Strictly For The Birds??

Mike Tyson (circa 1987)

by The Associated Press
An animal welfare group wants New York City prosecutors to investigate Mike Tyson's reality television show about pigeon racing.
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A Black Eye For Baseball
by Tony McClean, BASN Editor In Chief -- Mar 20, 2010 - 9:57:00 PM
The basic premise of the story has been well circulated over the years and BASN has re-run the story at least once since its original appearance. However, an e-mail I received back in 2007 shed a slightly different light on the late Mr. Powell and how the incident was reported.

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Paving The Way For Others
by Tony McClean, BASN Editor In Chief -- Mar 17, 2010 - 9:57:00 PM
He didn't take up the game in earnest until he was almost 30, but quickly became one of the top black players in Southern California, where he had moved to live with his mother after earning enough college credits to obtain a teaching certificate in the state of Texas.

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Beyond The Hype: Full Pockets, Empty Promises
by Diane M. Grassi, BASN Staff Reporter -- Mar 14, 2010 - 9:57:00 PM
How taxpayers can be expected to trust their state governments to invest in struggling enterprises, already in the red, in order to prop up their cash-strapped states, many nearing junk-bond status due to irresponsible governing, remains the $64,000.00 question.

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'A start' to ending gang killings
by Dave Krieger -- Mar 13, 2010 - 9:57:00 PM
It took the death of Darrent Williams, a popular Broncos cornerback with an infectious, gap-toothed smile, to bring into focus for much of the metropolitan area the brutality of its gang-driven underworld.

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The New Marshall Plan
by Desi Cortez, BASN Staff Reporter -- Mar 7, 2010 - 9:57:00 PM
If Newton Marshall is not single-handily shattering stereotypes then I don't know who is. Believe me, I'm a skier, and I do occasionally encounter the Caucasian guy who is astounded he's ran across a Colored skier . . . .

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