Bob Collins
Of all the secrets that leak out on the planet on a daily basis, none is more well kept than the identity of sports mascots. So who’d like to reveal the true identity of TC Bear?
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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Sports
Baseball has been pushing hard for years to elevate ‘God Bless America’ to National Anthem status, specifically in a salute to veterans and soldiers. It’s a nice sentiment and good business. Read more →
Who wouldn’t take every opportunity to own a record in a state that’s fishing crazy like Minnesota?
Kelsey Poshusta. Read more →
The lesson from last weekend’s protest on Lake Mille Lacs may be that protest works. Or maybe it doesn’t.
A flotilla of fisherpeople and area business owners encircled Gov. Mark Dayton’s bought, protesting restrictions on the taking of walleye.
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The University of Minnesota tried its best to hide the fact that selling the naming rights to Mariucci Arena was anything but a grab for cash at the expense of sports history. Read more →
A Minnesota school district is putting weight behind the philosophy that substance abuse deserves treatment more than punishment.
Up until recently, the long-time policy for athletes in the Austin, Minn., schools was if a player is caught using chemicals, they’re benched for nine games or nine weeks, whichever is longer. A second offense carries a one-year suspension from the sport. A third infraction carries an additional year’s suspension. Read more →
Shawn and Shamus Evans rolled into Minneapolis today enroute to Lake Charles, Louisiana.
They left Moorhead last week with the aim of running along the Mississippi River to support Ainsley’s Angels of America, providing running chairs to children along the way.
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If you’ve worked in the cubicle farms of America long enough, you’re probably familiar with the typical memos that come out at firing and layoff time, dripping with passive aggressive, but nothing you can pin the writer down on.
That’s the way the news release went from the Minnesota Timberwolves late Friday announcing they’ve traded Ricky Rubio. Read more →
The U.S. Department of Justice today has given up the latest attempt to try to force the team to drop the name.
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John McEnroe said today he’s not going to apologize for his comments on NPR last weekend in which he refused to call Serena Williams the best tennis player in the world.
Under McEnroe reasoning, women athletes can never be considered ‘the best’ because they can’t beat men at the game. Read more →
Anybody who knows baseball will tell you fans of the St. Louis Cardinals are the most savvy and knowledgeable of all baseball fans.
Today’s proof?
This fan didn’t need a glove to catch a foul ball. Read more →
Even if the pitcher grooved the pitch for a 45-year-old man, Kevin Millar’s curtain call for the St. Paul Saints on Saturday was baseball perfect.
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There is a moment when we all must pass the torch and it is no different for a man who created the Western States 100, the world’s oldest trail run.
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There are certain moments when Target Field can be one of the most beautiful sports venues in America.
Yesterday was one of those days.
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It was a great day for baseball in Alaska last night.
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