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Outstanding 2016 prep highlights
December 28, 2016 by MSR News Online
This week my column will highlight five important accomplishments in prep sports for the year 2016. This includes a Minneapolis City Conference school that captured state basketball and football titles; another winning a championship in a St. Paul City Conference school making its first-ever state tournament appearance; a traditional Class 4A power capturing another state … [Read more...]
2016 was the year of the upset
These events in sports were covered by me this year. I was there and saw it with my own eyes. The Timberwolves finished 29-53, missing the playoffs for the 12th straight season. They fired Sam Mitchell as interim coach even though the team improved from just 16-66 the previous year under the late Flip Saunders. Golden State at 73-9, an all-time NBA regular-season best … [Read more...]
History of Blacks in NFL escapes young players
"Gridiron Glory: The Best of the Pro Football Hall of Fame," a traveling exhibit, opened at St. Paul's Minnesota History Center in September. Over 200 artifacts, photos, film footage and interactive displays are featured. One of the exhibit's 10 sections, "Pro Football's Road to Equality," uniquely caught my attention. It is billed as "an inspirational story of the rise of … [Read more...]
2016 a busy year for our unique sports coverage
Once again this year, both our columns "Another View" and "Sports Odds and Ends" each week provided unabashed and often unprecedented coverage of women sports, Black coaches, Black players and Black people, staying true to our primary mission to provide readers news and information they can't or won't find anywhere else. "When are we going to get that shot?" asked a current … [Read more...]
Christmas Day NBA games preview
By Charles Hallman Staff Writer Since its second season in 1947, the NBA has played on Christmas Day. The 1998 lockout was the last time without league games scheduled or played. Over a decade later in 1983, NBA Christmas Day telecasts became traditional as NFL Thanksgiving Day games and New Years' Day college bowl games. Five games are scheduled for Sunday, going … [Read more...]
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MSR Top 5: Kwanzaa, Kat Williams, Terence Blanchard, The Temptations & more!
A snapshot of events around town Kat Williams Live Veteran stand-up comedian and actor, rapper live in concert Dec. 31 | 8-11 pm Target Center 600 1st Ave. N., Mpls. More info: www.targetcenter.com/events/detail/katt-williams The Temptations The Temptations have been a driving force in popular music for more than 50 years – See them perform […]
Denzel and Viola co-star in adaptation of Pulitzer prize-winning play
Back in 1987, Fences won both the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Award for Best Play. The August Wilson classic, set in the Pittsburgh in the '50s, chronicled the day-to-day struggle of a blue collar, African American family. The production was brought back to Broadway in 2010, and it landed the Tony for […]
FILM REVIEW: "Almost Christmas"
By Dwight Brown Contributing Writer Watching this humorous film is like getting a funny greeting card that makes you laugh as it warms your heart. This ode to the joy and angst people feel as their family reconvenes for the certain chaos, gluttony and joy during Christmas is a nice way to start the […]