Changing a racist name can take a long time, but it might be about to pay off for opponents of the Washington Redskins name. The U.S. Patent Office today canceled the trademark on the Redskins name. That only took about 20 years. Opponents figured out long ago that if the profit from the sale of Read more →
Things were hopping at the Dubh Linn Irish Brew Pub in Duluth yesterday when the U.S. beat Ghana in yesterday’s World Cup match. Check the picture. One woman. This video from Lonny Goldsmith at Brit’s Pub in downtown Minneapolis also suggests a testosterone-heavy clientele. More women seemed represented in Kansas City. But mostly guys. Chicago. Read more →
A few months ago, I tweeted that nothing can make you feel older than when your childhood baseball heroes die. I was wrong. Nothing can make you feel older than when your adult baseball heroes die. Tony Gwynn, the greatest hitter of his generation, died today. He was 54. When he was elected to the Read more →
Neighborhoods in the United States will look just like this today when the United States plays Ghana in the World Cup competition.
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“Ice girls” face the same lousy pay, poor working conditions and exposure as other team cheerleaders. Read more →
Can we please get on the same page on the issue of bike helmets, America?
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The Minnesota Lynx were feted at the White House — again — today. The WNBA champions, as is custom, gave President Obama one of their jerseys. The new jersey — no Lynx, all advertisements — never looked more inappropriate.
It’s been Jason Millard’s dream to play in the U.S. Open, whichbegins today at Pinehurst in North Carolina. He qualified last week at a tournament in Tennessee, so he threw the clubs in the car and headed for North Carolina, his dream within easy reach. But he couldn’t escape what happened — or may have happened — when nobody was looking. Read more →
Our collective self esteem is going to take a hit this summer. We hate being rejected but Timberwolves star Kevin Love apparently is going to make sure his exit from Minnesota hurts good.
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The conversation surrounding the weekend revelation of perks demanded by the NFL in exchange for Minneapolis hosting Super Bowl LII entered the ‘don’t worry about it’ phase today.
The advice comes from famed foodie Andrew Zimmern, who takes on local scribes today for paying attention to the controversy. Read more →
What if hockey appealed to black fans? Would fighting go away? Read more →
It’s a powerful ad that the National Congress of American Indians produced earlier this year to oppose the name of the Washington Redskins. Tonight, it will air in seven major markets (not Minneapolis) during the NBA Finals game between San Antonio and Miami. The Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation, a small group located north of San Read more →
A few weeks ago, Cleveland-area voters approved an extension of a “sin tax” to provide handouts to upgrade three major venues — Progressive Field for the Indians, Quicken Arena for the Cavaliers, and FirstEnergy Stadium for the Browns. Now the county executive has released his plan for distributing the $2.6 million per year: It will Read more →
For a guy who was put on a pedestal in the last month, the co-owner of California Chrome spit the bit after his horse ran out of gas in the third leg of horse racing’s Triple Crown on Saturday.
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There were so many jaw-dropping factoids in the weekend Star Tribune article revealing what Minneapolis gave away to get the 2018 Super Bowl game that it’s hard to know where to begin. So let’s begin with the conclusion: Politicians either don’t know what’s going on in their own city, or they’re disingenuous in their denials of knowing what’s going on in their own city. Read more →
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