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Top performers in boys’ hoops
Dec. 12 | The boys’ basketball season is off and running, and some of the state’s top players are already serving notice that they will be heard from before the season is over. Check out these top performances so far: QUINTON HOOKER (Park Center) — The...
College baseball player aspires to be a major leaguer
Sep. 26 | As young African American males think about playing professional sports, primarily football and basketball, there is a sport out there that is just as lucrative as those, but not very many Black males play — it’s baseball. Adrian Turner, a transplant...
New Gophers AD says increasing diversity is ‘high on my radar screen’
Sep. 12 | Has the role of today’s big-time college athletic director changed? We recently put that question to Norwood Teague, who was hired in April to succeed Joel Maturi as University of Minnesota athletics director. “It’s multi-faceted,”...
WNBA now on Olympic break
Jul. 18 | Mid-season month off affects teams differently By Charles Hallman Staff Writer With the entire U.S. women’s Olympic basketball team entirely composed of WNBA players, the league schedule is now on break until August 17. The interruption...
Will the next Gophers athletic director be Black?
Feb. 29 | Search process makes this possibility not likely Will Blacks be included in the “thorough and inclusive process” University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler announced last week on his search for the school’s next athletic director....
Nonprofit founder receives national honor
Feb. 1 | Guidance of elders, engaging parents keys to NdCAD’s success By Charles Hallman Staff Writer The Champions of Change program, created as part of President Barack Obama’s Winning the Future initiative, recently honored Gevonee...
Leah Cotton: Gopher guard has junior-year growing pains
Feb. 1 | 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. Call it what you want, but this is what U-M junior guard Leah Cotton currently...
Father-daughter duo might be Gophers hoops first
Jan. 25 | 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, and Saul Smith currently is an assistant coach...
Alleged Bozeman ‘abuse’ adds to HBCU image woes
Jan. 25 | 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 a player during a January 7 game against South Carolina State. Bozeman...
