Reusse: Padres have come a long way from their early years of fan apathy Baseball reigns in San Diego, and the Padres are no longer second-class citizens in their own city.

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The Pohlads aren't selling the Twins, but financial hurdles aren't going away The Pohlads found investors to help them pay off debt, and that helped them keep control of the Twins. Next up? The battle for a salary cap, a fight that could cause a work stoppage following the 2026...

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Second coming of Reggie White trade.

Listening to Prine songs & found evidence David Allan Coe is still with us.
That’s miraculous.

Reusse: A comparison of St. Thomas and Gophers football comes with different caveats ... yet they both have Lindenwood on the schedule. St. Thomas opened the college football season with an upset of Lindenwood, which plays the Gophers in 2027. Patrick Reusse writes, however, that the Tommies and Gophers are dramatically different des...

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Cambridge-Isanti 21
Sartell 14

Osseo 36 Coon Rapids 0

The Reusse jinx … humbug!

I’m 2-0 with preseason prep column subjects.

Cruising early, Lynx fall flat in second half in blowout loss to Storm The Lynx could have clinched the top seed in the WNBA playoffs but were outscored 60-33 by Seattle in the second half.

Don’t look now but Las Vegas has won 11 in a row. Bad*** Becky has ‘em rolling.
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St. Thomas football opens fifth FCS season with victory over Lindenwood The Tommies beat a scholarship program, a year after losing to the same program by 64 points.

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Micah Parsons to Packers.
#cheapWilfs

Micah Parsons.
We didn’t need him.

Bill Withers - Lean On Me (BBC In Concert, May 11, 1974) YouTube video by BillWithersVEVO

#DavidsMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge
#InMemoriam Bill Withers

Day 27
Bill Withers - Lean On Me
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Inside Annunciation Church, terror and heroism as an attack unfolded “The thing that’s going to stick with me,” said Shea McAdaragh, a parent who witnessed the shooting, “was when I said you guys can get up, and I knew some kids weren’t going to get up.”

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Neal: Anderson Arena will be a game-changer for St. Thomas The Lee and Penny Anderson Arena, St. Thomas' new basketball arena and hockey rink, highlights the Tommies' status in Division I, columnist La Velle E. Neal writes.

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Luke Keaschall:
“The Hittin’ Hack.”

Aroldis Chapman has gone 14 appearances & 41 batters w/o allowing a hit as Boston closer.

Seattle is going to be sneaky team in AL playoffs, assuming good health.

Byron Buxton only needs one more home run to tie his total in a game in this ballpark eight yrs ago TODAY.

Adam Thielen's return to Vikings is all about getting help in the short term Two years after being released, Thielen is reacquired to play a key role for at least the first three games of the season.

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Wucherer to Redshirt in 2025, Prepare for 2026 - University of Minnesota Athletics The Gopher volleyball program announced Mckenna Wucherer will redshirt in 2025.

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Don't get tied in knots over Travis and Taylor For a couple in such an elevated realm, their engagement makes sense.

Great column by The Whick:

Don't get tied in knots over Travis and Taylor
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Walker Jenkins was 0-for-4 in triple-A debut last night, and that included being struck out by Randy Dobnak.

Another phenom bites the dust.

MLB’s scheduling bozos strike again.
Twins: 17 home games in April; 29 home games among 50 scheduled through May 20.
Another **** Minnesota:
Yankees series here again during week (Mon.-Wed.) in mid-September.

I’ll bet B’SM’s OPS+ is dang near 4 after tonight.

I am very happy to have turned off Twins game after the various base-running follies.
If I had been watching when Bad ‘Stache Mick homered, there would’ve been strong possibility of an aneurysm.

Reusse: Derrin Lamker missed the ‘Friday Night Lights,’ so he returns to coach Osseo football team Osseo won the large-school state championship in 2015 before Derrin Lamker went to Edina, then Augsburg. Now he’s back.

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And every morning when I take my plunge, I’m supposed to spend a half-hour rolling up a bubble wrap tarp? What in the hell is wrong with you?
I’m morally opposed to servile work on Sundays — as well as Mondays thru Saturdays.

Gophers volleyball loses to Texas A&M in four sets to open season Gophers freshman setter Stella Swenson had 39 assists in her debut, but the Aggies dominated behind Logan Lednicky.

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Actually, he loosened up & was very informative.

John Cook: Tremendous volleyball coach.
John Cook: Tremendous boreass as TV volleyball analyst.

6:54: Turn on Twins telecast.
6:58: Find something else.