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U of M honors late MSR senior sportswriter
Feb. 14 | Kwame McDonald was highly regarded as educator, activist and friend to many By Charles Hallman Staff Writer The University of Minnesota men’s basketball team honored the late Kwame McDonald during halftime of Sunday’s Gophers-Illinois...
Minnesota basketball not so good lately
Feb. 13 | No playoffs since 2004 for the Timberwolves. For the Gophers, there have been no NCAA post-season victories since Tubby Smith took over the men’s basketball program. After back-to-back years in 2009-2010 when they did make the tournament,...
More should be done to honor Kwame McDonald
Feb. 13 | Why is it that we Blacks must often wait for the shortest month each year to be honored, to get our accomplishments recognized, to get our heritage respected? Why do we often have to be half-past dead to finally get our bouquets? It took one...
Message to student-athletes: ‘No means no!’
Jan. 16 | Apparently based on recent events, two suggested prerequisite courses for all college studentathletes at all three NCAA division schools should be, first, an English class on the true meaning of the word “no,” and second a class on “making...
U of M assistant coach helps guards transition to college play
Jan. 9 | The main teaching point Saul Smith stresses to the Minnesota Gophers basketball guards he works with is tempo. “As a former point guard, I think tempo is going to be crucial to any player. “[Controlling] tempo — whether that’s...
U of M hoopsters off to promising start
Nov. 14 | Rachel BanhamPhotos by Sophia Hantzes The 2012-13 college basketball season is now underway. Both Minnesota teams opened their campaigns last week with wins, but it’s way too early to call the season...
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,”...
Clinic helps hoops officials polish their craft
Jun. 20 | By Charles Hallman Staff Writer Last weekend at Tubby Smith’s team camp at Minnesota’s Williams Arena, we got five perspectives on what makes a good basketball official from a former championship...
Gopher men to get summer coaching help
Apr. 18 | By Charles Hallman Staff Writer Tubby Smith last month became only the third Minnesota coach to lead the Gophers to the NIT championship game. The school is now 2-2 in such games played in New York City. The season ...
