As referee, retired educator, 89, helps players learn about sport and life
Robert Houle jumps at the chance to be a referee because it combines sports and working with youth.
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by bcadmin | Mar 28, 2022 | Basketball, Korean War, National Guard, News, Picks, Referee, Retired educator, Robert Houle, U.S. & World News | 0 |
Robert Houle jumps at the chance to be a referee because it combines sports and working with youth.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 8, 2021 | Already/Not Yet, Basketball, Big lie, lies, Little lies, News, White lies | 0 |
As the loose ball bounced low across my path, I reflexively lifted up my leg ever-so-slightly and re-directed it into my hands.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 23, 2021 | Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, Basketball, DeLaSalle High School, Local News, men's basketball, News, University of Minnesota | 0 |
In the mid 1990s, Ben Johnson was an eighth-grader seeking admission to DeLaSalle High School in Minneapolis. Even then, the school’s admissions director, Mike O’Keefe, himself an alumnus (1978), saw potential that resulted in, more than two decades later, Johnson being named the men’s head basketball coach at the University of Minnesota March 22.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 23, 2021 | Basketball, Ben Johnson, Coach Mike O'Keefe, DeLaSalle, Gophers, Local News, March Madness, NCAA, News, University of Minnesota, Xavier | 0 |
The new head coach of the University of Minnesota men’s basketball team, Ben Johnson, is a 1999 graduate of De La Salle High School in Minneapolis, where he helped the school win two state championships. He was inducted into the school’s Hall of Fame in 2016.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 27, 2020 | Basketball, Featured, Gianna Bryant, Gigi Bryant, Helicopter crash, Kobe Bryant, Lakers, News, Obituary, U.S. & World News | 0 |
As the world mourned the loss of basketball great Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven others killed in a tragic helicopter crash Jan. 26, many recalled how Bryant gave much credit to his Catholic faith for seeing him through the bad times and strengthening his marriage and family.
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