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‘Who are we? Starwhals!’ St. Paul youth girls hockey team is one effort to help diverse players embrace Minnesota’s traditional game.

by Andrew Hazzard February 14, 2023February 23, 2023

Minnesota is the State of Hockey, but changing demographics aren’t making their way to the rink. Efforts are afoot to change that.

Indigenous Bowl provides showcase for promising Native athletes

by Matt Sepic December 12, 2022December 12, 2022

‘Our winner, by unanimous decision!’: Minneapolis 5th grader Lavendar Nelson claims her seventh national boxing championship.

by Becky Z. Dernbach December 9, 2022December 12, 2022

‘It really brings us together’: World Cup attracts Minnesota viewers of all backgrounds

by Andrew Hazzard November 21, 2022November 25, 2022

CULTURE & COMMUNITY

Somali American running star Abdi Bile is a world-champion mentor.

by Laura Yuen February 26, 2022February 25, 2022

CHANGING MINNESOTA

Futsal is a smaller, faster version of soccer. The global game is seeing a boom in the Twin Cities, driven by an immigrant player base.

by Andrew Hazzard January 18, 2022January 18, 2022

Boxing helped Mohammed Kayongo escape his past as a child soldier in Uganda. Now he wants to give kids in north Minneapolis a fighting chance.

by Mike Mosedale August 23, 2021August 22, 2021

Celebrating Sunisa Lee: Thousands of fans, and plenty of officials, gather to honor St. Paul’s Olympic champion.

by Ben Hovland August 8, 2021August 8, 2021

A crowd came to the airport to welcome Sunisa Lee home. There’ll be a parade. But her success is particularly important to Minnesota’s Asian American women.

by Hibah Ansari August 5, 2021August 5, 2021

Commentary: Suni Lee’s Olympic Success shifts global image of Hmong people and their view of themselves

by Ka Vang August 3, 2021August 3, 2021

Sunisa Lee’s family couldn’t join her in Tokyo. So they celebrated with family and friends in Oakdale instead.

by Hibah Ansari July 29, 2021July 29, 2021

Sunisa Lee’s friends and family watched her become the first Hmong American ever to compete and win a gold medal. For many, it was the best morning of their lives.

by Hibah Ansari July 29, 2021July 30, 2021

Sunisa Lee’s Olympic journey stirs Hmong observers in Minnesota

by Peter Cox July 13, 2021November 17, 2021

Michael and Brian Vang started out playing soccer with their sisters and their father on St. Paul’s Hmong East Side. They just made the pro leagues together.

by Jeffrey Bissoy September 8, 2020September 8, 2020

For Timberwolves’ Gersson Rosas, immigrant experience fueled rise to a top NBA job

by Britt Robson June 9, 2020June 12, 2020

Injuries. Trolls. Her own nerves. Gymnast Sunisa Lee battles them all in Olympic quest

by NANCY YANG March 20, 2020April 3, 2020

CULTURE & COMMUNITY, Sports

Cricket building friendships, bridging gaps across Minnesota’s immigrant communities

by Danish Raza August 11, 2019April 1, 2020