Sports: Local and national sports reporting and commentary by the stateâs 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.
By Charles Hallman Staff Writer A seven-game review of Minnesota womenâs basketball at this point of the season yields the following three points: First point: Billed …
Three-point review of Gophers menâs and womenâs basketball Read MoreBy Kenneth Foxworth Contributing Writer The hardest time of the year for senior student-athletes is the last game of their college career. This, after the five years …
The toughest game of a career â Gophers college football seniors exit the field for junior student-athletes Read MoreAre 22 Black hires out of 250 Â vacancies a âshinning example of change?â We are now in college footballâs annual firing and hiring season. Coincidentally, the 2010-2011 …
2011 Hiring Report Card released Read MoreIf one wanted to get in line to share their thoughts about the late Kwame McDonald, whose columns appeared weekly on the MSR sports pages for over two …
Kwame McDonald: Why so many will miss him so much Read MoreBy Charles Hallman Staff Writer ESPN Analysts Carolyn Peck and Kara Lawson recently discussed this seasonâs womenâs college basketball storylines. Here are some of their observations: 1) A …
Analysts speculate on seasonâs outlook for college women Read MoreSAN FRANCISCO â Yes, the 49ers are back after dominating the Arizona Cardinals 23-7 at Candlestick Park Sunday for their eighth-straight win. The 49ers (9-1) are riding the …
49ers rule the Bay Area Read MoreBy Charles Hallman Staff Writer ESPN will show a record-high 130 womenâs basketball games this season on its family of channels: ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN3. Along …
Hoops odds and ends â More womenâs games on ESPN â but still just a blip Read MoreGREEN BAY â Itâs no longer a rivalry, folks â it has turned into a one-sided reality show in which the Minnesota Vikings can no longer compete with …
Packers delete Vikings 45-7 Read MoreBy Kenneth Foxworth Contributing Writer November 12, 2011 was an unseasonably warm autumn day. Ongoing was a battle between the University of Minnesota and our …
Stephens inducted into U of M Hall of Fame Read MoreA reported all-time high of 17 Black head college football coaches this season looks promising, but only if we overlook the continued poor diversity numbers in key leadership …
College sport management remains overwhelmingly White, male Read MoreIn 2002, I wrote the following in my book The Minneapolis Story, Through My Eyes: âThe Plan of the movers and shakers of Minneapolis is to move the …
Stop the punting of the Vikings! Minnesotans unite with a âFan Response Movementâ to keep the team Read MoreHer main goal is to see these student-athletes graduate A chance conversation with professors during her senior year in college proved to be a career changer …
Gopher football team gets goal-driven new counselor Read MoreThe NFL season has reached the midway point, and the Packers are perfect at 8-0. The NBA lockout has already lost the first month of the season as …
Unexpected happenings in sports Read MoreU of M 2011-â12 hoops season begins By Charles Hallman Staff Writer Gopher basketball officially begins this week: The women play this Friday afternoon at …
Hoops odds and ends â By Charles Hallman Read MoreBy Myrle Cooper Guest Commentator St. Cloud State University (SCSU) recently hired Earthbound Media Group (EMG) for a panic-driven brand rescue effort to redefine its image. âThe …
St. Cloud State image makeover is lipstick on a pig Read MoreEditorâs note: This is MSR Senior Columnist Kwame McDonaldâs final column, as told to Staff Writer Charles Hallman last month. I was probably 25, 26 years old …
Kwame gives us his last words on local sports Read MoreThe University of Minnesotaâs Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport is hosting the North American Society of Sport Sociologyâs annual meeting November 3-6. In lieu …
Another View, by Charles HallmanâWhere are the Black experts on women and sports? Read MoreBy Larry Fitzgerald Staff Writer It was a decade ago, give or take a few years, that Mrs. Norma Jean Williams, vice president of the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder, and I …
Thanks, Kwame! Read MoreBy Charles Hallman Staff Writer Pokey Chatman completed her first season with the WNBA as the Chicago Skyâs head coach and general manager. She was the only Black woman …
Pokey Chatman took roundabout route to Chicago Read MoreDonât look now, but St. Paul Central football coach SCOTT HOWELL has quietly built a dynasty at his alma mater. Howell, a 1984 Central alum who was an all-metro …
Prep Scene, by Mitchell Palmer McDonaldâSt. Paul quietly builds football dynasty Read More