It’s too often said that an NBA season is a marathon. “I think the season is a work in progress all throughout the year,” states Detroit Pistons television analyst Greg Kelser. “Most people [think] the quarter-point gives you an idea of what a team might be about.”
Charles Hallman
Charles Hallman is a contributing reporter and award-winning sports columnist at the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder.
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Mpls police fortify Fourth Precinct
The six-foot-plus fence and cement barriers that now encase Minneapolis’ Fourth Precinct police station seem to symbolize the current police-community relations in Minneapolis.
Posted inGophers/College, Sports
NCAA volleyball preview : JSU up for the challenge
Facing your first round NCAA opponent — let alone the second overall seed on their home court — can be daunting. But the Jackson State Lady Tigers, the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) champs, are up for the challenge.
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What went wrong with CSI?
The Community Standards Initiative (CSI), a community-based program to assist Black students, initially struck many as a novel idea with potential. Community leaders felt an urgent call to advance culturally specific solutions based on their experience.
Posted inGophers/College, Sports
Gopher ‘family’ suits freshman goalie just fine
The third goalie in hockey sometimes looks like a third wheel. It’s mostly watching from the bench, the only action coming in practices and pre-game skatearounds. That hasn’t dampened Emma May’s enthusiasm for the game, however.
Posted inLynx/WNBA, Sports
Hoopster impatient for shot at overseas play
Tori Rule is waiting for just one phone call. “I want to go overseas, because that is what I’ve been trained to do,” she said in an MSR interview after her scheduled work shift at the Lake Street YWCA.
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PHOTOS | Protesters reject mayor’s call to leave Fourth Precinct
During the season’s first snowfall, a female protester using her feet wrote a message in the street with her feet — “Shut it down.” When asked, the young woman told the MSR her three-word demand was about the city’s Fourth Precinct station.
She and other protesters at present aren’t heeding the call of a “coalition” consisting of Mayor Betsy Hodges and 21 others, including U.S. Representative Keith Ellison, former mayor Sharon Sayles Belton, and former City Council member Don Samuels, who on Monday called for the nearly three-week encampment in front of the Northside police station to end.
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Freshman Mavericks guard home for the holiday
Last week Freshman guard JT Gibson helped his University of Nebraska Omaha Mavericks almost knock off the host Gophers in non-conference action.
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Sweet senior night memories for Gopher volleyball stars
“Senior Night” — it’s typically scheduled on the team’s final home game of the regular season.
Such an occasion took place on Thanksgiving Eve, November 25, at the Gopher volleyball team’s regular season home finale for seniors Daly Santana and Toni Alugbue at the Sports Pavilion.
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Preparing a workforce for the future
A 2012 Wilder Foundation research report forecast that 900,000-plus jobs will be need to be filled in the Twin Cities over the next 10 years. The Minnesota Demographic Center also points out that a five percent labor force growth is expected to occur annually through 2045.
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Circle of Discipline fighter launches pro career with verve
VeShawn Owens wanted his pro boxing debut to last as long as possible. He scored a TKO 90 seconds into the second round last Saturday at El Nuevo Rodeo Restaurant on East Lake Street in Minneapolis.
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Where’s the diversity in college sport leadership?
The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport (TIDES) Director Richard Lapchick once again notes in his latest study that key leadership at Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) schools and conferences “was even more White and male” this fall than last fall. Nearly 90 percent of college presidents, almost 87 percent of college athletic directors, and all 10 FBS conference commissioners are White.
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Local filmmaker debuts new film
Bahamian Son, a semi-autographical film, was filmed both in Minneapolis and the Bahamas. It stars Reggie Henderson, who wrote the screenplay and co-produced it.
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Fourth Precinct occupation winding down
The week-long “occupation” of the Minneapolis Fourth Precinct police station might be winding down, says a Black Lives Matter Minneapolis (BLM) member.
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Mizzou protest not an isolated incident
A University of Minnesota student group last year presented a lengthy list of demands to top school officials and held a sit-in protest at a campus building this past February. Yale University students of color last week presented a similar list to its school president, with a five-day deadline to respond.
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PHOTOS | Calls for justice intensify as police clash with protesters
The NAACP Minneapolis branch is calling for a federal takeover of the city’s police department in light of the treatment of protesters Wednesday night, said its branch president.
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Young Wolves forced to grow up fast
Minnesota Timberwolves Interim Head Coach Sam Mitchell, while recently reflecting on his mostly young team, sounded like an old James Brown tune with a new twist.
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When Black athletes take a stand
A group of University of Missouri Black players stood tall, and not on the field. Their stand should be duly recognized not for what they did, but for what happened because of what they did.
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Protesters demand action over police shooting, not more talk
The cry for answers from community members has only intensified in light of the announcement Tuesday that police shooting victim Jamar Clark has died.
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Protesters stand ground in North Minneapolis
On November 16, at around 5 pm, organizers of Black Lives Matter Minneapolis rallied at the Fourth Precinct to protest the police killing of Jamar Clark. Protesters marched, until they reached 94 West and blocked traffic, where some were pulled from the protest line and arrested. There was a total of 51 arrests, including two journalists. Everyone was booked and released within hours after the demonstration.