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More than ever, all-Black sports radio’s time has come
May. 16 | A Spanish all-sports station may soon debut in New York City. Yet there’s still not an all-Black sports radio station anywhere in this country, neither on terrestrial regular radio nor on the nation’s only satellite radio service,...
It all started with Dave Winfield
May. 16 | Minneapolis and St. Paul, the Twin Cities’ two cities, are very close in population and size and just 15 minutes apart. One is known for being the place to be, where most everything goes on; the other is the Capital city where all...
My choice for 2012 MVP: Kevin Durant
Apr. 18 | Not only did the NBA lockout shorten the 82-game regular season to just a 66-game sprint. It also has made picking the 2012 NBA Most Valuable Player a virtual toss-up. Usually the team with the top player on the league’s best regular-season...
Trayvon Martin murder exposes madness of Stand Your Ground laws
Mar. 28 | On February 26, 2012, unarmed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was shot to death by George Zimmerman, a 28-year-old wannabe cop and self-appointed gun-carrying neighborhood watchman in a gated community just outside Orlando in Sanford, Florida....
Discontent erupts in early spring violence
Mar. 21 | MPD takes possession of Civilian Review Authority On the international scene last year, the Arab Spring brought an offensive of hope for positive change in the Middle East, led by the young and unemployed. It also brought an offensive uprising...
Police unions turn to Republicans for help
Mar. 7 | Rybak administration and Civil Rights Department blindsided One wonders how long it took the Rybak administration to realize the powerful Police Officers Federation of Minneapolis had turned to the Republican majority in the Minnesota...
Lin’s success makes me a believer—But insensitive coverage reminds us all that bigotry lives
Feb. 22 | It’s been incredible watching the rise to prominence of Jeremy Lin, the star guard of the New York Knicks, whose first eight games as a starter has him ahead of three Hall-of-Fame point guards (Isiah Thomas, Magic Johnson and John...
The NBA is back! Hip hip!
Feb. 15 | The excitement, the beautiful people in the house — there’s something about the NBA that draws you in, just like the NFL. This NBA season is coming off of a bitter long lockout by the 30 owners, who demanded mandated concessions...
Now the real battle for 2012 begins — Let’s hope it doesn’t get much uglier
Feb. 8 | The ugliness during the Republican primary in Florida provided us a front-row seat in the arena of negative electioneering that has become a hallmark of the 2012 Republican campaign. To say it has been uglier in the past doesn’t excuse...
