Hopkins Star Has Bright Future With Basketball, Harvard
HOPKINS, Minn. (WCCO) — Siyani Chambers plays point guard for the Hopkins High School boys basketball team. He helped lead the Royals to a Class 4A state championship last season. His future is...
View Article‘March Madness’ Is In Full Swing Around The Twin Cities
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Fans are getting behind their alma maters here in the Twin Cities as the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament is in full swing. Some dealt with the distraction of the tournament all...
View ArticleOpinion: Romney Should Not Be The Candidate On The Defense
As governors throughout the United States gathered for the Governors’ Conference in Williamsburg, Virginia this past week, the Republican governors shared a common concern with many Republicans...
View ArticleOpinion: Obama Should Release His College Transcripts
As the battle rages on regarding the non-release of Mitt Romney’s income tax data with Sen. Harry Reid claiming that the GOP presidential candidate hasn’t paid any taxes for ten years, it’s...
View ArticleNew Supreme Court Justice Sworn In
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO/AP) – Minnesota’s newest Supreme Court justice was sworn in Tuesday afternoon by the woman she’s replacing. Supreme Court Justice Wilhelmina Wright, 48, took the oath from Justice...
View ArticleMN Player Helps Lift Harvard Over New Mexico In NCAA Upset
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The NCAA Tournament is already giving people a lot to talk about, and it’s also busting a lot of brackets. But the biggest upset of the day came with the help of a young man from...
View ArticleFive Things: FGCU First 15 Seed In Sweet 16 And Pac 12 Exceeds Its Seeds
By Andrew Kahn To measure the unpredictability of this year’s NCAA Tournament, consider two items that didn’t make this column: Gonzaga, a 32-win team on a 15-game win streak, didn’t survive the first...
View ArticleBC’s Alex Carpenter Beats Hannah Brandt For Kazmaier Award
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Boston College junior forward Alex Carpenter has won the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, given annually to the top player in women’s college hockey. The award was presented Saturday...
View ArticleGopher Women’s Hockey Preps For National Title Game
http://media.minneapolis.cbslocal.com/CBSMIN_20150322001236823AA.mp4 MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — There’s gotta be a good reason behind the Gophers reaching their fourth straight national title game, right?...
View ArticleRIT Beats Minnesota State-Mankato 2-1 In Midwest Regionals
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Josh Mitchell broke a tie in the third period and Rochester Institute of Technology beat top-seeded Minnesota State-Mankato 2-1 on Saturday in the Midwest Regional semifinals of...
View ArticleSharp-Tongued Democratic Rep. Winkler To Resign, Move Abroad
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota Democratic legislator who fought to raise the minimum wage and is known for speeches that mocked Republican rivals as well as politicians in his own party said...
View ArticleMore Students Turning To Crowdfunding For Tuition
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — With the cost of tuition rising every year, crowd fundraising site GoFundMe reports more people are turning to the internet to ask for help. The College Board estimates the average...
View ArticleMinnesota Wild Hire Stats Specialists For Hockey Operations
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Wild have hired for their hockey operations department a pair of analytics specialists who co-founded an advanced statistics website. Wild general manager Chuck...
View ArticleMinn. Teen Takes Harvard Acceptance Letter To Prom As Her ‘Date’
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — After she wasn’t asked to prom, one Minnesota teenager did the next best thing: she brought her acceptance letter to Harvard. Champlin Park High School senior Priscilla Samey, 17,...
View ArticleWhite House Backs Asian-Americans In Harvard Admissions Case
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department on Thursday sided with Asian-American students suing Harvard University over the Ivy League school’s consideration of race in its admissions policy, the latest...
View ArticleFive Things: NCAA Tournament Bids And Wichita’s Perfection
By Andrew Kahn >>More articles Not all conference tournaments are created equal. In the one-big leagues, the intensity is far greater than in the power conferences—it’s truly win or go home....
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