Carlos McGee (l) and P.J. Fleck Long before the Vikings and the NFL arrived in Minneapolis in 1961, I'm told this town belonged to the Gophers. They were in fact national champions in 1961, finishing 8-2, which included a trip to the Rose Bowl vs. Washington. That year, Sandy Stevens was the quarterback. He was a special player, the first Black All-American athlete … [Read more...]
Tiger Woods ties Sam Snead with 82 career wins!
(l-r) Larry Fitzgerald Jr., Larry Fitzgerald Sr., Tiger Woods He did it, and in my lifetime I saw him do it. For 23 years Tiger Woods has pursued the number 18, the number of Major Golf Championships won by Jack Nicklaus. Woods is still working on that record; he has 15 Majors. The number 82 in sports is an iconic number like 18, 3, 42, 23, and 56, all symbols of … [Read more...]
It’s Washington vs. Houston in the Fall Classic
October 22: another late start to the World Series in the year of the home run, 6,766—that’s 600 more homers hit this year than in any year before. It was also a record year for strikeouts, yet with all of that, attendance declined again. Major League Baseball has tried to speed up the game, juiced the baseball, limited mound visits and put a clock on time between innings, … [Read more...]
NBA exposes international human rights
The United States and the National Basketball Association learned a valuable lesson recently: Be careful what you tweet. Especially if you’re an employee in management of an NBA franchise that does business with a communist country. China has over time built continuous billion-dollar deals with the NBA owners established in the 1980s. One tweet by Houston Rockets General … [Read more...]
Is that all there is?
So long, 2019 Homer Hanky. History will not be kind to the 2019 Minnesota Twins. Not after going out like they did. The evil empire did it again with the world watching—10-4, 8-2, 5-1, a three-game sweep by the New York Yankees of the American League Divisional Playoff. This continues a Minnesota post-season tradition of getting embarrassed by New York. The … [Read more...]