On a day when many were following the hockey action in St. Paul that included a game between Duluth East and Eagan, several local boys basketball teams competed for a chance to represent the area at Target Center next week.
December 27, 2013 With no offense to Walker-Hackensack-Akelyy, all eyes were on Chisholm and Bob McDonald last night, as the infamous basketball coach achieved his 1,000 career victory in his final season before retirement.
November 19, 2013 To me - he'll always be my dad's classmate and my high school World History teacher. But to many, Bob McDonald is Minnesota's basketball coach with the most wins - 994 to be exact. This week, McDonald announced that he will step down at the end of this upcoming basketball season.
Comedian Dave Chappelle has made the Twin Cities his home for the past week, doing a few shows at First Ave in Minneapolis. He will cap off his week with a shoot-around with members of the Minnesota Timberwolves on Sunday night.
March 21, 2013 The road to the final four in the Georgia Dome starts to play itself out over the next couple of days. People filling out their picks for the National Champion. The computers have now picked the Champ, see how you match up.
The 2013 NCAA Tournament and March Madness is here! Download your blank NCAA Tournament Bracket now!
It's every fan's dream: you get picked to take one shot from the middle of the court, and if you make it, you win ... something pretty great. But in this glorious age of online video, you also win eternal glory.
January 23, 2013 You may have to Zapruder the video and look in the backround when the shot is replayed. If he steps over the line he doesn't get it. The insurance company has stepped in to make a final look at the shot.
For the first time in the Don Mulhern coaching era at UW-Superior, the Yellowjacket women’s basketball team in nationally ranked. Yep, #25.
Roll Tide!
The BCS National title football game was played Monday night, and it was all Alabama as they won 42-14 over Notre Dame.
July 5, 2011 There's nothing I love more than good kid stories. People like to say that the youth of today are corrupt or lazy, they have no values. I tend to differ in that opinion because when I was growing up I knew of only a few trouble makers but I heard that all kids were stupid and weren't behaved like they were when they were young, then came the speech about 5 cent popcorn walking to school uphill both ways in the snow........I believe there are good kids and good people, you just have to find them over the bullies and Charlie Sheens. Here's a perfect example of a kid who split the winnings to a basketball contest.
Virginia Commonwealth University and Butler will meet Saturday in the most unlikely Final Four match up in NCAA Tournament history.
Led by Jamie Skeen’s 26 points, 11-seed VCU continued their impressive run of giant slaying with a surprisingly easy 71-61 victory over the one-seed Kansas Jayhawks