Three of the six newcomers on the 2015 U of M volleyball team are Blacks: Toni Alugbue, Taylor Morgan and Kayla Buford join holdovers Daly Santana and Dalianliz Rosado as the most players of color in Gopher Women’s Volleyball Head Coach Hugh McCutcheon’s four-year tenure.
Charles Hallman
Charles Hallman is a contributing reporter and award-winning sports columnist at the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder.
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Spotlight on Gopher volleyball
It’s a rare sight in Big Ten volleyball, especially at Minnesota. The Gophers this season has three of the five players of color are Bl
Posted inLynx/WNBA, Sports
WNBA first round reactions
The MSR got a quick analysis from two coaches in the closing seconds of Minnesota’s two-point win over Los Angeles Friday in Game One of the Western conference semifinals.
Posted inArts + Culture, Movies
‘American Promise’ up for three Emmys
“I am very honored but as a Black filmmaker, we don’t trust the system in which we are going to be judged,” said Joe Brewster in a recent MSR phone interview. He and his wife Michele Stephenson co-produced and directed American Promise.
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The 46,000 consequences of crime
Collateral consequences are the additional state and/or federal penalties offenders often face once they’ve completed their jail sentences.
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Organizations partner in advocating for clean air
A new ad campaign to draw attention to the disproportionate impacts of smog on communities of color has been unveiled by a coalition that includes the NAACP and the Sierra Club.
Posted inLynx/WNBA, Sports
Sideline Lynx ‘coach’ offers playoff preview
The fourth-seeded Sparks are playing well, as opposed to Minnesota, who have struggled through a brutal August schedule (6-6) and lost their starting backcourt to injuries for much of that stretch while trying to incorporate new players into the regular rotation.
Posted inArts + Culture, Theater
Regina Marie Williams relishes dignified role in ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’
To Kill a Mockingbird takes the Guthrie Theater stage this month, running from September 18 through October 18.
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WNBA 2015 Playoff preview
The MSR assembled an experts’ roundtable to discuss this week’s WNBA Playoffs. This year’s matchup: East: New York vs. Washington; Chicago vs. Indiana — West: Minnesota vs. Los Angeles; Tulsa vs. Phoenix.
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The Only One | A jam-packed weekend of sports action
Five volleyball matches. Two play-off elimination games. Another first-time experience for the Only One.
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Athletes share their faith with fans at “Family and Family Night”
The Minnesota Twins and the Minnesota Lynx recently in the last two weekends held “Faith and Family Night” at their respective venues. After the game, fans were invited to stay and listen to players and others who shared their faith.
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Attacked all my life: Part III
According to the Mayo Clinic and other medical experts, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is “a mental health condition that is triggered by a terrifying event — either experiencing it or witnessing it. Symptoms may include flashbacks, nightmares and severe anxiety.”
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Real talk series for Blacks in corporate America launches in Mpls
This week Minneapolis will be the launching site for a series of conferences for Blacks seeking corporate leadership positions.
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‘Carter High’ film aims to be more than a typical sports story
Carter High, based on a true story about the 1988 Dallas Carter High School Cowboys, is set for national release October 30.
The film, which stars Charles S. Dutton, Vivica A. Fox, Pooch Hall and David Banner, was screened at the 2015 National Association of Black Journalists annual convention in Minneapolis last month. The movie tells the story of several members of the Carter football team who went on a crime spree after a state championship season in the 1980s.
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Gays in the clubhouse a sensitive inclusion issue for MLB
An athlete’s sexual orientation shouldn’t be a prerequisite for whether or not they can play their sport, and they should be able to do it without fear of reprisals.
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Baseball’s 2015 color line
Ozzie Virgil, Sr. in 1977 became the first Black major league third base coach, one of baseball’s on-field “thinking positions” like pitcher and catcher, or in the dugout, such as manager, pitching coach and bench coach.
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A new Ellis Island here in Minnesota?
According to the Pew Research Center, the number of undocumented immigrants in the U.S. reached a high of 12.2 million in 2007, and now is at 11.3 million — about 3.5 percent of the nation’s population.
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Attacked all my life: Part II
Vietnam War veteran Makolle Williams has lived a unique life in the course of his 73 years.
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NASCAR intern feels ready to practice law
Less than five percent of U.S. lawyers are Black according to a Lawyers of Color Foundation study. Yolanda Young authored the study using American Bar Association numbers, which show that over the last decade Black attorneys have increased by only four tenths of a percent, and the percentage of Blacks attending top law schools and large law firms “has actually declined.”
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Gopher football fans cheer for unpaid ‘field hands’
College football 2015 kicks off this week.
Item 1 — Minnesota Football Coach Jerry Kill last week received a $300,000 raise to boost his annual salary to over $2 million. He now joins his conference copatriots as a card-carrying member of the millionaire coaches club.