I still remember the first day I saw her. Our junior varsity match complete, I sat on the sidelines watching the varsity team, filled with equal parts envy and awe as her small, muscular form sped across the field, the ball seemingly magnetized to her feet.
Read MoreAt a 2019 mid-season Portland Thorns vs. North Carolina Courage match, our mohawked capo revealed a dress with three arrows surrounded by a rainbow border. A cheer arose from the crowd of Rose City Riveters, the Portland Thorns supporter’s group.
Read MoreIn February, 2020, Power Ten, also known as Lake Phalen Community Rowing -- powerten.org --set out to bring youth of all backgrounds together to learn and enjoy the sport of rowing. The club’s slogan: Changing the Face of Rowing.
Read MoreThe Under Review is dedicated to featuring local and national organizations with social justice, racial equality, and/or the fight against gender or LGBTQ+ disparity, who use sports, writing, or education as their main tool for empowerment and change. It is our honor and pleasure to offer our support to Minneapolis’s own Circle of Discipline with Center Court’s inaugural post.
Read MoreI was chatting with a co-worker about the Super Bowl when he said something that disturbed me: “I always liked the Chiefs because they were underdogs. I don’t think I can cheer for them anymore now that they’ve actually won it all.”
Read MoreDear Readers,
As many of you know, the Under Review is based out of Minneapolis and St. Paul, editors on both sides of the Mississippi, in the cities that we love and in cities that are nearly incapacitated with throbbing grief and anger over the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers.
Read MoreHow my mom and a utility infielder made me fall in love with baseball.
Read MoreI know it’s bad because I miss Jim Nantz. I miss the Masters. I miss golf. I miss what could arguably be called the most boring sport on television…
Read MoreWe have a predilection to abuse
antidepressants we are both tornadoes
of trailer trash who learned to skate
Dear Basketball has never not made me cry. You don't know me, but even if you did this wouldn't surprise you. I’m a natural crier. I cry while watching movies and reading books, through joy and through pain. My best and worst moments have this truth about me in common.
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