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FROM MONARCH TO ROYAL WITH STYLE

FROM THE MONARCHS TO THE ROYALS: KANSAS CITY STYLE By:- Gary Norris Gray-BASN-Staff Reporter OAKLAND, CA-(BASN) There’s a Kansas City style, to barbecue, and to baseball. The Kansas City Royals once...
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In his own words: Talking with Buck (Part 2)

PHILADELPHIA (BASN) –When I was a sportswriter/columnist with the Philadelphia Tribune back in 2005, I wrote a series of articles on the plight of African-Americans in baseball. One of the stories...
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In his own words: Talking with Buck

PHILADELPHIA (BASN) — When I was a sportswriter/columnist with the Philadelphia Tribune back in 2005, I wrote a series of articles on the plight of African-Americans in baseball. One of the...
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O’Neal’s Legacy Lives On

KANSAS CITY – The Kansas City Royals announced that the club will partner with FSN Kansas City to salute the Buck O’Neil Legacy Seat program recipients during the 2008 season. The...
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Baseball Needs A Reality Check

NORTH CAROLINA — With another baseball season set to begin, the sport must finally acknowledge that Barry Bonds is the major league home run king, having broken Hank Aaron’s record. The...
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O’Neil Tells Tales of Life, Baseball

It’s hot inside the Augusta Museum of History, but Buck O’Neil is looking mighty cool in his jazzy purple suit, and the handsome, white-haired old dude knows it. The ladies love...
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O’Neil Never Flinched Under Racism’s Whip

It was near Sarasota, Fla., in November 1911 that he came into a world that could have made any black man bitter, hostile, detached. He took a different route. “I was...