If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. The Vikings finally reached the winner’s circle doing what the Twins could not do—beating Houston 31-23.It took them four tries to get their first win; but […]
Read More...Job well done by 30 MLB teams playing during a pandemic before only TV cameras and cardboard cutouts. Empty stadiums from coast to coast through tornadoes, wind storms and brush fires and seven million cases […]
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They did again. For the first time since 2009-2010, the Twins are in the playoffs in back-to-back seasons. With no fans during a pandemic, playing just 60 games, the boys of summer did it. With […]
Read More...A wise man once said, “It’s not how you start, it’s how you finish.” On that note, hang in there, Vikings fans. On a Sunday in an empty U.S. Bank Stadium, a day the Vikings […]
Read More...Have you ever seen a colored-only water fountain, bathroom or section on a bus? These ugly reminders of our Jim Crow past have something in common with those who today continue to defy safety measures […]
Read More...After 400-plus years, one thing you can say about resilient Black Americans is that they are patient. Yes, another unarmed Black man, Jacob Blake of Kenosha, Wisconsin, was shot seven times in the back a […]
Read More...The Fed-Ex Cup playoffs are underway on the PGA Tour, and for the fifth time in 2020 we have a new world number one. Dustin Johnson became the third player in PGA Tour history to […]
Read More...It’s hot NBA playoffs in the dog days of summer. I was watching the highly acclaimed Showtime series this weekend, “The Chi,” when I remembered the last major sporting event I covered was the NBA […]
Read More...Remember the name Collin Morikawa! He’s the only four-time All-American golfer at the University of California. Morikawa played in his first PGA Championship in his home state of California in San Francisco August 3-9 at […]
Read More...Good to see sports moving again, producing, battling long odds during a pandemic. I covered the 3M Open last week with no fans. I’ve covered several Twins games with no fans. I’ve watched the NBA, […]
Read More...Again the best PGA golfers in the world returned to the TPC in Blaine July 20-26 for the second annual 3M Open. This time it was the first professional sporting event in the state since […]
Read More...The year 2020 is wearing me out. I don’t know about you, but living through this coronavirus pandemic has been among the greatest challenges of my life. This is serious business, every day battling an […]
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Four months ago on March 12 the entire sports world stopped playing games
Read More...NASCAR has been around a long time and so have, I this is the first time 40 years, I’ve written about them stock car driving. NASCAR is the great American race circuit in which they […]
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The consciousness of America’s racial guilt has been pouring out in recent weeks. George Floyd’s murder by four Minneapolis police during our coronavirus public health crisis has definitely sparked hundreds of thousands of Americans to protest in the streets. Some local sports […]
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