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Another View Extra — Coaching Gopher basketball a career killer
Apr. 3 | By Charles Hallman Only two coaches in Minnesota men’s basketball history have ever led teams to a national championship: Clem Haskins won two NIT crowns in the 1990s, and Tubby Smith won the 1998 NCAA title at Kentucky....
Norwood Teague fires Tubby Smith!
Apr. 3 | Gophers fire a great coach rather than build a great team I understand why Tubby Smith was fired after six seasons, 121 wins, 81 losses and three NCAA appearances. After playing the toughest schedule in the nation, he fired up the Minnesota...
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...
HBCU Tennessee State plays Gophers here this week
Nov. 14 | Cupcakes — this is the insulting term local media often uses to undervalue, underestimate and margainize the Gophers men’s basketball non-conference opponents each season. Former coach Clem Haskins hated such annual references to his early-season...
For 30 years now, college football has chased the green
Sep. 5 | Many think it’s time all the workers get their share It went unnoticed, but last week was the 30th anniversary of college football turning into a big green industry. Green as in $$$. From the early 1950s, the NCAA negotiated college football...
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...
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 ...
