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Vikings finally in winners circle!

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 […]

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Here we go into MLB playoffs!

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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Back-to-back Twins are in!

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 […]

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Packers stick it to Vikings again!

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 […]

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Privilege distorts and damages truth!

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 […]

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Athletes know it well: no pain, no gain

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 […]

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Dustin Johnson is new world #1

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 […]

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NBA forges on to playoffs

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 […]

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Lightning-bolt shot wins PGA

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 […]

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Pac 12 athletes on the brink!

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, […]

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Michael Thompson wins 3M Open

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 […]

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This exhausting 2020 continues!

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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Sports startup faces major challenges

Four months ago on March 12 the entire sports world stopped playing games

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BUBBA WALLACE NOOSE!

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 ball is in Vikings’ court!

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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