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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Tag: Sports

Analyzing bicyclists’ behavior

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 5, 2012, 12:27 PM Apr 5, 2012
9

A lot eyes fairly rolled in the cycling community when Talk of the Nation announced it would have a segment on today’s show asking whether bicyclists are their own worst enemy.

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Tears for Tebow

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 21, 2012, 12:05 PM Mar 21, 2012
12

Is Tim Tebow a victim because of his religion?

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The ‘rock star’ heads for the minors

Paul TostoPaul Tosto March 19, 2012, 9:26 AM Mar 19, 2012

He still has the smile and super model wife, but Tsuyoshi Nishioka is Rochester bound.

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Irrational Connecticut pride

Paul TostoPaul Tosto March 16, 2012, 8:47 AM Mar 16, 2012

Nutmeggers unite!

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Basketball, bandwidth and national security

Paul TostoPaul Tosto March 15, 2012, 8:36 AM Mar 15, 2012
2

Having fun watching March Madness? Are a security threat?

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Iowa’s heaven may disappear

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 13, 2012, 2:47 PM Mar 13, 2012

Dyersville, Iowa, home of the Field of Dreams, is in the middle of a fierce debate over the future of the idyllic spot made famous by the Kevin Costner movie.

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MSHSL: Insurance company behind decision not to allow Jablonski on ice

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 12, 2012, 3:27 PM Mar 12, 2012
5

A few people in Minnesota hockey circles were upset that Jack Jablonski was not allowed on the ice to share in the immediate aftermath of Benilde-St. Margaret’s victory in the state Class AA hockey championship.

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Effort to sanitize sports history fails

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 9, 2012, 1:06 PM Mar 9, 2012
2

Major League Baseball reconsiders its decision to ban a gun logo from a team’s throwback uniforms.

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A closer look at the cheap shots in the NFC championship game

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 6, 2012, 11:53 AM Mar 6, 2012
1

Minnesota Vikings fans, who watched cheap shot after cheap shot in the NFC Championship game in 2010 might want to look away:

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The aging of the BWCA visitor

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 6, 2012, 10:41 AM Mar 6, 2012
12

Is it a problem that the average age of a visitor to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness is approaching twice that of the average age in the 1960s?

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The end of outdoor hockey?

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 5, 2012, 1:30 PM Mar 5, 2012
1

A study in Canada says the ‘outdoor hockey’ season is narrowing significantly.

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Saints cheated in playoff win over Vikings

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 2, 2012, 2:48 PM Mar 2, 2012
25

The NFL says players were paid to injure opposition players, including the year the Saints beat the Vikings in the NFC championship game.

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The selling of the stadium

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 2, 2012, 12:28 PM Mar 2, 2012
1

As Minneapolis officials spar over the stadium deal, Los Angeles shrugs.

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Soccer goalie scores on himself

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 1, 2012, 6:22 PM Mar 1, 2012
4

The deal to build a stadium for the Minnesota Vikings has a provision in it that raises the possibility of an MLS soccer team being stationed at the dome in the next decade.

Maybe indoors is a good idea, based on this play yesterday when Maccabi Haifa took on Dynamo Kiev.

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Minnesota taxpayers to build Millennium Falcon

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 1, 2012, 11:18 AM Mar 1, 2012
32

Look quickly at this picture…

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