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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Tag: Sports

Adrenaline junkie season

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 5, 2012, 10:58 AM Jan 5, 2012
1

More video of a Minnesota native’s snowmobile flight across San Diego harbor.

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Video of the day: The jump

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 3, 2012, 2:57 PM Jan 3, 2012
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Longview, Minnesota’s Levi LaVallee set a snowmobiling-jumping record on New Year’s Eve when he successfully launched himself over a section of San Diego Bay for a Red Bull stunt.

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Canoeing Bemidji

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 29, 2011, 12:11 PM Dec 29, 2011

We interrupt this not-really-any-season in Minnesota for a flashback to when nature had a clue.

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Weather

The lure of the walleye, the danger on the ice

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 22, 2011, 10:36 AM Dec 22, 2011

The ice on the state’s largest lake is unstable, but fishermen are going out anyway.

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Study: Good football leads to bad grades

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 21, 2011, 10:54 AM Dec 21, 2011

The grade point averages over at the University of Minnesota should be going through the roof if a study out of Oregon has any legs nationwide.

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Skating on thick ice

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 9, 2011, 1:23 PM Dec 9, 2011
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It’s Friday in Minnesota, the traditional time for the lunch hour skate by the best, brightest, and coldest MPR has to offer, and the occasional NewsCut reader who stops by.

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Twins as window shoppers

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 8, 2011, 11:52 AM Dec 8, 2011
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The Twins watched as other teams added big stars at the winter meetings.

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Zygi’s new pad

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 30, 2011, 3:50 PM Nov 30, 2011
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How much would it take to buy a $19 million apartment?

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Religion and the game of football

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 30, 2011, 12:28 PM Nov 30, 2011
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Is Tim Tebow too openly Christian for the NFL and its sportswriters?

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’tis the first ‘Embrace Winter’ post of the season

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 28, 2011, 2:57 PM Nov 28, 2011
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Downtown Saint Paul’s ice rink has opened for the season.

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Ricky, we hardly knew ye

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 21, 2011, 11:23 AM Nov 21, 2011
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Rubio reminds Minnesota fans what they might be missing, if they missed the NBA.

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An event to make you long for the dead of winter

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 15, 2011, 11:34 AM Nov 15, 2011
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An announcement today that could make you turn off the weather forecasters who make cold and snow sound like a bad thing…

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When Jon Stewart gets serious

Eric Ringham November 11, 2011, 10:45 AM Nov 11, 2011
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Ouch.

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Why Paterno needed to go

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 9, 2011, 10:17 AM Nov 9, 2011
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With hindsight, Joe Paterno’s hindsight is hard to fathom.

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How Bill Smith booted the Target Field advantage

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 7, 2011, 3:36 PM Nov 7, 2011
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It takes a lot of work to make a new ballpark fail at its primary mission, but that’s what happened with the general manager of the Twins.

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