Bob Collins‘A lot of people think Muslim girls don’t know how to play,’ their coach says.
They know how to play. They’re 6-1 on the season so far.
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Cooper Dawson and Kingsley Feinman, have changed each other’s lives. Dawson is your basic jock. Feinman is your basic person with cerebral palsy. Read more →
Who knew there was a pent-up demand for thumb-wrestling in Winona? River City Wrestling and Island City Brewing Company teamed up for the first annual thumb wrestling championship in the city on Saturday, known as the Thumbs Up Throw Down.
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Yes, we know. There’s a little bit of public relations involved in Tuesday’s visit to the hospital by members of the Minnesota Twins.
But let’s just set the cynicsm aside for a moment. Just because we can. Also: Joe Mauer petting a dog. That’s why. Read more →
Alas, there’ll be no sell-off of The People’s Stadium. Craigslist has removed the posting, offering the stadium for sale for $1 billion, and for good reason. Read more →
Tear duct check time, thanks to this video released this morning by the Minnesota Vikings in honor of tight end Kyle Rudolph. Read more →
What gets you fired quicker in the National Football League: treating a woman like a ragdoll? Or criticizing a prima donna quarterback? I know. Silly question. Read more →
Flowers and hockey generally don’t go hand in hand. But the times demanded it for the West Fargo Sheyenne Mustang hockey team, which made a stop on the way to their game against the Red River Roughriders. Read more →
Given a choice between indoors and outdoors, an NHL team can’t resist hockey the way it was meant to be played. Read more →
We find the story suspect while acknowledging that perhaps McCarthy has changed his ways. First of all: it’s Jacksonville in all of the anecdotes. Jacksonville. Read more →
Social media has made it too uncomfortable for Major League Baseball to support a candidate with racist views. Over the weekend, Judd Legum, who writes a political newsletter, reported that the commissioner’s office had donated $5,000 to Cindy Hyde-Smith, who is in a runoff election for U.S. Senate from Mississippi. But please MLB, do continue Read more →
The University of Washington and Washington State University played their big rivalry game Friday, but the UW band couldn’t make it to the game. One of the the three busses carrying the band overturned on a highway on the way to the game in Pullman and the band canceled the trip. Read more →
Adrian Peterson , the former Minnesota Vikings star, didn’t learn a thing from his arrest and trial for beating his son with a switch.
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