What made MA's star athletes reach the elite level? What made them who they are today? What made them strive and succeed at what they love? Maybe it was the “IT Factor” as 7th grade Jalen...
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Slideshow: 2025 Boys basketball state quarterfinal
Redhawks take on Caledonia at Williams Arena Class AA action took place March 18, 2025. Photos by Ezra Victor.
Sports consumption changing
How today's teenagers are engaging with pro sports Teenagers don’t seem to care about sports anymore— at least live sports. TV viewership for sports is dropping; many kids and teens have never...
Betting is fun, just ask the media
The rapidly growing gambling culture continues to infiltrate sports content, so much so that gambling chatter has become a staple of daily sports media. According to S&P Global, in 2023, a total...
Love at first spike
It’s late July and the first set of a sweaty, scrappy beach volleyball game has just concluded. Eva Kováčová, a junior exchange student from Slovakia, is now ready to advance into the next set, a...
College football looks different
Conference realignment and playoff expansion alter CFB After a summer of vacant Saturdays and weeks of sulking in the sports drought, temperatures are dropping and leaves are changing; football...
Timberwolves end dramatic season
This year, the “Let’s go Wolves” chant really meant something A “Let’s go Wolves” chant serenaded Target Center as the...
Track and field record-breakers
Click the photo below to view a galleryAthletes smash school...
Is the time for turf approaching?
M.A. hopes to install turf & lights at Upper School athletic field Guido Kauls field has been a great...
Basketball season never ends
Is AAU basketball really worth the extra time? Does it make you better? High-school athletes every year get recruited...
Shedding light on the NCAA Transfer Portal
The transfer portal from 3 perspectives “I don’t know what the future has in store for me there, but I do know that...
The land of 10,000 heartbreaks
The land of 10,000 heartbreaks Every prideful Minnesotan can recount where they were on the night of the Minneapolis...
Sports photography gains popularity
The increasing interest among youth Raising 4 kids, Lisa Siddons was consumed by youth sports for many years....
State of hockey welcomes women’s team
Professional Women's Hockey League debuts, drawing former & current players, inspiring girls September 18th...
History and film: fact or fiction
Is the screen an adequate medium for depicting the events of history? This October, highly-esteemed director...