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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Tag: Sports

KG v. KL

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 29, 2012, 12:48 PM Feb 29, 2012
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If you want to start a good argument, experience tells me, a good topic would be: Who was more involved in the community while a member of the Minnesota Timberwolves — Kevin Garnett or Kevin Love?

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Hockey moms and referees

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 27, 2012, 10:45 AM Feb 27, 2012

The CBC reports that police had to be called to a rink in New Brunswick because a 13-year old referee through out a coach and a hockey mom for repeated verbal abuse of his allegedly missing calls during a game between teams of 11-year-olds.

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Dignity takes a hard hit in high school sports tournaments

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 24, 2012, 1:34 PM Feb 24, 2012
5

A Lakeville team runs up the score on Winona in a boy’s sectional playoff. Why?

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Moss threatens comeback

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 13, 2012, 11:10 AM Feb 13, 2012
5

Randy Moss is ready to make a football comeback.

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Pride of the Super Bowl losers

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 3, 2012, 2:46 PM Feb 3, 2012
1

What happens to the pre-printed T-shirts and caps of the team that doesn’t win?

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The Super Bowl and economic superstition

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 30, 2012, 12:09 PM Jan 30, 2012

Well, now, this is a problem. If you’re a New England Patriots fan with money in the stock market, you have to decide which is more important: another Super Bowl trophy or the ability to retire.

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Timberwolves still looking for national respect

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 25, 2012, 12:44 PM Jan 25, 2012
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Figures. On a day when the Minnesota Timberwolves finally declare themselves a legit NBA organization again by signing Kevin Love to a fat contract, Forbes Magazine offers one more bit of humiliation to the Timberwolves before doing so goes out of style.

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Death threats and a football game

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 23, 2012, 12:45 PM Jan 23, 2012
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Maybe it’s time to step back from the TV and take a deep breath.

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Rubio fever spreading

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 18, 2012, 3:18 PM Jan 18, 2012

If the rumors of his reluctance to play basketball in Minnesota are/were accurate, Ricky Rubio thought the bright lights of the big city wouldn’t shine on him if he was stuck in flyover country.

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Crashed Ice in 3D

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 18, 2012, 10:49 AM Jan 18, 2012

The rollout of videos from last weekend’s Crashed Ice event in Saint Paul continues today with this 3D video.

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Weather

Watching the people watching Crashed Ice

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 14, 2012, 12:14 PM Jan 14, 2012
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When it comes to winter, Saint Paul knows how to make it a verb.

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The only Tim Tebow headline you’ll ever read without a religious pun in it

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 12, 2012, 1:04 PM Jan 12, 2012
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Tebow is now America’s most popular athlete.

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Saint Paul in the spotlights

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 12, 2012, 12:09 PM Jan 12, 2012

Not since the days of the ice castle has Saint Paul had as photogenic an event in January as the Crashed Ice spectacular at the Cathedral of Saint Paul.

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Air traffic could pose challenge to Shakopee stadium

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 11, 2012, 5:33 PM Jan 11, 2012
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It’s probably too late for the Shakopee site for a Minnesota Vikings stadium to get serious consideration in the ongoing battle over a new stadium for the team, but if it does, there’s likely one problem that the proposal may not be considering. Airplanes.

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What’s on the mind of hockey players? Jack Jablonski

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 6, 2012, 3:24 PM Jan 6, 2012
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A fight broke out last night in a game between Winona and Owatonna when a player was checked from behind, a hit similar to the one that severed Jablonski’s spinal cord

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