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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.
Posted inGophers/College, Sports
Curtailed second season gives Whalen ample time to reflect
The forced stay-home time has allowed second-year Gopher coach Lindsay Whalen some self-reflection time.
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The game that started it all
Greg Kelser recalls playing in the 1979 classic game that started it all.
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MSU retires Green’s jersey
Before he became a star player with the Golden State Warriors, Draymond Green was a Spartan. He recently saw his jersey retired.
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Staley ‘carrying the torch’ for Black college coaches
Dawn Staley is among the nearly 16 percent of the Black WBB head coaches in the Power 5 conferences.
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McKenzie, Hill, Robinson recognized
Tayler Hill,, Larry McKenzie and Jim Robinson are 2020 Minnesota High School Basketball Hall of Fame inductees.
Posted inSports, Vikings/NFL
Free agency has hit the Vikings hard!
In my life, I have always tried to prioritize, and talking about sports right now is not very high on my list.
Posted inLynx/WNBA, Sports
Sign-and-trade deal brings Banham back home
The Sun in 2016 chose Rachel Banham as their top pick, and the Lynx in February acquired the former Gopher guard in a sign-and-trade…
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Notable season’s-end achievements
Jalen Suggs, a Minnehaha Academy student-athlete, became the first Minnesota athlete to win Mr. Football and Mr. Basketball in the same scholastic season.
Posted inGophers/College, Sports
New Big Ten commissioner ‘a voice for diversity at every level’
It wasn’t even a year ago that the Big Ten had fallen to zero Black MBB head coaches, and today there is only one.
Posted inNews, Sports
Karl-Anthony Towns’ mother in a medically-induced coma due to COVID-19
In an emotional video, Timberwolves center Karl-Anthony Towns shared that his mother contracted COVID-19.
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Combating the pandemic, sports leads the way with drastic measures
Eliminate your habits—we are in for the challenge of our lives. We are in the early stages of a pandemic.
Posted inGophers/College, Sports
First Black college hockey coach recruiting school’s first team
Kelsey Koelzer is the school’s first-ever women’s hockey coach.
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Former metro-area prep stars earn MIAC honors
Augsburg University guard Tamira McLemore (Eagan), teammate Camryn Speese (DeLaSalle), and Danica Cambrice (St. Croix Lutheran) of St. Catherine University were named All-Conference team.
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Student-athletes need to see leaders who look like them
College athletes seeing adults as leaders who look like themselves is as important today as it was for Black post-World War II baby boomers.
Posted inCOVID-19, Sports
Timberwolves’ Karl-Anthony Towns announces 100K donation to Mayo Clinic for COVID-19 testing
Karl-Anthony Towns announced that he would donate 100K to help the Mayo Clinic increase testing for the virus that causes COVID-19.
Posted inGophers/College, Sports
Gophers can’t keep ignoring Black player talent
The Gophers, in order to be perennial contenders, need more local SWATs (sistahs with attitude and talent) to complement the usual ‘Minnesota Nice.’
Posted inCOVID-19, Sports, Timberwolves/NBA
Coronavirus: NBA stars, owners step up to aide laid-off arena workers
NBA stars and owners have stepped up to offer at least $100K to help pay the wages of stadium workers as a result of the NBA shut down.
Posted inLynx/WNBA, Sports
New WNBA contract sparks player movement
The new collective bargaining agreement helped to create a historic player movement, empowering many notable players to switch teams.
Posted inGophers/College, Sports
Gopher recruiting failures lead to chronic weakness
The Gophers have virtually been leap year contenders but never a national power.