Black women coaches are honored at the BCA Final Four Summit as Ole Miss head coach Yolett McPhee-McCuin continues to elevate women’s basketball on and off the court.
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WNBA TV exposure gains momentum
The number one thing to capitalize on is the momentum, to continue to plan around marketing the players so they become household names, and building rivalries.
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El-Amin’s 1999 Final Four run still fresh
‘You got to live in the moment and you have to play each game as if it is your last game.’
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Final Four ‘diverse spending’ called a model for future events
A recently released report highlights the Minneapolis Local Organizing Committee’s diversity and inclusion spending.
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Longtime sports columnist Larry Fitzgerald receives NCAA Legacy Award
Larry Fitzgerald was among seven sports and civic leaders in Minneapolis-St. Paul honored with an NCAA Legacy Award for distinguished achievement and community service.
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Final Four visitor’s guide misses diversity mark
The MLOC and Meet Minneapolis, the city’s visitors and convention bureau, were asked if any Black-owned businesses are included in this year’s Final Four visitor’s guide. Spokespersons from both organizations said they didn’t think so.
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Mpls North Coach McKenzie helps diversify Final Four operations
Mpls North Coach McKenzie has been an integral part of strategies that helped the IAC identify minority contractors…
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NCAA selection committee still hard at work as tournaments begin
The 10-member NCAA men’s basketball tournament selection committee, composed of Division I athletic directors and conference commissioners, don’t select the four finalists that will compete during the first weekend of April for the national championship. But earlier this week they did select the 68-team field. “We put in a great field,” Stanford AD Bernard Muir […]
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Following that long winding road to the Final Four
For the last couple of weeks, this columnist instead followed other roads to that other tournament — the women’s NCAA Final Four that also is held the same weekend in Tampa.
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Final Four kickoff event a first for North Minneapolis
North Commons renovations are now underway for scheduled kickoff and national champion crowning.
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2019 Final Four planners honor North Commons’ legacy
North Commons Park will soon have new basketball courts, thanks to the NCAA. The 25-plus acre site, located in North Minneapolis, was first purchased in 1907. The basketball goals and other playground equipment were installed there in 1908, and North Commons soon became one of the city’s most heavily used parks. The park was selected […]
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2019 Final Four planners aim high for diversity, inclusion
Half the cost of the newly opened Vikings Stadium, known as the “People’s Stadium” before its corporate branding, has come from the people’s money — taxes and related public subsidies totaling more than half a billion dollars. Now is the time to assess just what the people, especially Black people, have received for their money […]