It’s a fine line that separates good-natured NHL playoff rivalries from you-need-to-get-a-life-status. Hello, Boston. The Bruins open their playoff series tonight against the Montreal Canadiens. It’s probably the biggest rivalry in hockey and there’s no rumor for humor, apparently. In Montreal, a liquor store plastered Montreal Canadiens logos over any mention of Boston on its Read more →
Just checking in on the Denver sportswriter who criticized Minnesota Wild fans last week after the Colorado Avalanche appeared on the version of wiping the local team off the playoff map. He said Wild players were bellyachers, calling the coach duller than a fence post, and seemed to mock ‘The Great State of Hockey.’ Read more →
The NBA’s punishment for Donald Sterling has to hurt, right? Hardly. Read more →
The Hermantown School Board last night caved to the public outcry it prompted by cutting $2,500 from the cheerleading program. The elimination of two elementary school teachers remains in force.
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When you’re facing elimination in the Stanley Cup playoffs, you’ll grasp at anything.
The Wild was on the edge last night against the Colorado Avalanche, having coughed up a two-goal lead. The Minnesota sports fan was sure this would end badly. How could it not? It’s Minnesota sports. Read more →
When it comes to sportsmanship, female athletes rarely disappoint. They seem to get it more than their male counterparts. Evidence of this comes to us today from Lakeland, Florida, where Chelsea Oglevie, a senior at Florida Southern College, was just one pitch away from wrapping up her collegiate softball career. Eckerd College’s Kara Oberer ruined Read more →
Did the Minnesota Wild lose a game because of a blown offside call? It’s too close to call. Read more →
The Los Angeles Clippers reportedly thought about boycotting this afternoon’s playoff game with the Golden State Warriors, in protest of the racism of the team’s owners. They should have. Read more →
Former Minnesota Twin Brad Radke was a workhorse for the team. He had one good year — 1997 when he went 20-10 — but he ended up as a .500 pitcher.
He was never a flashy sort of player and he didn’t scream ‘personality.’ He was a fairly low-key kind of guy.
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Ken E. Nwadike Jr. of Los Angeles, says he failed to qualify for the Boston Marathon by 23 seconds. He’s a race event coordinator who raises money for charities. He says he started running while homeless as a high school student. He went to Boston anyway. To hug people. Read more →
This is how every mother’s birthday should be. Read more →
Today is the 100th birthday of Wrigley Field. Read more →
By now, you’ve probably heard of this moment in yesterday’s Boston Marathon when a runner collapsed a few hundred yards shy of the finish line. Wouldn’t you know it? There was a little Minnesota Nice (the good kind) going on there. The guy in the yellow is Mike Johnson, 47, from Stillwater. “I saw that Read more →
The moment that the bombs went off in Boston in 2013 — 4 hours, 9 minutes, 43 seconds
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Bob Collins