Bob CollinsTo right an injustice, you have to be part of someone else’s story, New York Times columnist David Brooks says.
That’s difficult when your injustice isn’t theirs. Read more →
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The increase in the team’s value in one year — $600 million — far exceeds the money Minnesota taxpayers put into building the new stadium.
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There were good times in the history of Minnesota sports broadcasting when Kevin Harlan was the voice of the Minnesota Timberwolves.
He went on to become a big national star because of his play-by-play prowess.
But he’s now most famous for what he did last night during a boring football game.
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If nothing else comes from the growing protests by professional and high school football players during the National Anthem, at least some coaches/educators are getting schooled in the Constitution. Read more →
In making the announcement that the squad will wear a patch with the number 11, the Twins said the Wetterling family encourages people to wear the number and live by these 11 principles. Read more →
The Minnesota Twins are in the death rattle phase of 2016 season. Other than Brian Dozier and a clearly rejuvenated Byron Buxton, previously known as the savior of the franchise, there’s no reason to go to a ballgame.
So you can hardly blame the Twins for resorting to a fade and disgraced fashion to try to get fans into the ballpark: Zubaz, the fashion version of the mullett. Read more →
Deadspin’s Drew Magary wasn’t even writing about beer when he penned his Green Bay Packers preview a couple of weeks ago. The insult to the state’s hops just sort of fit right after calling Green Bay “a disgusting fraud.” Read more →
Poor Brian Dozier. It was obvious in Paul Molitor’s post-loss news conference that now people will consider it a disappointment if he doesn’t hit 40 homers every season. Read more →
It’s all been good for Bo Paske, the Florida kid who became a star when a Florida State football player noticed him sitting alone in the school cafeteria. His mother reported on Facebook that Bo, who is autistic, doesn’t seem to have any friends who sit with him at lunch. Read more →
Oh, Minnesota. What has happened to you?
The era of outdoor hockey may be ebbing, if a report from KSTP has a ring of truth. It may be the canary in a coal mine of sports. Read more →
For too many parents, never. Read more →
It’s been obvious since the moment Colin Kaepernick refused to stand for the National Anthem last week that the protest would spread.
Yesterday, it did when soccer star Megan Rapinoe knelt during the National Anthem before last evening’s National Women’s Soccer League match between the Chicago Red Stars and the Seattle Reign, for whom Rapinoe plays. Read more →
Two items in the news today show the inconsistency we have toward the issue of free speech. Read more →
Some Packers fans might be gloating a bit much about the season-ending injury to Vikings QB Teddy Bridgewater. Read more →
The football player is Travis Rudolph, a wide receiver. The kid is Bo Paske, a young man who probably reminds you of the kids you might’ve mistreated or ignored when you were his age. Read more →