Bob Collins
Photographer Sean Haffey was in a perfect position to get a shot of Lara Gut, the Swiss skier who fell during her run at the women’s giant slalom at the Olympics. Read more →
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Sports
Baseball is about fathers and sons over the years and there was no more poignant moment illustrating that than the first game of the American League Divisional Series in 2016 between the Cleveland Indians and Boston Red Sox. Read more →
One couple is spending $60,000 a year to raise an Olympic figure skater. She’s 11. Read more →
some of the ‘sports’ in the Winter Olympics. Read more →
What’s it like to be a parent? It’s like this. Every day. Read more →
Youth football organizers are getting the message that parents are delivering. They don’t want their kids brains scrambled by tackle football.
Read more →
Nancy YangWait, what? How does American Adam Rippon skate a clean program and then finish third behind Canada’s Patrick Chan and Russian athlete Mikhail Kolyada — two guys who fell during their programs? Twitter did not understand. Here’s what happened. Read more →
Just another Friday night for the Denfield basketball squad. Read more →
Even in Canada, the country of hockey, it’s asking a lot to expect people to stay up to or get up at 3 a.m. to watch an Olympic hockey game, but the CBC says that’s what you get by having the Olympics in South Korea this year.
Even bars seem to be throwing in the towel. Read more →
OK, one last video from Deadspin’s visit to Minnesota for the Super Bowl. It contains the ultimate slam against our great state, referring to the Mall of America as ‘Minnesota’s chief cultural institution.’
That one left a mark.
Read more →
Roller-skating rinks in Minnesota are apparently the new drive-in theater. Nice for nostalgia but disappearing fast. Read more →
Really, is there anything more we wanted out of the Super Bowl than this tweet from a Sports Illustrated icon? Read more →
We enjoyed our week in the the national spotlight and somehow we’ll find a way to carry on as we slip back into flyover country status.
But the post-Super Bowl strategy by business leaders and politicians is worth keeping a close eye on. Read more →
Ryan McKenna’s team lost the Super Bowl but he got 36 Snapchats, 21 DMs, and 150 follower requests so it’s all good. Read more →
Darren Rovell, the ESPN business reporter, got under Minnesotans’ skins this weekend when he assessed Minnesota’s standings in the Super Bowl hierarchy. Read more →