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"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"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!!!"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 […]
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