January 25, 2001 - Police and city staff members in Saint Paul will develop recommendations over the next few weeks as to how the city should analyze racial profiling statistics the police department has been keeping since last spring. The city council met with police chief Bill Finney yesterday (Wednesday) and asked him to return in a month with specific suggestions for how the numbers should be analyzed. Minnesota Public Radio's William Wilcoxen reports...
January 25, 2001 - MPR’s William Wilcoxen presents a profile of jazz organist Jack McDuff (aka Captain Jack), who died on January 24th, 2001. Segment includes recorded interview with McDuff.
January 17, 2001 - Jim Kaat, former Twins broadcaster, and Howard Sinker, MPR sports analyst, discuss Baseball Hall-of-Famer Kirby Puckett. Program also features Kirby’s retirement statement, reports on his election to the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, and call-in commentary from listeners.
January 16, 2001 - MPR’s William Wilcoxen provides a brief profile of baseball star Kirby Puckett, who along with Dave Winfield, have been elected to baseball's Hall of Fame in their first year of eligibility. Winfield is a St. Paul native whose 22-year major league career included a couple of seasons with the Minnesota Twins. But at the team offices in the Metrodome, the biggest celebration was for Puckett, who during his twelve years in Minnesota became one of the Twins' best and most popular players.
January 16, 2001 - It may be a big day for Minnesota baseball as results of this 2001's Hall of Fame balloting will be announced and two of Minnesota's own…Dave Winfield, a Saint Paul native; and Kirby Puckett, a 12-year star Twin…are strong candidates for enshrinement.
January 11, 2001 - MPR's William Wilcoxen reports that a citizens panel put together by the Minnesota Twins to look at the baseball team's future has finished its work. After six months of study, Minnesotans for Major League Baseball says the state risks losing the Twins unless the team gets a new ballpark combined with financial reforms in big league baseball.
January 3, 2001 - For the past couple of years, the University of Minnesota men's basketball team has garnered more attention for its academic fraud scandal than for its play on the court. But that may be changing. With most of the fallout from the scandal behind them, this year's Gophers have quietly gone about winning twelve of their first thirteen games. Tonight (Wed) they begin Big Ten Conference play, and the competition is sure to be tougher. Minnesota Public Radio's William Wilcoxen reports...
December 28, 2000 - The University of Minnesota will play North Carolina State in the Micron P-C Dot Com Bowl in Miami at seven o'clock tonight (Thurs). The resurgent football program is in a good position to help improve the financial outlook in a men's athletic department that's run up some big debts in the last few years. Minnesota Public Radio's William Wilcoxen reports...
December 21, 2000 - The president of Amtrak is mobilizing support for high speed rail service in the Midwest. During a Minnesota visit yesterday George Warrington also backed the idea of making St. Paul's Union Depot the passenger rail station for the Twin Cities, an idea that sits well with officials in the capital city. Minnesota Public Radio's William Wilcoxen reports.
December 18, 2000 - The Minnesota Vikings fell five points short of going undefeated at the Metrodome this year. The 33-28 loss to the Green Bay Packers yesterday means the Vikings are still trying to wrap up the division title. They'll also be trying to avoid heading into the playoffs on a three game losing streak when they travel to Indianapolis for their final game of the regular season Sunday. Minnesota Public Radio's William Wilcoxen reports...