The Mighty O’Ba Sports Report The Importance of Local Athletic Recruiting An Open Letter to our Leadership and Athletic Directors By Patrick Freeman (BUFFALO, NY) During the last 25 years of being a part of sports media in Western New York, I have had the privilege of traveling around the country as an impartial observer […]
Read more "RECRUITING LOCALLY"By Anthony McClean, Editor In Chief Emeritus The National Football League is spending the entire 2019 season in celebration of their 100th anniversary. From Jim Thorpe to Jim Brown, Red Grange to Mean Joe Greene, and everyone in between, there is plenty to celebrate. We here at BASN Newsroom will join in the celebration as […]
Read more "100 Years of HBCU Greatness: By The Numbers (#11-20)"BASN NEWSROOM’S TEN MOST FUCKED UP THINGS ABOUT THE NFL, VOLUME ONE: MEDIOCRE WHITE QUARTERBACKS By Michael – Louis Ingram, Editor – in – Chief BASN NEWSROOM PHILADELPHIA (www,basnnewsroom.com) This bullshit started in earnest with the 2011 Draft – and possible number one selection, quarterback Cameron Newton from Auburn University… With years in of assessing […]
Read more "BASN NEWSROOM’S TEN MOST FUCKED UP THINGS ABOUT THE NFL, VOLUME ONE"American Pimped – The Old Heads’ Chronicles, Volume VI By Michael – Louis Ingram, Editor – in – Chief BASN NEWSROOM/ STR – ITR (Editor’s Note: When it comes to the money, shit can get funny. Who gets it, who keeps it, who steals it, who deals it. Allow this gem from the archives […]
Read more "AMERICAN ‘PIMPED’ – THE OLD HEADS’ CHRONICLES, VOL.VI"The First Super Bowl – (?) By Michael – Louis Ingram, Editor – in – Chief BASN NEWSROOM (Editor’s Note: Before the New York Jets would deliver the signature win which changed football forever, the National and American Football Leagues decided to create a championship game… As the first AFL – NFL Championship Game […]
Read more "THE FIRST SUPER BOWL???"Monsters from the Id: The Old Heads’ Chronicles, Volume I By Michael – Louis Ingram, Editor – in – Chief BASN NEWSROOM (Editor’s Note: There are times when we as Black folks are our own worst enemies; with that we present this gem from our archives…) “Morbius was too close to the […]
Read more "MONSTERS FROM THE ID!!!"TO DEFINE EXCELLENCE – The Chuck Ealey Saga Continues By Michael – Louis Ingram, Editor – in – Chief BASN NEWSROOM (Editor’s Note: With the opening of the 2019 college football season, we at BASN NEWSROOM feel it is time to revisit an issue we first took on at BlackAthlete.com a decade […]
Read more "TO DEFINE EXCELLENCE"THE COST OF TAKING A STAND By Patrick Freeman The Mighty O’Ba Sports Report BUFFALO, NY : The year was 1993 and most NFL players were celebrating their victory in free agency; but Freeman McNeil, who was the lead plaintiff in the lawsuit against the NFL never benefited from his sacrifice. McNeil would have been […]
Read more "THE COST OF TAKING A STAND"BASN NEWSROOM’S MASTER LIST – WIDE RECEIVERS by Michael – Louis Ingram, Editor – in – Chief BASN NEWSROOM (Editor’s Note: The BASN Staff and affiliated members of The Brother Man Network are putting together their top 100 Greatest HBCU Players; this is part of our process in this determination…) PHILADELPHIA (www.basnnewsroom.com) In […]
Read more "BASN NEWSROOM’s HBCU MASTER LIST TOP 100"APOLOGY REJECTED! (NOT BLACK ENOUGH IN AMERICA), PART II By Michael – Louis Ingram, Editor – in – Chief BASN / BASN NEWSROOM (Editor’s Note: This is part two of a Black Paper Series by BASN, first done in 2010…) PHILADELPHIA (BASN) The idea of reparations for Black folks was shot down early – […]
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