Sports

Message to student-athletes: 'No means no!'

By Charles Hallman, Another View

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 right choices.”

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OPINION | Stadium equity plan not yet a reality: Is a 32 percent people-of-color workforce goal overly optimistic?

By Mel Reeves, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder

The plans are in full swing for the new $975 million Vikings stadium. And yet again many in the Black community hold out hope that the economic stimulus the stadium promises to provide will benefit them as well.

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Open Saint Paul: What design features would make the Lowertown ballpark an asset to the neighborhood?

By Staff, Open Saint Paul

Introduction

The Lowertown ballpark will be designed to meet the programmatic needs of its tenants. Its interior layout and facilities must function as intended, and address the various users that will call it home. But, the City of Saint Paul believes that it also must be designed to be an asset to its neighborhood. How the ballpark is designed on its exterior, how it relates to the street and sidewalk, how it addresses the historic setting and buildings in Lowertown – these are also important considerations.

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NCAA grant targets sports administration glass ceiling, St. Paul native calls Augsburg job 'a perfect fit'

By Charles Hallman, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder

Jennifer Jacobs is among the few Black females in the Twin Cities currently working in athletic administration. She is finding it “a perfect fit” for her.

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Winter fun – Skijoring, fat bike and x-country skiing

By Mark Weber, Discover TC Outdoors

The last few weeks have been filled with wonderful winter fun due to the early snow we received. After last year with virtually no snow, it was nice to get back out on the winter trails and lakes. Over the last few weeks, we not only hit some traditional cross-country ski trails but were also able to try two new but growing winter sports: fat biking and skijoring.

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CENTRAL CORRIDOR VOICES | Daredevil Hill and other wonders of St. Paul's College Park

By Jamie Steinmann, Saint Paul Almanac

Photo by Diego Vazquez Jr.

My favorite place in Saint Paul is College Park. It’s my favorite place because it’s practically my backyard, where I can go every day, whenever I want. I can play tennis, basketball, football, and a bunch of other really fun sports.

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MN VIDEOS | Ice fishing extravaganza

By John Kurkosky, MN Videos

John Kurkosky is 61 and loves his fishing. Check out this song and many more fishing songs at JohnKurkosky.com.

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Sports highlights, plus banished words of 2012

By Charles Hallman, Another View

Two members of our MSR sports experts’ panel recently released their 2012 best sports stories.

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Twins outdo Wolves as Whitest pro team in Minnesota

By Charles Hallman, Another View

Unless things change, the Minnesota Twins won’t have a single African American player on its opening day roster for the 2013 season.

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Minnesota Timberwolves: The 'whitest team in the NBA' has an even whiter front office

By Charles Hallman, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder

From left: Rob Moor, chief executive officer; Chris Wright, president; David Kahn, president of basketball operations; Rob Babcock, director of basketball operations

The National Basketball Association for years has been graded as “the most racially diverse group of players of the major professional sports” by the Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport (TIDES). Seventy-two percent of its players are Blacks and 82 percent of its players are people of color. This racial diversity has not yet found its way into the local NBA team, however, as a Star Tribune article recently pointed out with respect to the players, without even mentioning the club’s all-White front office.

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