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image by Gary Norris Gray BASN Staff Reporter
Cannot play with them, cannot win with them, cannot coach with them, cannot do it, I want winners”,
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Rodney Still Compeating
by Jerome Rogers II BASN Writer -- Jan 22, 2012 - 8:16:00 AM
In the rarified air that is being an African-American Quarterback in the National Football League, Rodney Peete has his place.


Tim Tebow For President . . . ?
by Desi Cortez BASN Columnist -- Jan 17, 2012 - 8:32:41 AM
The whole Grand Ol’ TEA Party Primary race is nothing more than a search for a Great White Hope to defeat Obama. While this entire elevation of Tim Tebow to mythical Super Whiteman heights is nothing more than a non-stop search for an Great White Hope.


Cam Newton: Say it loud, I'm Black n' I'm Proud
by Desi Cortez BASN Columnist -- Jan 5, 2012 - 8:20:00 AM
A battle between good n’ evil. A final conflict twixt The Mile Hi Messiah and the Carolina Con-Man. An Ebony heathen going against an anointed Viking Saint. Jesus versus the Devil . . . Tim Tebow pitted against Cam Newton . . . Black against White.


NFL Head Coaching in 2012
by Gary Norris Gray BASN Staff Reporter -- Dec 29, 2011 - 8:36:00 AM
This could be a disastrous year for African-American head coaches if their teams do not win the last game of the season. Only the Pittsburgh Steelers Head Coach Mike Tomlin and Marvin Lewis of the Cincinnati Bengals are safe.


Pigskins, Racism, Blind Patriotism and the Baby Jesus
by Desi Cortez BASN Columnist -- Dec 24, 2011 - 9:20:31 AM
To understand Tebow, think John Wayne, Humphrey Bogart, James Dean or Clint Eastwood - how Americans see themselves and their land. Tebow is the "Geat White Hope" o the 21st century. In his hands are not merely a pigskin, but the hopes and dreams of "Real Americans."


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