Recent hoops grad awaits word on her new overseas team Janay Morton, after a very productive collegiate career at two schools, is now looking forward to continuing her hooping as a professional athlete. The Brooklyn Park native concluded her athletic eligibility this past spring and graduated from the University of Nebraska. She transferred to Nebraska a couple of years … [Read more...]
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Another BIG school in big trouble
Jerry Sandusky was the infamous creep of a man who's in prison for sexually abusing hundreds of boys while coaching linebackers at Penn State University when legendary Head Coach Joe Paterno was in charge. Here in Minnesota, Jay Robinson, one of the greatest wrestling coaches in school history, allowed his wrestlers to sell pain pills – yes, drugs – for profit. He was forced … [Read more...]
Gopher frosh pitcher gaining his groove
There are approximately 100 African American and other student-athletes of color this school year at the University of Minnesota. In an occasional series throughout the 2017-18 school and sports year, the MSR will highlight many of these players This week: Gopher freshman baseball pitcher Joshua Culliver Joshua Culliver is one of eight first-year hurlers on … [Read more...]
Being on both sides of the whistle
A seasoned Coach Staley advises new Coach Whalen New Gopher Women’s Basketball Coach Lindsay Whalen said in last week’s “View” that she soon would “reach out” to South Carolina and U.S. Olympic Women’s Basketball Coach Dawn Staley. Staley in 2000 became the first WNBA player to take a Division I head coaching job (at Temple) while still an active player. That reach-out … [Read more...]
‘If they made it, so can I!’
Black hockey players see themselves as role models Two conferences were represented earlier this month in this year’s NCAA Frozen Four in St. Paul. Eventual champion Minnesota Duluth (NCHC) and Notre Dame (Big Ten) played for the 2018 title. This was the first time since 2005 that three schools in the same conference – Notre Dame, Ohio State and Michigan, all from the Big Ten … [Read more...]