What’s going on here? First, Sesame Street jettisons PBS. And now the Harlem Globetrotters are cutting ties with the Washington Generals. ESPN reports the Globetrotters are ending their relationship with the Generals, their nightly opponents in their act. That’s 63 years of tradition gone right there. “I don’t know exactly how many times we lost, Read more →
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Jane Rosenberg ‘s assignment was to sketch the courtroom while Patriots quarterback Tom Brady complained about being suspended for cheating. Twitter misfits didn’t like how she drew Brady. Read more →
In its story about the Stanley Cup visiting Duluth yesterday, the Duluth News Tribune unintentionally gives us pause to think how much more excited we might be to go to work today if we had the gig Walt Neubrand has. Read more →
It’s going to cost high schools that send athletes to state tournaments in Minnesota now.
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The action came despite a plea from former Notre Dame basketball coach ‘Digger’ Phelps, who showed up at a meeting this week to reinforce what he wrote in an op-ed last week. Read more →
Is it time to dial back the high school sports worship a bit? Read more →

No, as a matter of fact, we’re not at all above making fun of those high-falutin’ Boston sports fans.
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It was torture last night watching Mets shortstop Wilmer Flores crying on the field after learning he was being traded to the Milwaukee Brewers for former Twin Carlos Gomez. But is it an example of social media running with false rumors?
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The unwritten rule of catching a baseball at a game is this: Give it to a kid. Period. End of discussion. Read more →
‘I found my place on the team and in the city very quickly. When you’re happy with your career and your environment, but most importantly, with yourself — when you’re your authentic self every single day, without shame — life sort of falls into place,’ she writes. And it did for her, she says, when she met the woman who recently became her wife. Read more →

Sure, baseball’s link to fathers and sons borders on the cliche, thanks primarily to the movie, Field of Dreams.
But a game of catch is still a great way to take a snapshot of the love of a father as this story of a young baseball’s pitcher’s personal catcher proves. Again. Read more →
It would be fascinating to take a look at the new stadium playbook the Minnesota United is using to get a new stadium for its Major League Soccer franchise.
The Pioneer Press’ Andy Greder, for one, has noticed that the United is approaching asking for public help in a different way than any of the big-three sports franchises in town used to extract taxpayer money for a venue.
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The Grand Forks Herald is taking a stand for consideration of ‘Roughriders’ as a new nickname for the University of North Dakota. Read more →

A man who set a record for the shortest time to run the entire Appalachian Trail has ignited a fierce debate among hikers and protectors of the Maine-to-Georgia route.
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Pan-O-Prog, the neat Lakeville annual celebration that marks the opening of an industrial park years ago, nearly went off without a hitch this year until 10-month-old Berkley Bailey crossed the finish line in a baby-crawling race and was disqualified.
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