Archives for December 2006 | BlackAthlete

- Football
Another Coat of Burgundy & Gold Paint Not Enough To Fix The Redskins

WASHINGTON—The season couldn’t end soon enough for the Washington Redskins – known here in our nation’s capital as the Burgundy and Gold. The team finished the season at 5-11 after losing...
It’s Back!!: Score One For The NBA Players

SEATTLE — Welcome back, old friend. Boy, you were sorely missed. While some cheap impostor took your place for the first three months of the NBA’s exhibition and regular season, all...
- AllSports
BASN’s 10 Most Compelling Black Sports Figures of 2006

NEW HAVEN, Ct. — When putting together this list, a colleague of mine reminded me that “top 10 lists are a motha’. Someone always gets left off no matter how hard...
Tyson’s Rags-To-Riches-To-Rags Story Was ESPN-Born And Bared

LAS VEGAS — Twenty years ago, there were thousands of young American boys who dreamed of being Mike Tyson. Today, I’m pretty sure not even Mike Tyson wants to be Mike...
Brothers Are Brothers, No Matter Where We Happen To Be

SYRACUSE— With the “ear boogar” deeply inserted, I stared at the camera, waiting to make another appearance on “Quite Frankly with Stephen A. Smith”, otherwise known as “The Black Man’s Oprah”....
- Basketball
Nothing’s Eatin’ Gilbert: Driven After Distraction

WASHINGTON, D.C.— He slept in the lounge outside of the practice gym some nights, the better to wake up and start shooting immediately. He was preoccupied for a while with the...
- HBCU
N.C. Central Named BASN’s Inaugural Black College Football National Champions

NEW HAVEN, Ct. — When you look at the job that head coach Rod Broadway has done since taking over North Carolina Central football program in 2003, it would be safe...
- Boxing
Boxing In 2006: A Look Back

NEW YORK — The year 2006 had its share of ups and downs. The heavyweight division was more entertaining than the previous year. A 41-year-old retired as a light heavyweight champion...
- BASN BLACKBOX
Michael Vick’s Confusing 2006 Season

MICHAEL VICK’S CONFUSING 2006 SEASON ” ITS ALL UP TO ME ” Michael Vick has done something NO NFL QB ever has done before RUN for 1000 yards this season And...
- Football
BASN NFL Picks: Week 17

NEW HAVEN, Ct. — Before this weekend is over, some radio DJ or sports video editor is going to pull the old Donna Summer hit “Last Dance” out of the archives....