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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

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God, the Chicago Cubs, and the Church of Baseball

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 10, 2016, 11:40 AM Oct 10, 2016
27

As a fan of a team that will likely never win a World Series in my lifetime (a distinction, we suspect, you Chicago Cubs fans are about to lose), you’ll find no bigger supporter than me of the notion that baseball is the perfect game.

Sure, we joke from time to time that it’s like a religion, but we don’t really mean it. Read more →

Education · Sports

In St. Charles, thy name is ‘good sport’

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 6, 2016, 2:50 PM Oct 6, 2016
5

In St. Charles, Minn., gateway to Whitewater, there lives a young woman who was raised properly. Read more →

Sports

Politics, playing time roils Red Wing football squad as coach quits

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 6, 2016, 1:13 PM Oct 6, 2016
17

The coach of Red Wing High School’s football team has resigned, just a few days after a GOP politician said his son was punished for his politics.
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Sports

Police may have wrong man in beer-can throwing incident

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 6, 2016, 11:43 AM Oct 6, 2016
7

It was a shocking moment the other night when someone threw a can of beer at an outfielder for the Baltimore Orioles, just as he was about to make a catch on a deep fly in the wild card play-in game. Read more →

Sports

NBA not shying from social protests

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 5, 2016, 8:48 AM Oct 5, 2016
4

Last night, in their first exhibition game, the Boston Celtics released and played a video. The players and coaches then locked arms and bowed their heads during the National Anthem. Read more →

Sports

Ryder Cup hasn’t started — but it already has its best story

Paul TostoPaul Tosto September 29, 2016, 12:46 PM Sep 29, 2016
10

A North Dakota guy heckles the European professionals at the Ryder Cup for missing putts. They call him out, challenge him to sink a 10-footer, and he does. Read more →

Sports

The big lie: Baseball attendance

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 24, 2016, 10:39 AM Sep 24, 2016
12

The question of calling out ‘lies’ was a big topic on NewsCut this week. Let’s consider another, less passion-filled example. Read more →

Education · Sports

When community pride means losing games

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 23, 2016, 11:25 AM Sep 23, 2016
14

The story of Wrenshall’s girls basketball team is not only the story of how a small number of kids showed up in the face of certain losses; it was a metaphor for rural Minnesota and rural America. The story might be nearing an end. Read more →

Sports

Family, close friends attend Twins game

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 22, 2016, 3:09 PM Sep 22, 2016
15

The Minnesota Twins played a hastily-scheduled game at Target Field today thanks to a rainout last night. What’s with the shaming? Read more →

Sports

Get your love off my Jumbotron!

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 22, 2016, 1:34 PM Sep 22, 2016
32

Is love really blossoming in the abundance suggested by Jumbotrons across America? Or is there just good money in it. Read more →

Sports

Entire WNBA team kneels for National Anthem

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 22, 2016, 7:45 AM Sep 22, 2016
21

The protest during the playing of the National Anthem at sports events is growing still.

Last evening, an entire WNBA team knelt during the song’s playing. Read more →

Sports

Video: Air racer nearly killed in runway accident

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 21, 2016, 4:48 PM Sep 21, 2016
1

The next time you get into a little fender-bender or are cut off in traffic and given to a bout of road rage, think about Thom Richard, a pilot who was stopped on a runway at the National Championship Air Races in Reno last weekend.
Read more →

Sports

Hunter, stuck in swamp, rescued by drone and helicopter

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 21, 2016, 4:41 PM Sep 21, 2016
1

A good dog is a pretty important hunting companion during the current birding season, but so is a good drone. Read more →

Sports

NDSU win doesn’t muzzle critic from Iowa

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 20, 2016, 8:26 AM Sep 20, 2016
4

As any outsider who’s ever criticized Minnesota can attest, nothing can stir up the locals like a little disrespect.

And nothing can feel so fulfilling as some comeuppance. Read more →

Arts & Culture · Sports

A football game breaks out at orchestra concert

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 19, 2016, 9:07 AM Sep 19, 2016
21

That was apparently quite the stunning halftime show at the new Vikings stadium last evening when the Minnesota Orchestra played as the entertainment. Read more →

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