One of the rare pluses of working nights was working hand in hand with Jon on a review, plus getting times to hear his stories. So the new Essential Minnesota podcast is the best chance to hear him tell some.

Utah Mammoth Zammoth (re-designed Ice Zamboni) looks straight out of the Ice Age 🦣

Just for FUN! The Utah Mammoth 🦣 (hockey team) Zammoth (re-designed Zamboni from the 2002 Winter Olympics)

Should fans be worried about CF Montreal’s future in the city? After a difficult few years, the club’s 2026 season is off to a rocky start. Head coach Marco Donadel was fired a day after the team lost their home opener. He held the position for just six months.

CBC report with ominous MLS headline: Should fans be worried about CF Montreal’s future in the city? www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

As Operation Metro Surge stormed on, a man wanted on a federal warrant stayed free — and allegedly committed murder Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim has a lengthy history of gun crime in Minnesota that has led to state convictions, probation and a federal warrant for his arrest that was active when he allegedly took part in a...

As Operation Metro Surge stormed on, a man wanted on a federal warrant stayed free — and allegedly committed murder in Minneapolis.

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I did ask Chat GPT to generate an image, but thought better of sharing.

Be careful what you wish for …

Headline on Hollywood Reporter that reads ”Paddington 4, Escape From New York' Reboot in the Works”

I misread the headline as one movie and got very excited for a moment…

Whole bunch of Lynx signings made official by team: Czech players Emma Čechová and Eliška Hamzová, Antonia Delaere, Reigan Richardson, Jaylyn Sherrod (all training camp contracts) and Aubrey Griffin to rookie-scale deal.

It's official: The first StudBudz derby is Seattle Storm @ Lynx on June 6.

Union Berlin make history by appointing Marie-Louise Eta as Bundesliga’s first female head coach German Bundesliga club Union Berlin have made history by appointing Marie-Louise Eta as their head coach, meaning she becomes the first female to be given the top job at a men’s team in one of E...

Union Berlin make history by appointing Marie-Louise Eta as Bundesliga’s first female head coach

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Are We Witnessing Podcaster Chris Ryan’s Apex Mountain? Podcast Episode · Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso · April 12 · 1h 27m

Some Chris Ryan origin story talk! Digging into his dad’s film reviews to highlight their divergent and convergent views …
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The NHL has a new longest active playoff drought, and it resides in Detroit.

On Saturday, the Red Wings were mathematically eliminated from 2026 playoff contention, the 10th straight year they will not make the postseason.

New PRESS BOX:

Me and @seanfennessey.bsky.social on the 50th anniversary of All the President's Men. open.spotify.com/episode/3Dka...

oh man, Davey Lopes died, the Dodgers announced. He was four weeks shy of his 81st birthday

Headline fail: Kansas students get 'first hand job experience' Students from Pratt High School in Kansas didn't get their "first hand job experience" as reported, but they — and a headline writer at The Pratt Tribune –did get a…

I wondered why this was so hot on X, since it dates from 2017. Trending there tells me it's because of the NYT NATO headline. As a longtime copy editor, I can tell you headlines matter. But is this recent glut of attention on social platforms warranted? boingboing.net/2017/10/31/h...

My almost-13-year-old-son was heaping scorn on the effects in “The Last Starfighter” as “bad CGI.” Had to tell him this was the start of CGI, thanks to a Cray supercomputer. In 1984. www.historyofinformation.com/detail.php?i...

Hail, hail!

The gales of April!

Can’t have Michigan without the “ga!”

Almost there!

Southern Minnesota rainbow to welcome us home, near mile marker 34 along I-35 just now.

Jo Adell robs 3 homers in Angels’ 1-0 win: ‘The greatest defensive game I’ve ever seen’ Legendary center fielder Torii Hunter called Adell's feat “probably the greatest defensive game I’ve ever seen.”

The account from @theathletic.com of the Angels-Mariners defensive show put on by Jo Adell says #mntwins great Torii Hunter watched from the dugout all 3 catches, with Hunter saying he blacked out after the third. www.nytimes.com/athletic/717...

And Michigan wraps up its win over Arizona with 11 minutes to spare in “The Ten Commandments.”

Baron Harkonnen waited for the suspensors.

Pour one out for ABC affiliates’ Saturday night news crews waiting for “The Ten Commandments” to end.

I’m at my mother-in-law’s, and Dish Network is in carriage disputes so the local CBS and NBC affiliates are off the system. Just ABC and Fox.

Easy fill.

I watched some ABC News for the first time in a while. And was struck by 1) the amount of time devoted to promoting what’s yet to come (to keep people watching) and 2) amount of stories there because there was video. Like the Seattle guy pushed toward the LRT train. Or a windsurfer-whale collision.

Game 2 attendance at Target Field (39 degrees at first pitch) will not top 36,000 like the home opener.

I know you don't want to necessarily say you're playing for this, but if I'm the Wolves, I'm absolutely 100% trying for the Lakers matchup. But threading that needle is tricky and you need to at least put yourself in position to grab the 5 seed if you need to in Houston April 10.