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Sports: Local and national sports reporting and commentary by the state’s leading African American sportswriters, including award-winning columnists Charles Hallman and Dr. Mitchell Palmer McDonald, with a special emphasis on the local prep scene and disparities in sports administration and media coverage.

Sports

Black History Month: It’s not just for White folks

February 8, 2012 - by MSR News Online

  There are some who are suggesting that Black History Month is no longer needed. This includes, sadly, some of us Black folk who don’t see this yearly February observance …

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Sports

Larry Fitzgerald covers Super Bowl XLVI — his 32nd

February 8, 2012 - by MSR News Online

  INDIANAPOLIS — While attending Indiana State University as a football star back in the late ’70s, I never thought in my wildest dreams, while majoring in radio-TV communications and …

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St. Paul Central still on top

February 8, 2012 - by MSR News Online

  MARIAH GUERRA-EDWARDS scored 16 points, BETSY MACDONALD added 14, and SADE CHATMAN chipped in 11 as St. Paul Central served notice that they are still the top girls’ basketball …

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With Coach Kelsey, now four Black female coaches in the Big Ten

February 8, 2012 - by MSR News Online

By Charles Hallman Staff Writer If Bobbie Kelsey has her way, her Final Four consecutive appearance streak will stay intact. Her last four seasons she has sat on the Stanford …

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Sports

Wanted: more Black women athletic directors

February 1, 2012 - by MSR News Online

      By Charles Hallman Staff Writer Less than 10 percent of Division I athletics directors are women, and only two percent are women of color. Schools can’t say …

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Sports

Metro prep stars grow up to become college winners

February 1, 2012 - by MSR News Online

  I took it easy this past week and watched five former metro-area prep basketball players help their college teams to key victories. Check this out! Sophomore center ROYCE WHITE …

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Sports

Leah Cotton: Gopher guard has junior-year growing pains

February 1, 2012 - by MSR News Online

    It is known as a sophomore slump when a second-year player struggles, but thus far there is no known term when this occurs during a player’s third season. …

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Father-daughter duo might be Gophers hoops first

January 25, 2012 - by MSR News Online

    By Charles Hallman Staff Writer   Gopher basketball has previously had parent-sibling combinations on its bench: Former head coach Clem Haskins hired his son Brent as an assistant, …

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Sports

Two of the state’s best teams

January 25, 2012 - by MSR News Online

  This week I saw two of the state’s top 4A teams in the state. Each team, representing the girls and boys respectively, showed why they are among the state’s …

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Sports

Alleged Bozeman ‘abuse’ adds to HBCU image woes

January 25, 2012 - by MSR News Online

    Last week Todd Bozeman was reinstated as Morgan State men’s basketball head coach. He had missed three games after being suspended because he was alleged to have hit …

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Sports

Only in the NFL: super rematch!

January 25, 2012 - by MSR News Online

    Storylines can sometimes make you scratch your head in disbelief. One such story is that of two brothers, John and Jim Harbaugh, both head football coaches of two …

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Sports

Rappin’ with Wolves rookie Ricky Rubio

January 18, 2012 - by MSR News Online

      By Charles Hallman Staff Writer   The MSR recently got a few one-on-one moments with Minnesota Timberwolves rookie guard Ricky Rubio. Considering how the local and out-of-town …

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Sports

A memorable week in boys’ basketball

January 18, 2012 - by MSR News Online

  Last week I saw three boys’ basketball contests. Two went into overtime, and two teams served notice that the Minneapolis and St. Paul City Conference titles won’t be that …

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Sports

KFAN’s underused Lake trades views with ‘View’

January 18, 2012 - by MSR News Online - 1 Comment

    Rather than being featured on morning drive or some other desirable and prominent time slot at his station, Henry Lake is heard during America’s most segregated hour — …

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Sports

Giants dominate Packers 37-20

January 18, 2012 - by MSR News Online

    GREEN BAY — Will history be kind to the Green Bay Packers, considering they were defending Super Bowl Champions, 15-1, the number-one seed in the playoffs for the …

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Sports

A weekend of hoops and a college commitment

January 11, 2012 - by MSR News Online

This past weekend I witnessed a classic high school boys’ basketball game, watched three former all-metro players in NCAA Division I action, and learned that one of the state’s top …

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Sports

Time to dispense with the ‘One Plays’?

January 11, 2012 - by MSR News Online

    By Charles Hallman Staff Writer   The Big Ten for several seasons has assembled 16-game regular-season schedules in which each team has six single-game opponents each year. Minnesota, …

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Sports

Sport world still rife with gender inequities

January 11, 2012 - by MSR News Online

    Why do mainstream media love “outing” female athletes whether they are single or married, gay or straight, but won’t do the same with their male counterparts? “I think …

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Sports

No contest — Tide rolls over LSU 21-0

January 11, 2012 - by MSR News Online

  NEW ORLEANS — Be careful when you give someone a rematch. The motivation of the agony of defeat can make a huge difference. We saw it when Muhammad Ali …

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Sports

Vikings done, NFL Second Season begins

January 4, 2012 - by MSR News Online

    PHOENIX — It’s over. The worst season of Vikings football since 1984 has come to an end, 17-13 to the Chicago Bears. Back in 1961 when it all …

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