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Changing of the guard with the T-Wolves
May. 15 | Flip Saunders’ good calculations will replace David Kahn’s poor ones Because of my November 7, 2012 column (“The smartest White team in the NBA: T-Wolves team return to the 1950s?”), we took heat from those who took exception...
Does it really matter? — Athletes’ sexual orientation none of our business
May. 8 | Two weeks ago we learned that the WNBA’s top overall pick is gay. Last week we learned that a longtime NBA veteran center is gay. Neither news item bothered me at all. However, what does bother me is what convinced Britney Griner...
Tayler Hill moves on up to the big time
Apr. 24 | Tayler Hill soon will earn her human economy degree from Ohio State. A few weeks ago, she went on a few interviews and last week got her first job offer. “I never have been on a job interview, so I’m not sure exactly how that...
ESPN extends deal with WNBA; financial details kept $ecret
Apr. 10 | Two big changes were recently announced by the WNBA: an extension of its current deal with ESPN for six years, and a new logo was unveiled. “This new extension,” proclaimed ESPN President John Skipper at the March 28 press conference...
Game of Change: Racial integration of basketball didn’t end discrimination
Mar. 20 | By Charles Hallman Staff Writer Last Friday marked the 50th anniversary of the Loyola (Chicago)-Mississippi State NCAA regional semi-finals game played at Jenison Field House in East Lansing, Mich. on March 15, 1963. This week, “Sports...
Mpls native converts success as player into coaching know-how
Jan. 23 | By Charles Hallman Staff Writer Kachine AlexanderPhoto by Charles Hallman Her players haven’t as yet called her “Coach,” but Kachine Alexander says she can’t wait for one of them to challenge her to a game of one-on-one. “I...
Sports odds and ends: Hill’s college career earns her high praise as ‘a special talent’
Jan. 16 | Despite playing sick, Tayler Hill poured in 24 points last week in her last collegiate visit to her hometown. In the process, the Ohio State senior guard and former Minneapolis South standout surpassed 1,700 career points — to do so, she...
Sports highlights, plus banished words of 2012
Dec. 26 | WNBA Finals MVP Tamika CatchingsPhoto by Charles Hallman Two members of our MSR sports experts’ panel recently released their 2012 best sports stories. Nate Parham of Swish Appeal places at the top of his list the Indiana Fever winning the 2012...
In final analysis, Title IX created ‘unprecedented opportunities’
Dec. 19 | After 40 years of existence, Title IX still raises the hair on the necks of those critics who strongly feel the federal law hurts men’s sports. These naysayers continue to propagandize this lie. However, more often than not it seems that...
