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Local Coach Hit Hard By North Minneapolis Tornado
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The tornado that ripped through north Minneapolis has impacted many, including a fearless community leader who is also a state championship basketball coach. Faith...
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WNBA’s Wiggins Takes Offseason College Job
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Candice Wiggins, who plays for the WNBA champion Minnesota Lynx, has taken an offseason job with Occidental College as an assistant women’s basketball coach. Wiggins will focus on...
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Coach Changing Lives At Central Lakes Community College
BRAINERD, Minn. (WCCO) — Central Lakes College in Brainerd has not been the same since Jim Russell came to town. The college’s athletic director has collected more awards in his 16 years as basketball...
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SMSU Coach Talks About Life After Tragedy
MARSHALL, Minn. (WCCO) – It’s a sports story, but it’s much more. Southwest Minnesota State University (SMSU) basketball coach Brad Bigler and his wife Heather lost their five-month-old son to a drunk...
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College Coach Charged With Sexual Conduct With Minor
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A women’s basketball and cross-country coach at a private Christian college is charged with criminal sexual conduct involving a Shorewood teen. According to the Hennepin County...
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Legendary Basketball Coach Meyer In Hospice Care
ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) — Legendary basketball coach Don Meyer is in hospice care in South Dakota after a years-long battle with cancer, his family said. “Coach Meyer’s health has been drastically...
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Aberdeen Cancer Center To Be Named For Meyer, Wife
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A cancer center in South Dakota will bear the names of Don Meyer and his wife, providing an enduring legacy for the legendary basketball coach and his primary caregiver. The...
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St. John’s Basketball Coach Jim Smith Retiring After 51 Seasons
COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. (WCCO) — St. John’s University is about to lose a legend. Jim Smith started coaching basketball there in 1964 and has won more games than any other college basketball coach in...
View ArticleJury Finds School, Ex-Coach Not Liable In Fatal Crash
MOORHEAD, Minn. (AP) — A jury has found a Moorhead school and its former basketball coach not liable in a crash that killed two students four years ago. The Clay County jury deliberated about a...
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