You’re welcome, area teams
It would seem as though the city slicker from Chicago with the radical ideas, smart mouth, odd accent, perplexing attitude about driving over 20 miles per hour and the workings of a four-way stop and...
View ArticleHow the Twins can win the World Series
They probably can’t…OK, next topic. The Minnesota Twins have won with less, so there is hope, Minnesota. A lot of things need to go right, but it’s possible if: M&M don’t melt Justin Morneau and...
View ArticleNHL playoffs: Things could get itchy
There’s just something about dynamite facial hair every man respects. Women don’t understand it, and there’s no real reason behind it. It’s like the popularity of the television show “Glee.” It’s...
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Wood retires: The Final K
He began his career with a strikeout, he ended his career with a strikeout and he gained the love of a city and 1,580 strikeouts in between. Seeing “former major league pitcher” next to Kerry Wood’s...
View ArticleThere are bounties in all professional sports
I hate to be the bearer of bad news to all those wholesome thinkers out there, but athletes in contact sports get paid to do horrible things. A boxer gets paid to literally knock a person unconscious,...
View ArticlePenn State: To cheer or not to cheer
There’s an interesting tie between a fan and their team. It’s fascinating to hear a normally logical person lose all sense of reason when speaking about the quality of their favorite team on and off...
View ArticleSPOILER ALERT: Media outlets report news
Ah, cyberspace. It’s a place where the possibilities and the annoyances are endless. It gives everyone the freedom to write about anything and to tell us what they are doing every two minutes...
View ArticleThe stories no one wants to write, but must be told
We in sports talk a big game and act as though we have a toughness that comes with covering athletes pummeling one another. We write about hits as if we’re the ones taking them. The truth is we cover...
View ArticleSing along with sports
There is something about sports that makes it a perfect ying to music’s yang. Whether it’s the poetry in motion almost begging to have a background guitar chord shatter the rim along with a basketball...
View ArticleI’m on to the next one: Thank you, SW Minnesota
I have three things at my desk that have become permanent fixtures of my work life. My computer background has something related to Chicago to remind me that home is truly where the heart is. Although...
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