With Johnson and Central playing for St. Paul City Conference bragging rights in boys’ basketball (at the time of this publication), here are some boys’ basketball pictures from this season and one from the past, along with the following descriptions: 1. QUASHINGM SMITH-PUGH (with ball) of St. Paul Johnson drives around Roseville’s LOGAN BROWN. Smith-Pugh […]
January 2013
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Mpls native converts success as player into coaching know-how
By Charles Hallman Staff Writer Her players haven’t as yet called her “Coach,” but Kachine Alexander says she can’t wait for one of them to challenge her to a game of one-on-one. “I think most players still call me ‘Cash,’ admits the first-year Concordia University assistant women’s basketball coach. “They’ve been itching for me to […]
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Bobby Z presents 2nd annual benefit concert for heart health
Bobby Z’s organization My Purple Heart and the American Heart Association will present the 2nd Annual Benefit 2 Celebrate Life! on Saturday, March 9, 8 pm, at First Avenue in downtown Minneapolis. Robert Rivkin, a.k.a. Bobby Z, is the former drummer for Prince & the Revolution. This event will feature actress Maya Rudolph, drummer ?uestlove of the Roots, […]
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Press conference on Mpls high school racial incident held at MSR
A press conference about a recent racially charged incident at Washburn High School in Minneapolis was held Tuesday, January 22 at the MSR office. As told in a press release issued by Minneapolis Public Schools, on Friday, January 11, “a…group of students [dangled] a dark-skinned baby doll by its neck with a piece of string. Students recorded the incident and images were […]
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MLK Holiday Event Calendar 2013
Friday, January 18 7 pm, Friends School presents the 2013 MLK Celebration, The O’Shaughnessy, 2004 Randolph Ave., St. Paul • Free• 651-917-0636 or www.fsmn.org Saturday, January 19 8 am — 2 pm, Fifth Annual Power of Giving MLK Day of Service, Minneapolis Community & Technical College, T Building Plaza Dining Room, 1501 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis […]
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Django Unchained director really loves Black people!
Check out this photo in W Magazine: Quentin Tarantino defends his use of the “N” word, but is he really about the “E” word — exploitation? Write your own caption for this magazine photo and post it on our Facebook FAN PAGE for a chance to win an MSR t-shirt, calendar and newspaper subscription! Also check […]
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Stadium equity plan not yet a reality
Is a 32 percent people-of-color workforce goal overly optimistic? News Analysis By Mel Reeves Contributing Writer The plans are in full swing for the new $975 million Vikings stadium. And yet again many in the Black community hold out hope that the economic stimulus the stadium promises to provide will benefit them as well. […]
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Northside pastors partner to increase number of Black homeowners
Habitat for Humanity focuses on eight-block N. Mpls area damaged by tornado By Charles Hallman Staff Writer Homeownership among Blacks on the Northside has been waning in recent years, first because of the mortgage foreclosure crisis, and secondly by the May 2011 tornado. As a result, a group of North Minneapolis pastors met a […]
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Entrepreneur turns fetish into business opportunity
Divas in Motion brings unique shoe styles to Twin Cities By Jamal Denman Contributing Writer Divas in Motion is a small, intimate boutique located on the corner of 60th Street and Nicollet Avenue in South Minneapolis. It specializes in offering unique, one-of-a-kind women’s footwear that is not likely to be found anywhere else in […]
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Message to student-athletes: ‘No means no!’
Apparently based on recent events, two suggested prerequisite courses for all college studentathletes at all three NCAA division schools should be, first, an English class on the true meaning of the word “no,” and second a class on “making right choices.” A former Hamline University men’s basketball player was recently charged with felony second-degree assault after […]
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Prep Scene — Change of plans worked out nicely
Last Friday evening, the plan was to attend an important Classic Suburban Conference girls’ basketball matchup between host Tartan and Richfield. I wanted to see JESSICA JANUARY, Richfield’s leading scorer (headed to DePaul University next year), and Tartan’s TIA ELBERT, a junior guard whose scoring is off the charts with a metro-leading 36.4 points per game. […]
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NFL ‘final four’: Not much has changed
We have gone from the New Orleans bounty gate to general managers, head coaches, coordinators, player suspensions, and a record number of players fined for hits with helmets leading to tragedies like players losing their lives. One Kansas City Chiefs player murdered the mother of his child, then took his own life. The very next […]
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Sports odds and ends: Hill’s college career earns her high praise as ‘a special talent’
Despite playing sick, Tayler Hill poured in 24 points last week in her last collegiate visit to her hometown. In the process, the Ohio State senior guard and former Minneapolis South standout surpassed 1,700 career points — to do so, she needed only three points coming into last Thursday’s contest against Minnesota. “I actually didn’t […]
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When good people essentially do nothing
Power, politics, and policy and the influence they have over African American people The danger in trying to define “power” is that just when you have things all figured out, another form of power presents itself. As I sat in a movie theater watching the movie Lincoln, tears rolled down my face when the African […]
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This week’s Entertainment spotlights!
Maria Isa: 416 Club Commissions Sun., Jan. 20, 7:30 pm Cedar Cultural Center 416 Cedar Ave. S., Mpls., 612-338-2674 or www.thecedar.org Through collaboration with Adriana Rimpel of the local Cuban band Malamanya, Maria Isa will create five original songs that trace the Afro-Latina music scene in Minnesota. Tickets are $5. Lo-Key Fri.-Sat., Jan. 18-19, 9:30 […]
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The 252 lost to violence in just five years
It’s 2013, and we are still working on this issue of crime and violence across the country. However, I did get some feedback on my last article, so let me try to give some clarity again… The savage murders of 20 children is still outrageous and insane; the murder of eight adults in the same […]
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New music, new events and a dedication for 2013
Welcome to 2013. “When you’re moving in the positive, your destination is the brightest star,” Stevie Wonder sings, and so there it is, the goal for 2013. Looking ahead, here are some news items to help usher in your 2013 in a terrific and positive way. Plus, my top albums of 2012. It’s Miller Time […]
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Radioactive gas: a persistent health risk in Minnesota
Governor Dayton has declared January “Radon Action Month” to encourage testing Minnesota homes need to be tested for radon; winter is the best time to do it. Every 25 minutes, one person in the U.S. dies from radon-related lung cancer. It is the largest environmental cancer risk and t‹he leading cause of lung cancer among […]
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A healthy life requires much more than an annual resolution
“There is no end. There is no beginning. There is only passion for life.” — Federico Fellini New Year’s resolutions are a waste. People tend to make a promise on January 1 with great sincerity but follow it with little effort. Thus, 88 percent of New Year’s resolutions fail. Having a purpose and passion in […]