WNBA rookies on the rise
For 20 weeks, to commemorate the WNBA’s 20th season (the MSR having covered each season), the MSR sports section will...
Benin youth seek their own Field of Dreams
Visiting team takes America’s national pastime to West Africa Some of the member of “Team Benin” Benin, a country in...
Youth and elders find common ground in The Way
50th Anniversary event reminds all that the struggle continues (l-r) Princess Titus, Mahmoud El-Kati, Jaylon Oglesby, Ieshia Dobbs, and Princess-Ann...
Excitement builds for Northside kickball playoffs
The All-Star West squad won their game last Sunday Sunday is win-or-go-home day at North Commons Park as this summer’s...
U of M summer institute preps students of color for grad school
Nearly 30 new University of Minnesota graduate students are finishing a seven-week orientation program to better acclimate them to campus...
WNBA coaches put Olympic break time to good use
The WNBA is now on a month-long Olympic break because many of its players are participating in Rio. But while...
WNBA players demonstrate Olympic-class commitment
For 20 weeks, to commemorate the WNBA’s 20th season (the MSR having covered each season), the MSR sports section will...
Blacks currently lag in clean energy jobs boom
Green energy leaders say economic policies need to ensure racial diversity Clean energy jobs are growing in every Midwestern state,...
People of color less likely to have ‘creative jobs’
(l-r): Juxtaposition Arts; Dave Seru) Since 2006, Minneapolis has experienced a 10 percent growth in “creative jobs,” but Blacks and...
From a sportswriter’s notebook | Comcast customers are in for an Olympic treat
Viewers of past Olympic Games pretty much depended on live and tape-delay single-network coverage, but NBC and Comcast officials say...
All-Star Game Preview
The 2016 American Association All-Star Game was just a few hours away when the MSR chatted with St. Paul Saints...
All-Star Dispatch | Harris comes close but short at Home Run Derby
Alonzo Harris prepares to hit his only run in the finals of the American Association Home Run Derby Before his appearance in...
All-Star Dispatch | Alonzo Harris has something to prove
Alonzo Harris being photobombed by Tony Thomas. It may not be on the same level as the so-called mid-season classic in the majors,...
Same old news on Timberwolves’ diversity hiring
The National Basketball Association again gets high marks for racial hiring, according to the latest Racial and Gender Report Card...
Local WNBA alumnus reflects on career highlights
Tamara Moore For 20 weeks, to commemorate the WNBA’s 20th season (the MSR having covered each season), the MSR sports...
Women’s sports coverage still ‘dismally low’
It’s too bad that the latest on women’s sports coverage is still the same old story. “Even when the media...
Fifty years ago The Way was born — celebrate the legacy Aug. 6
Verlena Matey-Keke with an early history of the organization by Rolland Robinson Learn about its life and death from founding...
Inherent bias must be rooted out
“Inherent bias” is defined as “the attitudes or stereotypes that affect our understanding, actions, and decisions in an unconscious manner”...
Dennis Green, a great and pioneering coach
Dennis Green was a head coach for the Minnesota Vikings for 10 seasons and head coach for the Arizona Cardinals...
Chef Earl serves a brisket to die for — if you can catch up to him
Chef Earl and his wife Felicia Stupid Hot is one of his 31 sauces Food trucks during the summer are...
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