Articles written by Tim Leighton

Tim Leighton, Pioneer Press|Mar 22, 2012

Seven time zones away in Croatia, Khalid El-Amin can still see the rainbow shot that looked like it was headed for the ceiling of the old St. Paul Civic Center. His desperation three-pointer from well beyond the arc fell from the heavens and into the hoop just after the final horn to give his Minneapolis North boys basketball team a 67-65 victory over St. Thomas Academy in the state tournament quarterfinals on March 21, 1996. It gave him 41 points, including 27 on nine three-pointers, and...