Bob CollinsThe Twins have named a new play-by-play radio broadcaster to replace John Gordon.
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Women’s sports don’t get the attention they deserve, it may discourage more girls and women from participating in sports, and the media too often portrays women as sexual beings before showing them as outstanding athletes.
Maybe a security guard at the TCF Bank Stadium didn’t get the memo that it’d be OK for fans to rush the field if the Gophers beat Iowa last Saturday, but it’s cost him his job.
We’ve reached the creative-outlet stage of the debate over whether the Minnesota Vikings should get a new stadium on the public dime.
It’s hard to fathom why there’s a bit of a backlash against Fox broadcaster Joe Buck’s call of the homerun that ended last night’s game six of the World Series.
Nobody denies that Fauja Singh is old. Really old. Too old for most people to run marathons.
Jim Thome unplugged
Eric Ringham
dgaraetsOne can get a pretty good feel for the political will to build a football stadium for Zygi Wilf and his Minnesota Vikings by noting the opinions of some of the not-connected-to-the-Vikings-nor-politicians people who a reasonable person might expect would support the notion. Rick Prescott, writer of the BallPark Magic blog, for example, makes clear Read more →
The marathon bandit
Tyler’s touchddown
Who’ll be the first person to put a sign on their lawn declaring ‘A National Honor Society student lives here’?