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Time to dispense with the ‘One Plays’?
Jan. 11 | 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, for example, only plays Indiana, Michigan State,...
Belated recognition of Augustus surprised no one here
Jan. 4 | By Charles Hallman Staff Writer Seimone Augustus last week became the first Black female and the third Black athlete to be named the Minneapolis daily newspaper’s annual sportsperson of the year since the recognition began in 1998. The...
View’s top stories, overused words of 2011
Dec. 28 | The Associated Press (AP) last week released its list of 2011’s top 10 sports stories. “Another View” has our own top 10, or what should have been the top local sports stories of this year: The Minnesota Lynx: The only local major league...
2012 NCAA changes for women’s and men’s basketball
Dec. 28 | By Charles Hallman Staff Writer Among the items to be discussed at the NCAA Convention in January is a proposal to help grow women’s college basketball. The Division I Women’s Basketball Committee has been gathering information from conferences...
Ex-Lynx All-Star one of few Black female head coaches
Dec. 21 | By Charles Hallman Staff Writer Not counting HBCUs, there might be 20 Black women head coaches today in collegiate basketball among over 300 NCAA schools. “It’s tough,” admits Tonya Edwards. “I think as...
Sims-Griner combo makes Baylor stand tall
Dec. 7 | By Charles Hallman Staff Writer Although her taller teammate 6-8 junior center Brittney Griner typically draws most of the attention, Baylor sophomore guard Odyssey Sims stands tall in her own right. Brittney Griner ...
Indy Big Ten windfall bypasses Blacks
Dec. 7 | INDIANAPOLIS —Reportedly, $18 million was generated from last Saturday’s inaugural Big Ten football championship game. Whenever I hear or read such numbers on large-scale sporting events, I ask myself how much if any of that amount reaches...
Pops would have been proud
Dec. 7 | My father KWAME MCDONALD never let an opportunity slip by when it came to supporting the youth of St. Paul. This past month I did a little traveling to support some former prep stars as they embark on their college careers. Here is a...
Three-point review of Gophers men’s and women’s basketball
Nov. 30 | By Charles Hallman Staff Writer A seven-game review of Minnesota women’s basketball at this point of the season yields the following three points: First point: Billed before the season as the missing piece, Rachel Banham...
