Before last week’s Major League Baseball Draft, ESPN Analyst Keith Law predicted that Hunter Greene would not be the top overall pick. The 17-year-old Greene made the cover of Sports Illustrated in May in the featured cover story, “Hunter Greene is Exactly What Baseball Needs.” “I think not,” Law told me during a visit to Minneapolis last month when asked if Hunter Greene … [Read more...]
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Vikings believe it’s their year
It's about time, you might say. The Minnesota Vikings, born in 1961 with zero championships on their resume, believe 2018 is the year they finally win the big one. The first Sunday in February in U.S. Bank Stadium the Super Bowl will be here, a home game, and if you can play your games right, just maybe you can finally reward your long-suffering fans. When I first started … [Read more...]
Four schools dominate state track and field
Minneapolis Edison, Minneapolis North, North St. Paul and Eden Prairie were represented by track and field athletes who dominated a couple of weeks ago at the state track and field meet held at Hamline University. Jia Lewis and Jada Lewis led Minneapolis Edison to its second straight Class A girls’ track and field championship. Jia Lewis placed second in the 100 and 200 … [Read more...]
New Black women head coaches relish the challenge
This series will cover the WNBA’s 21st season with at least one story on the league weekly from the season’s May 13 opening to its closing on September 3 and through the 2017 playoffs. During the last off-season, an overlooked historic fact rarely seen in sports at any level took place in the WNBA. All three head coaching vacancies were filled by Black women. Amber Stocks, … [Read more...]
Talking 2017 NBA Draft
The 2017 NBA Draft is no different than the previous one — a lot of youngsters and foreign-born players. Since I normally don’t pay attention to the mock drafts, we instead went to two people who have a better pulse on what may happen Thursday night, as opposed to mock predictions. ESPN’s Fran Fraschilla and Jay Bilas are college basketball analysts who recently talked to … [Read more...]