KARE 11’s Boyd Huppert confirmed anew a long-held personal observation I’ve had over the years of watching high school sports. If there’s an act of sportsmanship, it probably comes from the track-and-field kids, and it probably involves a female athlete.
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One of the most impressive aspects of this collaboration between high school coaches to allow a young man to get the thrill of scoring a touchdown in a football game yesterday is that the game was early and close when he did it. Read more →
Minnesota Vikings fans awoke today with a fresh reminder that nobody wins the Super Bowl in week five.
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Either Lee Johnson is lying about his decision to wear an Obama costume with a noose around its neck or he’s clueless about the history of racism in America. Read more →
Amaiya Zafar, 16, a devout Muslim from Oakdale, Minn., was disqualified before she had a chance to fight for the championship at the Sugar Bert Boxing National Championships in Kissimmee, Fla., the Washington Post reports.
She wears a hijab underneath her protective headgear when she boxes and rules are rules.
And sportsmanship is sportsmanship as Aliyah Charbonier proved to the rulemakers.
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Bernie Beaudry, 62, of Hugo a sound technician for Fox Sports, was a little late getting to his spot on the sideline at U.S. Bank Stadium yesterday and paid the price for his tardiness as the Vikings took the field yesterday. Read more →
Joe died on Sunday morning, claimed by the cancer he silently battled, not telling many friends and deciding he’d die alone at home and assuming he’d be forgotten.
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The founder of the team fired the coach who inserted the 19-year-old in to play against the kids.
‘I could zoom right in and see the facial hair,” parent Kevin Stockwell said. ‘You know most 13 year olds are starting to get facial hair. This gentleman had facial hair and had arm tattoos.’
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In the wake of a decision by a federal judge today, here’s a pro tip for attending a baseball game: Stop looking at your phone during the action. Read more →
There have been plenty of ballyhooed high school athletes in Minnesota over the years and Grace White should be one of them.
This week she signed a letter of intent to play Division I basketball with the University of Denver, becoming the first Red Lake reservation athlete to play an NCAA Division I sport.
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Just as sure as the sun will rise in the east, the baseball awards season will lead to people calling for baseball writers to get out of the business of voting on postseason awards. Read more →
We never tire of these moments when America’s kids show that what old-timers often think about them is dead wrong. Read more →
Former Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe sure can hold a grudge. Read more →
It’s not often you hear coaches of professional sports teams dissecting the political scene in America, but San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich, probably the best basketball coach in America, isn’t an ordinary coach, and he’s never suffered fools gladly. Read more →
I’m at the time of my life where, more often than not, I learn what happened to some of those old classmates when I hear that they’ve died or are dying.
Joe Resnick, who became a bigshot in the sportswriting world as a freelancer, is dying.
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Bob Collins