On this day 49 years ago, the Green Bay Packers met the Kansas City Chiefs in Los Angeles, California in a “new” contest that would later be known as the Super Bowl. The photo above is from the souvenir program of that game (©NFL). Here are some fun facts from Harvey Frommer’s 2015 book, When It […]
How did I manage to go my whole life without ever watching the Army-Navy game? Why did no one tell me this would bring me to tears? Game Date: Saturday, December 12, 2015 Teams: West Point Black Knights (Army) vs. Naval Academy Midshipmen (Navy) played at Philadelphia Network: CBS My experiment in becoming a fan […]
I haven’t followed Klobuchar’s career all that closely but I’ve always had a positive impression of her both as a candidate and as the senior Senator from Minnesota. I enjoyed and would recommend this autobiography. She hasn’t written this “with” anyone, and her style is conversational and down-to-earth. It’s loaded with anecdotes from her childhood […]
Caution: This sports commentary includes musical theater references. I watched my first rugby game today. You might be aware that I’m conducting an experiment to see if I can fall in love with the NFL, but rugby? — not really on my radar. So last weekend while I was watching NBC Sunday Night Football […]
MEA is back. But where has it been for 17 years? The teachers’ union in Minnesota is called Education Minnesota. But it used to be called the Minnesota Education Association (MEA) until 1998 when it merged with another teachers’ union called the Minnesota Federation of Teachers (MFT). And every October that I can remember, the union has had […]
Game Date: Sunday, September 27 2015 Teams: Denver Broncos @ Detroit Lions Network: NBC You’re reading what I hope will be one of many Game Reports in which I document my growth as a novice NFL TV fan. You can check here if you’d like to learn more about my plans. I’ve chosen the Denver Broncos as […]
Game Date: Sunday, September 27 2015 Teams: Chicago Bears @ Seattle Seahawks Network: CBS You’re reading what I hope will be one of many Game Reports in which I document my growth as a novice NFL TV fan. You can check here if you’d like to learn more about my plans. The Seahawks is one of two teams […]
How have I managed to miss this? Apparently Open Streets has been happening for a few years in Minneapolis — usually in the summer when I may or may not be in town. Yesterday I happened upon the event by accident because Nicollet Avenue — a main thoroughfare of the Minneapolis grid — was shut […]
I’ve committed myself to watching enough NFL football shows that I might come to like it. Fantasy Football? — that’s another can o’ worms entirely and I’m not interested — for the time being, anyway. I know it’s increasingly popular and I’ve noticed plenty of ads during NFL broadcasts for various for-profit Fantasy leagues. For […]
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