Bob CollinsIn the event you still think the National Hockey League or the fans of the Minnesota Wild are interested in getting fighting out of hockey, we give you last night’s action at the Xcel Energy Center. Read more →
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The reliance on numbers is about to take a giant step forward with the announcement from Major League Baseball today that it will allow iPads and smartphones in the dugout.
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On the occasion of today’s unveiling of the largest scoreboard in baseball, let us ponder this question: How much bigger can scoreboards get? Read more →
Can burning down a village save it?
Humboldt High School in St. Paul is going to test the theory. It’s dropping its varsity football program to try to save it. Read more →
Golf has been in a decline for years now but from the sound of an article in the Mankato Free Press today, the patrons of Fort Ridgely golf course never saw the Department of Natural Resources’ announcement this week coming. Read more →
When the ice disappears along the Lester River in Duluth, it means one thing: It’s time to get the kayaks out.
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I recognize that this post will mean nothing to Millennials and others who never knew what it was like to sit down in front of the TV on Saturday afternoon to watch the one baseball game you’re likely to see a week.
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Zeus McClurkin makes some basketball magic in the skies above Nickelodeon Universe. Read more →
No sooner at the Department of Natural Resources announced its new regulations for the state’s premier lake than politicians were talking about undoing them.
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A math professor in Ontario says there’s a significant bias in refereeing in the National Hockey League. English players get whistled for penalties at a greater rate than French-speaking players. Read more →
No doubt, plenty of men in the country will wonder “what’s the big deal?” in the aftermath of the comments of the CEO of a tennis tournament in California over the weekend. Here’s a hint, fellas. That’s the big deal. Check your calendar before continuing. “I think the WTA [Women’s Tennis Association] … You know, Read more →
With Saturday’s championship games in high school basketball, the winter high school sports season and tournament season is over. Read more →
People call it March Madness, but one supposes for players who have to endure probing questions from sportswriters, it’s March Idiocy. Read more →
There’s so much more to the recently-concluded Minnesota State High School hockey tournament than hockey hair, and couple of filmmakers have perfectly captured the essence of late winter in the state of hockey. Read more →
An activities director of a senior center wanted to figure out how to get her hockey-loving clients to a hockey game, so the Chicago Blackhawks brought a hockey game to her, including cheerleaders, mascots, and the announcer. Read more →