Pushcart Nominations from the Under Review

Despite launching two of our issues in quarantine, news of our Pushcart nominations, can now be spread to the masses.

Issue 2, Issue 3, Pushcart, sports writingMeghan Maloney-VinzDecember 14, 2020ribbon, featured postComment

Center Court November Spotlight: You Can Play

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.

LGBTQ, Activism, LGBTQ+Jess SkylesonDecember 1, 2020ribbon, blog, center court, featured post

Homers' Corner: I Just Want to Watch Soccer and Destroy the Patriarchy

At 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.

Center Court October Spotlight: Lake Phalen Community Rowing

In 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.

rowing, sports writing, sports, Olympics, Issue 2Suzanne SwansonOctober 23, 2020ribbon, blog, center court, featured post

Center Court September Spotlight: Circle of Discipline

The 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.

Homers' Corner: The Chiefs Kingdom is at Hand

I 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.”

Issue 2 Postponed: Joint Statement from the Editors

Dear 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.