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Football coach put on leave for on-field praying

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 29, 2015, 9:07 AM Oct 29, 2015
17

Thou shalt not pray at high school football games, at least if you’re a coach. Read more →

Sports

Minnesota about to lose a professional football team

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 29, 2015, 8:06 AM Oct 29, 2015
0

You can probably get a pretty good deal on a professional football team most people in Minnesota have never heard of. Read more →

Arts & Culture · Sports

With book-spine poetry, libraries duel on

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 28, 2015, 11:39 AM Oct 28, 2015
9

It’s somewhat comforting to know that the book-spine trash talking between libraries didn’t end after the Toronto and Kansas City playoff series.
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Health · Sports

While coaching football, Jerry Kill taught us about epilepsy

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 28, 2015, 7:48 AM Oct 28, 2015
15

The urgency, the timing, and the history messages us that this isn’t going to be good news for one of the best educators the University of Minnesota ever had. Read more →

Sports

(Updated) Why we knew a Royals’ pitcher’s dad died before he knew

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 28, 2015, 7:01 AM Oct 28, 2015
9

In the aftermath of last night’s World Series game, a real mystery continues to swirl around the starter for the Kansas City Royals’ starting pitcher. What did he know about the health of his father and when did he know it? And why did we know it first? Read more →

Arts & Culture · Sports

Dueling symphony orchestras as World Series begins

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 27, 2015, 5:30 PM Oct 27, 2015
5

On the heels of last week’s book-spine smackdown between public libraries in Toronto and Kansas City over the baseball playoffs, we now turn to the musical portion of baseball’s postseason ‘trash talk.’ Read more →

Sports

On Torii Hunter’s legacy

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 27, 2015, 8:38 AM Oct 27, 2015
11

Torii Hunter has announced that he’s retiring with plenty of baseball accomplishments to admire. But at least for his legacy, he made a fatal mistake. He answered a question honestly, and he talked about his religious beliefs.
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Education · Sports

In dispute over deaf football player, Lions step up

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 27, 2015, 6:41 AM Oct 27, 2015
4

The takeaway from today’s Star Tribune story on a messy lawsuit between a youth sports league and the parents of a deaf player: The local Lions Club is the unsung hero of nearly every community around here. Read more →

Regional history · Sports

Video: Gopher hoops warm-up routine from the ‘Flip era’

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 26, 2015, 1:37 PM Oct 26, 2015
10

Of the many memories of Flip Saunders being shared in the aftermath of his death yesterday, here’s a video classic from the ’70s: The Gopher men’s basketball team’s entertaining pre-game drill. Read more →

Sports

MN high school honors opponent with mid-field tribute

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 26, 2015, 6:10 AM Oct 26, 2015
1

There are worse ways to start a week than a little high school sportsmanship. Check out what the Renville County West football team found when it traveled to rival Cleveland, Minn. Read more →

Sports

KG’s touching tribute to Flip

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 25, 2015, 5:17 PM Oct 25, 2015
2

Kevin Garnett and Flip Saunders were joined at the hip in the NBA. This afternoon, KG posted this picture on his Facebook page with the caption “forever in my heart.” Update 7:11p Stephon Marbury’s tribute: My heart and all of my love goes out to Flip Saunders Family as your leader leaves this earth in Read more →

Sports

The little horse that couldn’t but did anyway

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 24, 2015, 9:28 AM Oct 24, 2015
3

My grandfather — I didn’t really know all that well — was a horse man.

Well into his 70s, he was a harness racer on the small-town tracks that dotted upstate New York, living out of a truck for a good share of the year, as I recall. Read more →

Education · Sports

Iron Range football team tries to change lives

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 23, 2015, 2:09 PM Oct 23, 2015
4

Today’s must-read story comes from the Iron Range, where the Star Tribune this afternoon unveiled a wonderful story about the football team at Mesabi Range College.
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Arts & Culture · Sports

Libraries ‘trash tweet’ in baseball playoff rivalry

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 22, 2015, 11:46 AM Oct 22, 2015
3

There’s little more tiring than the cliched ‘bet’ between politicians in cities involved in postseason play in sports.

But librarians? That’s an entirely different story. They understand the art of a rivalry.
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Arts & Culture · Sports

The ‘senior dancer’ controversy of 2015

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 19, 2015, 8:00 AM Oct 19, 2015
31

It’s only Monday but we already have a clubhouse leader in the “I didn’t see that coming” competition. It stems from last week’s Star Tribune feature on the senior dancers at Lynx and Timberwolves games. The women of a certain age might be the most beloved half-time and game-break act in the Twin Cities. Today, Read more →

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