Bob Collins
In last year’s cold, not many people finished the grueling Arrowhead 135. This year was a different story. Read more →
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Sports
It was media day at the Super Bowl today, a day that has not once — ever — given sportswriters any insight into the upcoming game. Ever.
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Glendale, Arizona — where the Super Bowl will be played next Sunday — provides a cautionary tale for cities trying to be a destination by investing heavily in sports franchises. It’s a money loser. Read more →
An estimated 10,000 anglers headed for Gull Lake for the annual Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza. They had no problem finding a place to pull up a bucket; organizers had drilled 20,000 holes. Read more →
In matters of winter, we could take a lesson from dogs, and the people who headed to Two Harbors on Sunday for the John Beargrease race. Read more →
If you write a news blog for a living, there’s not much better than a debate breaking out on it over a scientific calculation.
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Nothing can make a person feel older than when your earliest baseball heroes die. Ernie Banks has died.
If you’ve ever been to a youth athletic league game, you know the type. Perhaps, you are the type. Read more →
Might the controversy over the missing two pounds-per-square inch of air from a football be blown (no pun intended) a bit out of proportion?
Let’s consider these two images of news conferences in the Boston area this week.
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The best part about the end of the NFL season is the annual release of the Bad Lip Reading video recapping the season.
This year did not disappoint. Read more →
Honk if you predicted that an AFC Championship game would lead to a debate over the proper application of the Ideal Gas Law.
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For a fourth time, Red Bull is bringing its Crashed Ice competition to Saint Paul. It has again set up a course from the Cathedral of Saint Paul to the streets below.
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There’s not a lot about the competition to host Olympics games that passes the smell test and what’s happening in Boston — the United States’ entry in the competition to host the 2024 summer games — isn’t an exception.
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The Timberwolves are a basket case. They’re last in the league in attendance. They haven’t been to the playoffs in 10 years, they’re on pace to record their worst season in franchise history, and there’s no indication that whatever young talent the team is developing won’t take the first opportunity to play elsewhere.
A basket case, indeed. Or is it? Read more →
There’s very little redeeming value in the Minnesota Wild these days. But the fans? That’s another story. Read more →