Parting from the pro ranks for a moment, Minnesotans just received a great New Year’s gift: Gophers football coach Glen Mason has been fired by U of M athletic director Joel Maturi. It could have come earlier, but at least it finally happened. Mason has been mostly uninspiring since joining the Gophers; sure, he had [...]
I’m not a big fan of former Vikings Coach Mike Tice. He muddied up the team’s image almost beyond repair and was never going to bring us deep into the playoffs. But with Tice’s offensive coordinator, Scott Linehan, in charge, at least the Vikings could score points. Now, this week, we end our season against [...]
Over one-fourth of the way through the season and once again the Minnesota Timberwolves are struggling with a below-.500 record. Worse yet, attendance is down. And all over the Web, radio and TV, folks are talking about the problem and pinning the blame on Kevin. But the Kevin they’re point at is not the inept [...]
I have long been a fan of Minnesota sports, primarily the Vikings and the Timberwolves, as well as, to a lesser degree, Gophers hoops and Gophers gridiron. Sure, I sometimes think about the Wild and the Twins, but mainly I’m a gridiron and hoops fan. I’ve polluted my main political blog with sports talk for [...]
