Profiles

John Malpede has tuned to the arts to provide community, confidence, and stability for the unhoused

On Wisconsin, Fall 2024

Armed with his drum kit, a Holocaust survivor fights antisemitism one musical note at a time

Reader’s Digest, July/August 2024

After sparring his way to a better
life more than two decades ago,
Moe Kayongo teaches kids in north Minneapolis to do the same thing.

Mpls. St. Paul Magazine, August 2024

A Hawaiian helps victims of a devastating fire in the most Hawaiian way possible.

Reader’s Digest, June 2024

It’s one of the most grueling races on the planet, a thousand-mile odyssey run every winter across the Alaskan wilderness. But with the return of the famed Iditarod, the exploits of Dallas Seavey, dogsledding’s most dominant figure, continue to raise questions about the fate of an embattled sport.

GQ, March 2023

Rarely is fact larger than film. But the real-life Ogie Ogilthorpe was even wilder than his onscreen avatar.

The Hockey News, November 2022

Leading in the polls, Herschel Walker still faces the run of his life

Washington Post Magazine, May 8, 2022

The One-Legged Snowboarder who Built an Ingenious Prosthetic for Himself–and his Opponents

GQ, March 2022

U of M student Ian Seidenfeld repeats his alumnus father’s Barcelona Paralympics feat, winning his own gold medal at the recent Tokyo games.

Minnesota Alumni, Winter 2022

A homeless amputee, Roderick Sewell was drawn into multisport by a therapist who wouldn’t give up on him. Now an IRONMAN world championship finisher, he uses his experience to pull for others.

SA Triathlond, Spring 2020

Forty years ago, Mark Pavelich played a crucial role in the U.S. hockey team’s triumph over the Russians. Was there a steep cost for his lifetime on the ice?

Washington Post Magazine, February 16, 2020

Minnesota hockey fans glimpsed the legendary talent of Henry Boucha as a high school player in 1969 at the state tournament–until an elbow to the head sent him to the hospital.

Minnesota History, Winter 2019-2020

The first time I heard about Father Stan Rother, I was standing in the room where he was killed.

Notre Dame Magazine, Summer 2019

Catholic Press Association, 2020 Best Profile, Alumni Magazine

Willians Astudillo is a utility infielder for the Minnesota Twins. And a cult hero. How did that happen?

City Pages, May 2019

City Pages, January 2018

Sports Illustrated, April 2015

Chad Moye was homeless and high on Oxy when he entered prison in 2012, but running has kept him clean for more than three years.

Vice Sports, September 2015

The Lynx star measures “wins” in everything she does.

City Pages, July 2016

The star pitcher of the St. Paul Saints is not your typical professional athlete.

City Pages, August 2016

The New Yorker, June 2015

In 1923, Iowa State lineman Jack Trice died from injuries suffered in his first major college football game.  Was he murdered?

SB Nation, November 2014

The improbable path that took Ra’Shede Hageman from foster child to a top NFL prospect.

SB Nation, November 2013

Outstanding Profile from the American Society of Journalists and Authors, 2014

Running sets a former inmate and recovering addict free

Runner’s World, March 2014

High school student Jeff May managed to tackle a school shooter and save the lives of his fellow students.

Reader’s Digest, September 2005

American Martyr in Guatemala

Stan Rother was murdered 25 years ago, but his memory still lives large in his native Oklahoma and in his adopted homeland.

St. Anthony Messenger, July 2006

The Archbishop Edward T. O’Mara Award for Magazine Article with a Worldwide Missionary Theme from the Society for the Propagation of the Faith and The Eileen Egan Award for Journalistic Excellence from Catholic Relief Services