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Moorhead High mascot Spuddy cheers during the state hockey tournament semifinals.

Best mascot in America: SPUDDY. Thanks, Moorhead.

Is there anything that unites Minnesota more than Edina getting beaten in boys' hockey? #TheTourney26

Brazil is one Twins bullpen appearance away from rallying past Team USA in the WBC opener.

Brisket and chili. I'd add crispy onions

I Hate Myself For Loving You YouTube video by Dolly Parton - Topic

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Dolly Parton's cover of Joan Jett's "I Hate Myself for Loving You." It's the melody that NBC borrowed (destroyed) for Sunday Night Football so Carrie Underwood could sing "Waiting All Day For Sunday Night."

Down 3-0 to Ohio State with 87 seconds left in their WCHA semifinal, Gophers star Abbey Murphy just went full goon on an Ohio State player. It was her third penalty of the game.

TV ad for the Dimock Dairy Cheese Fundraising Program.

Watching St. Thomas play in the Summit League men's basketball tournament on a South Dakota-based cable network and most of the commercials have a 1970s TV aura. Did you know the Yankton Clinic has 45 doctors and 19 specialties? And there's this one ... for cheese. It's Ch. 1270 on Xfinity.

sports take | Our Big, Bountiful Week of Sports! 3.5.26

New Sports Take: A guide through the bulkiest sports week of the year. Where to find everything and what (I think) I'll be watching. Also, a Hall of Fame coach on players making obscene gestures, ex-Twins pitcher gets life for murder, a game-canceling dunk & local podcaster tells ESPN to GTFO.

Screen grab from today's Twins-Yankees game that shows the score as Twins 15, Yankees 0.

*Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.

Anybody else getting an error message trying to watch the Wolves on Comcast Ch. 863?

I had a Best Buy store refuse to exchange a damaged item. When I returned it by mail, the exchange was processed as a gift card. I think you need to call customer service to initiate the return — and it’ll give you a way to tell them it didn’t work on start-up. It shouldn’t be this hard, of course!

Sunday's ranking of the current top 16 seeds for the NCAA women's basketball tournament. Minnesota is listed at No. 15, its first time in the rankings.

Gophers women's basketball seeded at No. 15 in NCAA committee rankings. If they stay 16th or higher, they'll be able to host in the first two rounds. Looks like control of the situation is in their hands.

Matt, a mixed-breed rescue, watching the Gophers play Illinois instead of begging me to share a snack.

Matt is locked in on Gophers women's basketball this afternoon.

sports take | LISTS: 'Do Better' and 'Done Better' + Medal Mayhem 2.26.26

Latest Sports Take: Teams and people in Minnesota sports who need to do better. Also, how the USA men's hockey gold medal careened from unifying sports moment to divisive political posturing. And the story of Eric Ramsay, who left MN United in January and was fired from his new job after 44 days.

Kind of a Packers-Vikings thing. As a Breck house, that's how I feel about Blake.

Too easy. Plus we have Edina hockey players in our family. It's . . . awkward.

Too easy. 😎

Who will people hate on without a private school in the field? (Gentry Academy has morphed from private to charter school.)

Banner at the 2026 Southside Sports Hall of Fame Unveiling at Sabathani Community Center

Here to honor Charles Hallman of the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder, one of the great voices in our journalism community. #Legend

1. Brock Lesnar, 2. Mike Zimmer, 3. Dan Gladden

At my second Senior Night basketball game in three days and it's always poignant -- even when you don't know the players.

Lime Crush, eh.

You are 100% allowed to learn history on the fly. It is something I’ve become very aware of in teaching and presenting. ‘Olds’ also need to be aware of language past its expiration date. (Hit home moment: Shared something I’d written with our writing class and student asked, “What’s a cash cow?”) 💰🐄

Worst job at a hockey tournament at any level: Presenting silver medals.

Solving the problem of a meaningless NHL All-Star Game: Team USA, Team Canada, Two European teams. $$$$$ winner-take-all week of hockey.

I can Intuit my way around most of Minneapolis, but Northeast does have a universe-unto-itself vibe that doesn't fit with the rest of the city. That's not good or bad -- and if I lived there, I think it would be part of the charm.

Middle school history lesson from Ms. Arment: The difference between “Modern” History and “Contemporary” History.

I’d opt for ”THE COOL KIDS LAW FIRM” anyway.

sports take | 'You Can't Shrink Your Way Into Relevance' 2.19.26

New Sports Take: Advice that pertains to the Twins and @startribune.com -- even if it comes from someone who just made a mockery of his words. Also, 12-year-olds play 12 overtimes, the hottest team in town, mock drafts, WNBA labor news, parents behaving badly & what we're missing from the Olympics.

It was even more difficult when Breck had Blake Wheeler and John Blake on its roster. :)

And I have the same issue with Mahtomedi-a!