Bob CollinsEven more troubling: He comes from a long line of Vikings fans. Read more →
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It’s getting so you can’t build a football stadium for $1 billion anymore. Read more →
In the unlikely event the Minnesota Twins had surprised us, played decent baseball, and made it to the World Series (which begins tonight, you may have heard), here’s something you wouldn’t be seeing: Two orchestras — St. Louis’ and Boston’s — “playing trash” at each other. Read more →
There’s something calming about smashing pumpkins.
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A high school team in Texas beat its Fort Worth-area opponent 91-0 under some Friday night lights. So a parent filed a bullying complaint. Read more →
When the baseball playoffs are down to the final few teams, a baseball game is almost as precious as life itself. Read more →
Let’s face it. Football fans don’t much care that the constant hitting and brain-smashing action is killing the athletes of the National Football League — a fact that is overwhelmingly proven in Tuesday’s PBS Frontline series, “League of Denial: The NFL’s Concussion Crisis.” So you could probably scroll right past most of the two hours Read more →
Paul Tosto
“Daddy, I don’t want you to play football anymore.” Read more →
The Minnesota Twins are reportedly taking a step toward assuring there’ll be no more of the same old losing at Target Field today by continuing more of the same in the manager’s office. Ken Rosenthal, one of Fox’s baseball reporters says Gardenhire will be rewarded with a two-year contract. Sources tell me and @jonmorosi that Read more →
A lot of runners in these parts and elsewhere spend a lot of time trying to qualify for the Boston Marathon. They may not like the story of Meredith Fitzmaurice who accidentally qualified while running a half marathon in Amherstburg, Ontario. She’s never run more than 20 miles before and was training for the Detroit Read more →
A football coach takes a stand on his players’ behavior. Read more →
Don’t call the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center “the Herb” or St. Cloud State will be unhappy. Read more →
Do big-spending MLB teams have an unfair advantage over smaller market teams? Read more →
When Monica Perez Garcés returned to Mexico after living for seven years in Minnesota, she took a little Midwest back with her — a love for football. Read more →
Stepping up security at ballparks. Read more →