Anniversaries are the story of the day when it comes to Super Bowl LIV — that’s 54 to those of us who don’t live in Rome. For the first time in a decade, the big game is back in Miami (technically, near Miami), which is tied for its largest gap in time between Super Bowls. That’s a ...
“You’ll like him. He’s a cool guy.” That’s what I heard after I first arrived in the Upper Peninsula when I asked about Gwinn football coach Dion Brown. Brown died on Wednesday evening at Gwinn High School from what police described as a “natural medical event.” I’d come ...
This week’s Packers-49ers playoff rivalry goes back quite a ways, as I’m sure most of you with a least one or two gray hairs can attest. In fact, I found several websites showing these teams have met seven previous times in the playoffs — in 1996, ’97, ’98, ’99, 2002, ’13 and ...
Cheating is wrong. We’re told this from a very young age. From the time we’re able to walk and talk, our elders emphasize that you shouldn’t cheat. Whether it be at board games, tests at school or the sports you play. Yet for some people, those types of morals go out the window when ...
Two years ago, I wrote a column about how I missed out on watching one of the greatest moments in Minnesota sports history. Last Sunday, I almost did it again. Back in 2018, the Minnesota Vikings were in the NFC divisional round of the playoffs and were hosting the New Orleans Saints. Not ...
Here we are just a few days into the 2020s. Geesh, as a kid I didn’t think this would EVER happen. Growing up as a little kid in the 1960s, even the idea of the year 2000 was nearly unfathomable. For some reason, I then remember thinking ahead to 2020, with all the crooked numbers in the ...
