The Saint Paul Saints are as close as they’ve ever been to getting their wish a taxpayer-subsidized stadium in downtown Saint Paul. This week, Saint Paul Mayor Chris Coleman sent a $27 million dollar request to state officials for bonding money for the stadium, and the early line seemed to be it had a good chance of making the cut.
So an announcement today about the Saints latest irreverent marketing gimmick probably had some of the politicians who’ve stuck their neck out for the team cringing.
We’re all pretty excited here at MPR. We’ve organized an outing (we almost never have newsroom and staff outings) to the Minnesota Twins game tonight because legend Gary Eichten is throwing out the first pitch.
To paraphrase Denny Green, Joe Paterno was who we thought he was… assuming we thought he covered up for pedophiles.
Various controversies swirl around the London Olympics. The Chap Olympics, meanwhile, was held on just one day — last Saturday — and Britain finally won something.
There’s been a sudden upsurge lately in the number of fathers videotaping their children having meltdowns over life’s disappointments.
The Twins reported today they’ve found Thome’s 607th career homer that disappeared into a flower bed last night.
Undeterred by history, I am now predicting that Jose Orlando Berrios — the #32 pick of the Minnesota Twins in this week’s baseball draft — will be a fan favorite, based on a single fact.
At the Division III track-and-field championships over the weekend in Ohio, Meghan Vogel, a junior, was near the finish line when there was something more important that came up for her than finishing the race.
Hope springs eternal. But it shouldn’t — at least when it comes to baseball. Baseball loves statistics and the numbers show that, despite winning four of the last five games, the Twins have almost no chance of making the playoffs. The projections from two baseball data sites bear that out. Coolstandings.com gives the Twins slightly Read more →
We often don’t get to determine how our final exit from our careers will go, so it was lump-in-the-throat time at Wrigley Field today when Cubs pitcher Kerry Wood announced his retirement, before making his final appearance in a game.
In Reggie Deal’s family, when someone turns 40, they get to do something big. The Texas native’s wife toured the Amazon last year and although the Wyoming resident doesn’t turn 40 until next year, they decided if he’s ever going to reach his goal of visiting all 30 major league cities in 30 days, this was the year to do it.
Bob Collins
Flugtag moments
Hockey needs more moms on the ice
Paul Tosto