Winkfield in an article that first appeared on the site […]
Read more "BASN Classics: The “Black Maestro”"EDITOR’S NOTE: With Justify sitting one win away from horse racing’s Triple Crown, BASN Newsroom gives you a history lesson on two of the greatest black jockeys in the sport’s history. Today, we focus on the legendary Isaac Murphy in an article that first appeared on the site back in May of 2005. By […]
Read more "BASN Classics: The “Prince” Of Jockeys"“Justifying” The Bounce By Jennifer Thibodeaux Bourque and Michael – Louis Ingram, Editor – in – Chief BASN Newsroom LAFAYETTE, LA and PHILADELPHIA, PA (www.basnnewsroom.com) Out of a full plate of twenty, we are down to a “light snack” of eight. The 143rd Edition of The Preakness Stakes, second jewel in the Triple […]
Read more "“Justifying” The Bounce"Triple Crown Redux: Merci, Geroux! By Jennifer Thibodeaux Bourque and Michael – Louis Ingram, Editor – in – Chief BASN/BASN Newsroom LAFAYETTE, LA and PHILADELPHIA, PA (www.basnnewsroom.com) On the eve of this year’s Kentucky Derby, it’s important to rewind last year’s Belmont Stakes; to reemphasize how it’s always the little things – that mean […]
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