MAGIC LAMP, GRANT MY WISH

By Gary Norris Gray, Staff Reporter “YOU PLAY TO WIN THE GAME”- Herm Edwards stated this many years ago in New York City but the following athletes never got a chance or will never get a chance to prove that they were the best in their sport. These twelve athletes would have broken many records if […]

THREE STRIKES YOU’RE OUT!

By Gary Norris Gray, Staff Reporter OAKLAND — Major League Baseball will begin the season in two weeks but it has some major league issues to solve. MLB continues to fight with itself with its lack of promoting the game to young African-Americans. MLB continues promoting its Reviving Baseball in the Inner Cities (RBI) Program […]

MLB Playoff Capsules: The American and National League Championship Series

By Anthony McClean, Editor In Chief Emeritus Back in the day, the baseball playoffs just was a simple dance in October. Two divisions in each league would meet in the best-of-five League Championship Series with the winners meeting in the World Series. Hell, even before that concept came to fruition in 1969, all teams in […]

MLB Playoff Capsules: Division Series

By Anthony McClean, Editor In Chief Emeritus After nearly seven months of walk-offs, endless video reviews, pitching changes, defensive shifts, and so many other things too tedious to talk about, we baseball fans finally get the payoff. Say hello to the REAL season. Or as Foghorn Leghorn would say, “Postseason, that is!!” You grind through […]

BASN Classics: The Last .400 Hitter

EDITOR’S NOTE: This article first appeared on BASN Newsroom in March of 2005. By Anthony McClean, Editor In Chief Emeritus NEW HAVEN — When Boston’s Ted Williams hit .406 to win the AL batting crown in 1941, he was regarded by many as baseball’s last .400 hitter. However, a brief look at the history books […]

I BET YOU! (A BASN Black Paper, continued)

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 […]

2018 MLB postseason schedule revealed

NEW YORK — Major League Baseball has announced the schedule for the 2018 Postseason, which is set to open with the National League Wild Card Game presented by Hankook on ESPN on Tuesday, October 2nd, followed by the American League Wild Card Game presented by Hankook on TBS on Wednesday, October 3rd. Game One of […]

BASN Classics: They Chose To Serve

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story first appeared on BASN Newsroom in May 2006. By Tony McClean, Editor In Chief Emeritus NEW HAVEN — When it was all said and done, they chose to serve. Despite the racial inequities they received on and off the field, they chose to serve. Whether it was World War […]

2018 MLB Draft Details Announced

Major League Baseball will hold day one of the 2018 MLB Draft on Monday, June 4th at MLB Network’s Studio 42 in Secaucus, New Jersey. This year’s Draft will begin live on MLB Network and MLB.com at 7:00 p.m. (ET). Prior to the start of the Draft, MLB Network will air a Draft preview show, also […]

HAPPY JACKIE ROBINSON DAY 2018

By Gary Norris Gray, BASN-Newsroom-Staff Reporter OAKLAND, CA.-The United States of America is going through another episode of traumatic race relations, with this country’s leader turning a blind eye to the current crises and even aiding and abetting the enemy with his comments. This on the 71st anniversary of Jackie Roosevelt Robinson breaking the […]