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Track and cross country coach Joanna Warmington quit on Monday and went out firing against an investigation into her conduct by the university Read more →
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Kids from Erasmus Sophia Children’s Hospital in Rotterdam were invited to watch the soccer game between Feyenoord and Excelsior on Sunday.
It was a nice time for the kids who got to stand on the pitch with their favorite players before the game started. Read more →
If Sister Mary Sobieck, who threw out the first pitch at Saturday’s Chicago White Sox game, looks familiar to you, you’re probably an old-time Northlander. Read more →
This is why baseball is confusing to teach to a novice. Even the players often don’t know what’s going on. Read more →
Dismiss the value of trivia if you wish, but we take some comfort in the fact that ‘Big Al’ Delia has risen above the daily nonsense to capture America’s attention. Read more →
The declining population of small towns and the growing concern over the safety of children are teaming up to kill football at Pine River-Backus High School. Read more →
Always give the baseball to a kid. Read more →
Whalen deserves her spot as one of the most beloved athletes in Minnesota history, not just for her achievements, but because it was obvious she had a compass. Read more →
Could a non-basketball-playing person make the same shot armed with only the physical calculations to make it?
Science says yes. Read more →
It’s Little League World Series season, the annual exercise in which kids provide regular lessons on sportsmanship to adults who don’t get it.
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During yesterday’s game between the Yankees and White Sox in Chicago, a moth flew into an umpire’s ear and wouldn’t come out. Read more →
It’s Kubb, and it’s particularly popular in Wisconsin, perhaps because you can compete while drinking a can of beer. Read more →
Paul TostoWhen you play for an unaffiliated baseball team in an independent league, your methods of self-expression are apparently, uh, a little more flexible. Read more →
Andrew KruegerThe U.S. men’s curling team relied on skill as it won Olympic gold earlier this year. But team member John Landsteiner’s Olympic ring being found after he lost it on a California beach last month? That’s thanks to a tremendous amount of luck. Read more →
There is only one openly gay player on any professional men’s sports team in America — Minnesota United’s Collin Martin. That should tell you plenty about the climate for people who are gay in professional men’s sports because it’s a sure bet that there’s more than one gay man in all of baseball, football, hockey, or soccer.
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