As a fan of a team that will likely never win a World Series in my lifetime (a distinction, we suspect, you Chicago Cubs fans are about to lose), you’ll find no bigger supporter than me of the notion that baseball is the perfect game.
Sure, we joke from time to time that it’s like a religion, but we don’t really mean it. Read more →
In St. Charles, Minn., gateway to Whitewater, there lives a young woman who was raised properly. Read more →
The coach of Red Wing High School’s football team has resigned, just a few days after a GOP politician said his son was punished for his politics.
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It was a shocking moment the other night when someone threw a can of beer at an outfielder for the Baltimore Orioles, just as he was about to make a catch on a deep fly in the wild card play-in game. Read more →
Last night, in their first exhibition game, the Boston Celtics released and played a video. The players and coaches then locked arms and bowed their heads during the National Anthem. Read more →
A North Dakota guy heckles the European professionals at the Ryder Cup for missing putts. They call him out, challenge him to sink a 10-footer, and he does. Read more →
The question of calling out ‘lies’ was a big topic on NewsCut this week. Let’s consider another, less passion-filled example. Read more →
The story of Wrenshall’s girls basketball team is not only the story of how a small number of kids showed up in the face of certain losses; it was a metaphor for rural Minnesota and rural America. The story might be nearing an end. Read more →
The Minnesota Twins played a hastily-scheduled game at Target Field today thanks to a rainout last night. What’s with the shaming? Read more →
Is love really blossoming in the abundance suggested by Jumbotrons across America? Or is there just good money in it. Read more →
The protest during the playing of the National Anthem at sports events is growing still.
Last evening, an entire WNBA team knelt during the song’s playing. Read more →
The next time you get into a little fender-bender or are cut off in traffic and given to a bout of road rage, think about Thom Richard, a pilot who was stopped on a runway at the National Championship Air Races in Reno last weekend.
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A good dog is a pretty important hunting companion during the current birding season, but so is a good drone. Read more →
As any outsider who’s ever criticized Minnesota can attest, nothing can stir up the locals like a little disrespect.
And nothing can feel so fulfilling as some comeuppance. Read more →
That was apparently quite the stunning halftime show at the new Vikings stadium last evening when the Minnesota Orchestra played as the entertainment. Read more →
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