Category: wadE
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2012 NFL Draft Diary
Nothing like an NFL draft to get back on the old SP horse! Time for an old fashioned draft diary! 7:00 CDT: We are coming to you live from Casa Van Betta. Alex is here for the moment to watch the first few picks. We open with Ray Lewis and some rapper who looks like…
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Farewell Startribune.com
My favorite local newspaper has always been the Minneapolis Star & Tribune. While I have never subscribed to the \”Strib\”, I have read its website nearly every single day over the past 10+ years. Apparently the days of \”free loading\” are over.
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2011 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor
In case you weren\’t aware, the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts starting giving out the \”Mark Twain Prize for American Humor\” in 1998. The intent of the prize is honor an individual who has made a significant contribution to American humor.
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2011 Vikings Preview
\”I expected so much more… yet I didn\’t…\” That\’s how I feel about the 2010 Minnesota Vikings. So before we preview the 2011 campaign let\’s recap 2010.
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\”Twins have no hope\”
If Sid Hartman says the Twins have no hope… well, I expect locusts to descend on Target Field shortly… My favorite part of the Sid Cast is his rattling off the players who he doesn\’t really know. \”Ka-silla\” for Casilla (Sid probably also says jah-lap-in-o for jalapeño). \”That Japanese Guy\” (Nishioka) . \”Rookie in Center…
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New State Fair Foods
The Minnesota State Fair has announced the new foods that can be found at this years fair. Last year I did a review of fair food, but it looks like I will have more work to do this year!
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Traveshamockery
Is there anything more shameful in sports than the NBA draft lottery? Even Khansie knew the T-wolves were going to get screwed.. “This league has a habit, and I am just going to say habit, of producing some pretty incredible story lines,†Kahn said. “Last year it was Abe Pollin’s widow and this year it…
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50 Worst Minnesota Twins Of All-Time
The team here at SP started this list last year, but in classic SP style we never quite finished. With how bad the Twins are doing this year, it seems like it was kismit that we\’d wait until now to publish. Without further ado…enjoy.
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It\’s Time For The Feud!
A recent story in the StarTribune caught my eye. Columnist John Tevlin goes in depth on the family feud going on just down the road from us in St. Louis Park where we\’ve seen Thanh Do (local restauranteur Thom Pham\’s cash cow) close and reopen across the street in a larger space; and his adoptive…
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Dying Technologies
Business Week recently highlighted twenty technologies that they believe are on the way out. But are they? When you ask a spokesperson for the Chevy Volt if gasoline engines are dead, can you really trust the answer? Let’s take a look…