Gopher swimmers focus on upcoming tournaments
There are approximately 100 African American and other student-athletes of color this school year at the University of Minnesota. In...
‘America ReFramed’ Season 5: A closer look at two of this season’s offerings
Edythe Boone in front of a mural she painted called “Music on Our Minds” in Berkeley, CA. America ReFramed, a...
How to break the glass ceiling
Big Sky commissioner reveals what got her where no Black woman has gone before Andrea Williams Andrea Williams is the...
History Center honors Penumbra Theatre’s 40th year
Lou Bellamy A local Black history exhibit is now on display at St. Paul’s Minnesota History Center. “Penumbra Theatre at...
Is it open season on free speech? Experts weigh the state of the First Amendment
(l-r) Guy Benson and Jane Kirtley The First Amendment protects all kinds of free speech, including “harmful” and objectionable speech....
DeLaSalle volleyball prep is A&M-bound
Paris Smith as a youngster literally shopped around before she found volleyball. Now the local high school senior will play...
Men still coach majority of women’s collegiate teams
It’s second semester on most college campuses. What better time to check and assess NCAA Division I institutions in hiring...
Historian: Black athletes should use their numbers as political leverage
Professor John Hoberman Historically, sports and entertainment have been the two readily acceptable areas of society where Blacks could show...
Legendary Rance Allen Group still stirring souls after all these years
Rance Allen (center) formed the The Rance Allen Group Their late mother would be proud of Rance Allen and his...
‘Hidden Figures’ author honored to shine light on untold Black history
Margot Lee Shetterly Black history and U.S. history are synonymous, said best-selling author Margot Lee Shetterly. Her book, Hidden Figures:...
DeLaSalle’s Baker signs with Cornell
Ivy League, here he comes. It’s a destination JT Baker first pledged for his choice of college one day. Cornell,...
‘Trump effect’ has liberated closet racists, says historian
Professor John Hoberman Under President Donald Trump, the U.S. may now have moved into a time of not having to...
Doulas comfort mothers during pregnancy and childbirth
Women of color value support from someone who shares their culture (l-r): Dr. Rachel Hardeman and Akmiri Sekhr-Ra More than...
‘I Am Not Your Negro’ rings powerfully true today
He didn’t live to see today’s America, but James Baldwin (1924-1987) predicted that a-then divided America would continue to exist so long as...
‘New’ student-athletes having an impact on NCAA
This year’s recently concluded NCAA Convention “was probably the fastest voting convention” in recent memory, states Augsburg College Assistant Athletic...
An ode to unadulterated sports talk
The Sports Reporters, the long-running ESPN weekly series, will leave the air in May after nearly 30 years, reports Sports...
New WBB rules assessed
This season’s top 10 Division I women’s basketball teams, led by Baylor (90.7 ppg) and Maryland (90.5), are all averaging...
Black Lives Matter: problem or solution? A critic sounds off
Black Lives Matter protest at the MN State Fair, August 29, 2015. Problem: BLM’s motives are ‘unattractive’ Black Lives Matter...
Black Lives Matter: an unapologetic answer for injustice, says member
Black Lives Matter protest in St. Paul, August 10, 2015 Black Lives Matter (BLM), among other things, has been...
Let’s refocus a warped view of college sport
College sport has reached out-of-whack proportions when you read that we should feel sorry for a fired football coach with...
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