Bob CollinsThe Wild suspended goaltender Josh Harding, the feel-good story around here for a time last year when he came back after being diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. Read more →
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Fall is a time of melancholy.
Baseball, which has never looked better, is ending.
And with it goes Derek Jeter. So Gatorade has put out one more Jeter-themed ad today, aimed straight at the feels. Read more →
Remember Twin Cities boosters saying Super Bowl 2018 would give Minnesota a national reputation and help “put it out the map.” This isn’t what they had in mind.
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There’s a fair chance the NFL’s No. 1 draft pick next year will be an accused rapist who has now been disciplined by his college team for lewd comments about women. Read more →
With another 90-loss season and a likely manager firing just days away, the Minnesota sports fan might be tempted to wish baseball would simply go away.
That was before football season started, and now, we dare say, baseball has rarely looked better to these tired eyes.
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The Adrian Peterson story hasn’t been hypocrisy-free up to now and there’s no reason to expect it would be now. Read more →
When Brock Shepard broke open a box and a helium balloon floated out at Blaine High School’s field house yesterday, it signaled that the kids of Blaine are alright, and so are quite a few of the adults. Read more →
ESPN’s Keith Olbermann said for a brief, shining moment the Vikings showed some character in suspending Adrian Peterson. Olbermann then ripped Vikings GM Rick Spielman’s hypocrisy. Read more →
The league might simply be too tone deaf already to understand that most people understand what the Vikings are up to. Read more →
This Minnesota Vikings fan was doing the team proud while downing a few brews before yesterday’s game and whacking people with a switch, apparently in support of Adrian Peterson. Read more →
What NFL team has had more of its players arrested than any other franchise since 2000? Your Minnesota Vikings. But there should be an asterisk. Read more →
Compare and contrast. This is Progressive Field in Cleveland before fans are allowed into the stadium It's a make up baseball day in C'town. Tribe vs Angels at 1:05 ET. Indians Warm Up begins at 12:37. Enjoy !! pic.twitter.com/VBc8wFOslD — Jim Rosenhaus (@IndiansRadio) September 8, 2014 And this is Progressive Field in Cleveland after fans Read more →
The Minnesota Vikings are going ahead with installing clear glass in their new behemoth stadium despite warnings it’ll lead to the deaths of birds who’ll slam into it.
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Despite a conflict of interest, CBS pressed NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell hard on how he dealt with Ray Rice, the Baltimore Ravens player who beat his wife and was fired this week. Read more →
Authorities in New York arrested a Long Island man today and charged him with supplying the painkillers that led to former Minnesota Wild player Derek Boogaard’s death in his Minneapolis apartment in May 2011. Read more →