By Gary Norris Gray, Staff Reporter Fans are frustrated by intruding politics in their favorite sports bring to light the struggles of African Americans in the United States and Black people around the world. These fans are stating they do not want politics in their sport of choice. The claims of politics became more strident after […]
Read more "NO POLITICS IN SPORTS, RIGHT??"By Gary Norris Gray, Staff Reporter The NBA has 30 teams in the league and half of the head coaching jobs will be filled by African Americans for the 2022-23 season. The highest number since ten years ago. The NBA is proving to the NFL that it does not need the Rooney Rule to fill […]
Read more "THE GREGG POPOVICH COACHING TREE"By Gary Norris Gray, Staff Reporter Your honor, I accuse the American Sports media of character assassination in the first degree! This week, Major League Baseball celebrates the 75th anniversary of Jackie Robinson entering the major leagues. We also celebrated the return to golf by Eldrick ‘Tiger’ Woods at the Masters in Georgia. This all […]
Read more "STOP THE BULL!!!!!"By NBA Media The NBA Play-In Tournament includes teams with the 7th through 10th-highest winning percentages in each conference and takes place April 12-15. Here’s a look at the final matchups. Eastern Conference 1. Miami Heat (clinched No. 1 seed)2. Boston Celtics (clinched No. 2 seed)3. Milwaukee Bucks (clinched No. 3 seed)4. Philadelphia 76ers (clinched […]
Read more "Survive & Advance: How the NBA Play-In Tournament spots got settled"The National Basketball Association (NBA) enters this year’s conference finals with three African American head coaches leading their teams to a possible championship. At the same time younger Black assistant coaches are being by passed consistently.
Read more "The 2021 NBA Coaching Carousel"By Anthony McClean, Editor-In-Chief Emeritus As the year slowly begins to wind down, BASN has devoted the final days of 2020 and the early days of 2021 to look back at the pioneers, contributors, and innovators we lost during the last 12 months. The specter of Covid-19 has been prevalent all year and the sports […]
Read more "Notable Sports Deaths of 2020: November & December"As the year slowly begins to wind down, BASN has devoted the final days of 2020 and the early days of 2021 to look back at the pioneers, contributors, and innovators we lost during the last 12 months.
Read more "Notable Sports Deaths of 2020: October"As the year slowly begins to wind down, BASN will devote the final 12 days of 2020 to look back at the pioneers, contributors, and innovators we lost during the last 12 months. The specter of Covid-19 has been prevalent all year and the sports world was no different.
Read more "Notable Sports Deaths of 2020: August & September"As the year slowly begins to wind down, BASN will devote the final 12 days of 2020 to look back at the pioneers, contributors, and innovators we lost during the last 12 months. The specter of Covid-19 has been prevalent all year and the sports world was no different.
Read more "Notable Sports Deaths in 2020: June"As the year slowly begins to wind down, BASN will devote the final 12 days of 2020 to look back at the pioneers, contributors, and innovators we lost during the last 12 months. The specter of Covid-19 has been prevalent all year and the sports world was no different.
Read more "Notable Sports Deaths in 2020: May"
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