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)"By Gary Norris Gray, Staff Reporter OAKLAND– When we were young we were told that the best players would get to start each game in middle school, high school, and college. The National Football League continues to fight the influx of African Americans quarterbacks. This year will be the first year that Black starting quarterbacks will […]
Read more "BEST MAN PLAYS: PART II"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 (# 00-10)"By Gary Norris Gray, Staff Reporter OAKLAND– When we were young we were told that the best man plays and would get to start each game in middle school, high school, and college. Somehow and somewhere the rules and goals changed in professional sports i.e. the National Football League. The League is currently trying to sell […]
Read more "BEST MAN PLAYS: PART I"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"By Gary Norris Gray, Staff Reporter OAKLAND — Attention, attention, click those heels together, stand straight up, and salute when these young Black men enter the room. This is the future of the National Football League. These twelve souls are changing the face of professional football at the quarterback position in the most positive way, […]
Read more "2019 ROLL CALL: BLACK QUARTERBACKS IN NFL"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!!!"By Gary Norris Gray, Staff Reporter Russell Wilson Dak Prescott OAKLAND — The National Football League will be celebrating its 100 year anniversary in the United States. The league must be feeling the heat, the […]
Read more "2019 BLACK NFL QUARTERBACKS"By Gary Norris Gray, Staff Reporter The National Football League will celebrate its 100th year this fall. This is the Oakland Raider contribution with 60 years of their history. We start with the most iconic team song. OAKLAND, CA:-The Autumn Wind lyrics and melody have played in my head at the beginning of each year’s pre […]
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