Bob CollinsWhy would someone stand on the sidelines dressed as a referee? Why would a team allow him to? Did it impact the game? And who’s suing whom, anyway. Ah, details!
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A sweet moment after last weekend’s Minnesota Class A State Tournament semifinals was a sobbering reminder that the carnage caused by distracted drivers in Minnesota can be found just about anywhere these days. Read more →
For a little less than a week, Jason Gabbert was the most hated person in Minnesota sports, based on the Star Tribune’s report of how the Minnesota Twins have banned him for a year for his aggressiveness in chasing foul balls in the nice seats behind the dugout.
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Every now and then, the NCAA shows a little common sense in its insistence that college ‘student-athletes’ not be tainted by money.
Emily Scheck, is a cross-country runner at Canisius College in Buffalo, NY. She’s also gay. Read more →
I have long maintained on these pages that if you want to see sportsmanship in high school sports, the cross-country kids are your best bet. So give it up to the cross-country kids at Chico (Calif.) High School for proving me right.
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But can we just pause for just a moment to observe the legend of Ron Gardenhire, who showed up for today’s news conference, on Veteran’s Day, with a North St. Paul American Legion hat? Read more →
You can’t mess with perfection and for baseball fans, the gift of the sport are the rare moments of perfection. Read more →
Bill James, the onetime security guard who literally changed the game of baseball by developing new statistics to measure performance, is in big trouble with players for suggesting the boys aren’t as important as they think they are.
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Bob Naegele never seemed to get the credit he deserved in the state of hockey. He brought the National Hockey League back to Minnesota, a distinction that politicians hijacked back in the ’90s, a few years after Norm Green spirited the North Stars to Dallas. Read more →
Tyus Jones, the former Apple Valley star and current member of the Minnesota Timberwolves, wanted to go to Indianapolis to see his brother, Tre, another Apple Valley standout, make his collegiate debut for Duke against Kentucky. Read more →
Marco Cavallaro — or maybe it was his parents — didn’t like the penalty called him for a flagrant hit on a quarterback during his East Ridge High School’s (Woodbury) final regular season game against Centennial, won by East Ridge in a thrilling game.
Maybe it was a good call; maybe it wasn’t. That’s football. Read more →
It’s like old times at Target Center; a Timberwolves season seems lost before it even begins. Read more →
You know how it is; sometimes you just get caught up in the moment and do something stupid. It happens, particularly with kids. Read more →
Here’s your daily dose of sweetness. Satellite TV has brought hockey to Kenya. A doughnut company from Canada, displaying marketing genius, took care of the rest. Read more →
Even by the standards of lion-killing dentists, the actions in Namibia of an Idaho Fish and Game official seem despicable. Read more →