From the early days of YMCA leagues to the modern game of the Timberwolves and Lynx, sports historians and basketball fanatics Hugunin and Thornley offer the complete story of the North Star State's most popular game.

The histories in Twin Cities Sports are rooted in the class, ethnic, and regional identity of this unique upper midwestern metropolitan area. The compilation includes a wide range of important studies on the hub of interwar speedskating, the success of Gopher football in the Jim Crow era, the integration of municipal golf courses, the building of a world-renowned park system, the Minneapolis Lakers’ basketball dynasty, the Minnesota Twins’ connections to Cuba, and more.

When youth sports in Minnesota first came under control of the schools, basketball was the tip of the spear. Through extensive research, this book details how the game's popularity pushed all sports from a chaotic era to one of order, and how adult supervision helped ensure character development in participants.

For athletes, fanatics, and trivia buffs alike, Minnesota's first and only comprehensive sports almanac features 125 glorious years of winning, losing, and playing the game.

Basketball is known for its fast-breaking, buzzer-beating action, and Creative Education is known for its stellar sports publishing. That excitement is captured—and that tradition continued—in The NBA: A History of Hoops, a series celebrating all 30 franchises of the National Basketball Association. With thrilling texts, interesting side panels, and lively player profiles set alongside vibrant photos, every team's origins, stars, greatest triumphs, and most unforgettable moments can be experienced like never before. This title provides an informative narration of the Minnesota Timberwolves professional basketball team's history from its 1989 founding to today, spotlighting memorable players and reliving dramatic events.

In Minnesota Made Me, award-winning sportswriter Patrick C. Borzi digs into how growing up or living in Minnesota shaped the careers of the state’s most accomplished athletes.

Cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of Minnesota.