Test your knowledge of Lynx diversity
For 20 weeks, to commemorate the WNBA’s 20th season (the MSR having covered each season), the MSR sports section will...
From a sportswriter’s notebook
More tributes are still rolling in for the late Pat Summitt (1952-2016), who died June 28, 14 days after her...
Legislature earns “F” for failed racial equity bills
What funding did survive was a start at best Sen. Patricia Torres Ray (left), was also honored as a Racial...
Sisters lead among WNBA’s greatest
For 20 weeks, to commemorate the WNBA’s 20th season (the MSR having covered each season), the MSR sports section will...
Second generation DJ shares his passion for music
Hooked when he first saw his dad drop a needle on a record DJ Chuck Chizzle Sitting in the...
Carleton AD prefers focus on student-athletes over money chase
The Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference’s (MIAC) national reputation as the toughest NCAA Division III conference in the country is well...
Violence denounced, peace praised at Ramadan dinner
New St. Paul police chief pledges to fight hate, ignorance ‘side by side’ (l-r) St. Paul Police Chief Todd Axtell...
KMOJ called ‘a mess’ and ‘at risk’
Concerned Citizens group, fearing station failure, challenges board competence (l-r) Steven Belton, Alfred Babington-Johnson, Spike Moss, Al Flowers, Charinitta Ellis,...
Jets’ Marcus Williams gives back to Northside community
Marcus Williams “It’s a great thing for the community,” declared North High Football Coach Charles Adams of the day-long football...
Mpls parks chief defends racial equity progress
New 20-year plan tackles 20-year work backlog Jayne Miller The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB) plans to invest...
Augustus and the W: a generation’s vision fulfilled
For 20 weeks, to commemorate the WNBA’s 20th season (the MSR having covered each season), the MSR sports section will...
Kickball brings Northside neighbors together for drama-free fun
Jermica Polk at the plateKickball, the game played with a big red rubber ball, is typically associated with kids playing...
2016 NBA Draft preview
I’m a recovering NBA draft follower and have been for at least a decade now, maybe more. This reporter, who...
National conference focuses on connecting Black children to nature
“One of the goals of this conference is to find a way to reach deeper to all communities, and to...
Grants help youth prepare for careers
(l-r) Leona Martin and Jamiya Burden City of Minneapolis Employment and Training was among 13 groups receiving Minnesota Department...
Three current Lynx players make WNBA Top 20@20 list
The 20 greatest and most influential players in WNBA history were announced today, and three current Minnesota Lynx players, and...
T-Ball, a safe haven in a long, hot summer
Some might use his T-Ball classes as a convenient one-hour drop-off center, but longtime North Minneapolis-based youth coach Mat Talley is...
Coach Peck made her mark in both college and pro hoops
For 20 weeks, to commemorate the WNBA’s 20th season (the MSR having covered each season), the MSR sports section will...
The frustrations and pleasures of covering women’s sports
I recently was in Cleveland on assignment. While walking around the downtown area, a virtual ghost town because it was...
Mpls workers empowered by new sick leave law
“We intentionally talked about it as a racial equity issue because we know that the people most likely not to...
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