Little did I know about the name P.J. Fleck until recently. My time might be drawing to an end. Back in 1992, while doing talk radio on KFAN, the Gophers’ flagship station, I told my broadcast partner Eric Nelson and our listening audience that things were so bad here in the culture of the program at Minnesota that the football program would not go to the Rose Bowl in my … [Read more...]
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NFL boycott a defense of free speech
It’s been nearly a month and I am still boycotting NFL games this season. Social justice activist Shaun King, in the June piece he wrote for the New York Daily News, called for it because of the apparent blackballing of Black quarterback Colin Kaepernick, still an unsigned free agent. “If you call the decisions by 32 teams to not sign this man a football decision…it is … [Read more...]
North’s football team not missing a beat
Minneapolis North’s football team is picking up where it left off last year, currently sporting a 3-0 record as a member of the Twin City District’s Red Division. The Polars, who are the defending Class 1A champs coached by Charles Adams, have moved up to Class 2A and sport a number-four ranking after victories over Minneapolis South (54-6), St. Anthony (46-15) and St. … [Read more...]
Trials of an Only One | NCHC media day 2017
The outside temperature at least has been in the 70s all week. It’s the perfect time for...hockey? The National Collegiate Hockey Conference’s (NCHC) fifth season begins with five exhibition games on September 30. The 2017-18 regular season begins October 6, as all eight teams for the next five months or so begin their quest in hopes to play in the season-culminating Frozen … [Read more...]
WNBA Finals preview
This series will cover the WNBA’s 21st season with at least one story on the league weekly from the season’s May 13 opening to its closing on September 3 and through the 2017 playoffs. The Minnesota Lynx’s sixth WNBA Finals appearance in seven seasons is in less than seven days. This is the first Finals rematch since 2000, and the second-ever in league history, as Minnesota … [Read more...]