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Final 4 memories
Apr. 9 | As this year’s NCAA tournaments crown new men’s and women’s national champions, this reporter took a stroll down my own memory lanes. I didn’t begin watching college hoops until the mid-to-late 1960s – I sneaked downstairs...
Black women hammering at media’s glass ceiling — Mainstream offers them ‘dismal’ opportunities
Apr. 3 | By Charles Hallman Staff Writer A new study points to a “stubborn gender inequality” affecting females in U.S. media. “The Status of Women in the U.S. Media 2013” study, released in March by the Women’s Media Center...
Another View Extra — Coaching Gopher basketball a career killer
Apr. 3 | By Charles Hallman Only two coaches in Minnesota men’s basketball history have ever led teams to a national championship: Clem Haskins won two NIT crowns in the 1990s, and Tubby Smith won the 1998 NCAA title at Kentucky....
Gophers fire a great coach rather than build a great team — Tubby’s gone. Who’s next?
Apr. 3 | Former U of M coach Tubby Smith was not fired last week but weeks earlier by the information bubble-blowing media. One knuckleheaded bubble-blower said on local sports radio a few weeks earlier that the only active Black coach to...
Ray Williams October 14, 1954 — March 22, 2013
Mar. 27 | He might have been the most exciting player on “the best [Gopher] team you’ve ever seen,” said Desi Williamson of Ray Williams, who died March 22 of cancer at age 58. Williams, who played at Minnesota (1975-77), is the only Gopher who was ever...
Mpls survey shows many Blacks still face the digital divide
Mar. 27 | By Charles Hallman Staff Writer A City of Minneapolis survey found that 82 percent of residents have computers with Internet access at home. However, only 65 percent of Near North residents have such access, and 25 percent of...
Black Minnesotans lobby at the State Capitol
Mar. 27 | Can the new ‘Black agenda’ move the community forward? By Charles Hallman Staff Writer There was nothing new revealed last week during the Council on Black Minnesotans (COBM) Lobby Day at the State Capitol presenting their Black...
Why so little love for the NIT?
Mar. 27 | The National Invitational Tournament (NIT) and the Women’s National Invitation Tournament both offer “deserved opportunities” to men’s and women’s basketball programs that, for one reason or several others, don’t make the...
Job vacancies at highest point in seven years
Mar. 21 | DEED report shows 318 occupations in demand By Charles Hallman Staff Writer A recent Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) survey found that job vacancies in Minnesota have risen 18 percent over a year...
