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The Series That Never Happened
by Gary Norris Gray, BASN Staff Reporter
Americans can look forward to a great series this week in South Philadelphia and the Bronx. In the Summer of 1964, the residents of South Central Jersey, Eastern Pennsylvania, and the Bronx could not wait for the fall classic. However, it never happened as the Phils had an historic meltdown.
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How Curt Flood 'Ruined' Sports
by David Steele -- Apr 11, 2012 - 1:51:00 AM
Fans this blissfully ignorant and willfully uninformed are like gold to owners, and have been for more than a century. The truth is summed up in something Jim Bouton, the author of the legendary Ball Four, said years ago: players don’t deserve all that money, but owners don’t deserve it more.
American History of the Black Disabled in Sports
by Gary Norris Gray BASN Staff Reporter -- Mar 27, 2012 - 3:57:00 AM
Inland African countries like Northern Benin, Niger, Western Nigeria, Ivory Coast, and Western Chad, treated their disabled children like kings and queens. It was a sign from the Gods that these individuals were special and that they should be given respect.
The 'Colored Archer'
by Tony McClean, BASN staff writer -- Feb 25, 2012 - 4:35:00 AM
The sport of horse racing was built with the talents of Blacks whose jobs typically included trainer, jockey, and owner. One extraordinary jockey in this history was named Isaac Burns Murphy. Murphy was born on May 7, 1861 in the Fayette County area of Kentucky.
Muhammad Ali Is Still The Greatest
by Wesley Chism Jr., BASN Staff Reporter -- Feb 24, 2012 - 4:37:00 AM
Ali was serious about Islam and its teachings. He wasn’t trying to dodge a war as many reporters at that time would claim. As a matter of fact, when he had tried to apply a few years earlier he was declined because his test scores were a little low.
by Tony McClean, BASN Columnist -- Feb 23, 2012 - 2:12:00 AM
In 1948, Artie Wilson hit .402 and helped lead Birmingham to a 55-21 mark in the West, beating out the Kansas City Monarchs. Among one of his teammates that season was a 17-year-old by the name of Willie Mays.
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Americans can look forward to a great series this week in South Philadelphia and the Bronx. In the Summer of 1964, the residents of South Central Jersey, Eastern Pennsylvania, and the Bronx could not wait for the fall classic. However, it never happened as the Phils had an historic meltdown.
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How Curt Flood 'Ruined' Sports
by David Steele -- Apr 11, 2012 - 1:51:00 AM
Fans this blissfully ignorant and willfully uninformed are like gold to owners, and have been for more than a century. The truth is summed up in something Jim Bouton, the author of the legendary Ball Four, said years ago: players don’t deserve all that money, but owners don’t deserve it more.
American History of the Black Disabled in Sports
by Gary Norris Gray BASN Staff Reporter -- Mar 27, 2012 - 3:57:00 AM
Inland African countries like Northern Benin, Niger, Western Nigeria, Ivory Coast, and Western Chad, treated their disabled children like kings and queens. It was a sign from the Gods that these individuals were special and that they should be given respect.
The 'Colored Archer'by Tony McClean, BASN staff writer -- Feb 25, 2012 - 4:35:00 AM
The sport of horse racing was built with the talents of Blacks whose jobs typically included trainer, jockey, and owner. One extraordinary jockey in this history was named Isaac Burns Murphy. Murphy was born on May 7, 1861 in the Fayette County area of Kentucky.
Muhammad Ali Is Still The Greatestby Wesley Chism Jr., BASN Staff Reporter -- Feb 24, 2012 - 4:37:00 AM
Ali was serious about Islam and its teachings. He wasn’t trying to dodge a war as many reporters at that time would claim. As a matter of fact, when he had tried to apply a few years earlier he was declined because his test scores were a little low.
by Tony McClean, BASN Columnist -- Feb 23, 2012 - 2:12:00 AM
In 1948, Artie Wilson hit .402 and helped lead Birmingham to a 55-21 mark in the West, beating out the Kansas City Monarchs. Among one of his teammates that season was a 17-year-old by the name of Willie Mays.
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