It was — and is — bad enough when the Mayo Clinic Lynx became the first major sports team in this area to plaster advertising on their uniforms. They did so with good reason; the WNBA is still a struggling league. Its step-parent — the National Basketball Association — is not. The owners, thanks to a rich new TV deal, can’t count their money fast enough to keep up. Read more →
There have been plenty of ballyhooed high school athletes in Minnesota over the years and Grace White should be one of them.
This week she signed a letter of intent to play Division I basketball with the University of Denver, becoming the first Red Lake reservation athlete to play an NCAA Division I sport.
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It’s not often you hear coaches of professional sports teams dissecting the political scene in America, but San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich, probably the best basketball coach in America, isn’t an ordinary coach, and he’s never suffered fools gladly. Read more →
Last night, in their first exhibition game, the Boston Celtics released and played a video. The players and coaches then locked arms and bowed their heads during the National Anthem. Read more →
ESPN reports today that Taylor, who’s not getting any younger, has sold a minority interest in the team to Lizhang Jiang, a Shanghai-based businessman, that puts the value of the team at $1 billion.
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If you have any heart at all, the newest member of the Minnesota Timberwolves is the kind of person you want to hug.
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Admit it: If there’s one city you thought would pick up on the odd, recent “tradition” of burning cars after a city wins a championship, you figured, ‘Cleveland.’ Me too. Read more →
Ricky Rubio is threatening to leave the team if the Timberwolves don’t make the playoffs next season, according to ESPN.
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Let the record show that the story on the greatest women’s basketball team in the history of the game this morning ended up on page C4 of the Star Tribune. It didn’t rate a mention anywhere on the Pioneer Press’ sports website.
The University of Connecticut Huskies won their 11th national championship, dismantling Syracuse last night 82-to-51, completing a 38-0 season.
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Minnesota’s NBA team this season has now beaten the best team in the league, and lost to the worst team (Philadelphia) in the league. Read more →
Meanness is in in America these days. And, slowly, so is the utter lack of sportsmanship by fans at high school basketball games. Read more →
March is high-school tournament time in Minnesota, as you probably know. It’s a time when most of the attention around here will go to the metro-area public and private sports dynasties. Good for them and good luck to them.
But there’s always at least one team that’s a little easier to root for. Read more →
Liam Hollidge, a member of the Minnehaha Academy’s C-squad basketball team, is clearly destined for greatness even if it’s not likely to be as a basketball player. Read more →
The Austin High School boys basketball team was down a bucket last night to Northfield High with 1.6 seconds left to go. Then Oman Oman got the ball.
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