The Boston Red Sox are about to make a huge fashion mistake, but there’s probably no stopping them. Player Jonny Gomes saw this jacket and liked it so much he bought one for every member of the Red Sox team that’s going to go to the White House on Tuesday, and apparently his teammates either (a) Read more →
Two moves yesterday underscore the aversion corporate sports has to personality. Read more →
Judging by the reports from Fort Meyers, the Minnesota Twins better get their laughs in while things are still funny. Read more →
Steals may be a bigger part of the game that is generally believed, a FiveThirtyEight statistician says. If true, it means Ricky Rubio is as elite as Kevin Love. Read more →
Some years ago, the Star Tribune sports department decided to stop using team nicknames that people might find offensive. Out were the ‘Indians’ and ‘Redskins,’ for example, and in was ‘the team from Cleveland’ or the ‘team from Washington.’
It lasted for about a season and then the policy quietly disappeared.
Should NPR consider following suit? Read more →
With college tournaments well underway, we’ve reached the usual point in the winter sports season where people point out the obvious: Women’s sports aren’t getting anywhere near the attention of the men. Read more →
Why, yes, thank you, we did have a great time last week overdosing on spring training baseball, squeezing in about five games in four days. We went in search of “old fashion” spring training, which was a lot like town ball in its informality and ability of fans to get close to the game and Read more →
Some one get that bear a glove! Actually, it doesn’t appear that he needs it. Read more →
The San Jose Sharks made a young fan very, very happy last night — and they didn’t even win their game against the Florida Panthers. Read more →
The Minnesota Lynx of the WNBA today became the first team in Minnesota to wipe its name of its jerseys and sell the space to an advertiser, in this case the Mayo Clinic. Read more →
The high school kids understandably were sad and sulked a bit after losing outstanding games. And we cut them slack we didn’t extend to women athletes on a bigger stage. Read more →
The name of the game in the Minnesota State High School League basketball tournament is winning, so is it a problem if a team exploits the rules and wins in a way that doesn’t seem quite right? Read more →
There’s a pretty fair chance the Fond du Lac Ojibwe School boys basketball team — known as the Ogichidaag — won’t get much attention from the big city media at this week’s Minnesota State High School League basketball tournament — they’re just a Class A team — but the squad appears to have all the qualities of a Cinderella team. Read more →
At Xcel Center on Tuesday night, Jamie Jenn thought she was taking part in an intermission contest, guessing what Erik Haula said was the biggest surprise in Minnesota. She guessed it was the size of the Mall of America. She was wrong. Read more →
Don’t even think of watching this video from some guys in New York and New Jersey if you’ve never strapped on a pair of skates and played hockey on a pond. Read more →
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