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listened to a podcast today - "Sports Media with Richard Deitsch" - the host interviewed producers from the NFL Network and ESPN about how they put on the NFL draft. they talked about how the draft coverage has changed over the years, how they prepare for the draft, and the different elements...

breaking news - local fighter Caleb "Golden" Truax has announced his retirement from professional boxing. Truax is from Osseo MN. was an all-conference FB and baseball player in HS. Played one year of college FB at Virginia State before a knee injury ended his football career. moved home...

you were the one asking why people seemed relatively happy with the FB situation and unhappy with BB. I was pointing out - in my usual, long-winded fashion - that FB and BB are very different sports with very different situations. It's not just a matter of the right coach. Yes, the right...

FWIW - tweet from Pat Reusse: Hearing $500K signing bonus for Pharrel Payne to further his education at Texas A&M. one of the responses was: "He's got a good job!" - Mel Jass (for benefit of younger readers - Mel Jass was a Twin Cities TV personality. "he's got a good job" was one of...

you take what you can get - and what you can afford.

I did a quick check of some Twins' draft classes. injuries have certainly been an issue with pitchers such as Winder (2018) and Canterino (2019). but I noted this: 2019 draft - 2nd pitcher taken: Sawyer Gipson-Long - traded for Fulmer 2021 draft - 1st pitcher taken - Chase Petty - traded for...

drafting a QB in the first round is nothing more than going to the casino and pulling the slot machine arm. guess who said that.....oh, it was you.

FB and BB are very different situations. FB - 22 starters with 85 scholarship players BB - 5 starters with 13 scholarship players in FB, adding one or two players cannot make or break a team. even if you have a stud QB and RB or WR, you still need an OL and a defense, plus quality depth to...

I understand. let me put it this way: if I was going to rank or rate the issues facing the Twins' franchise, Falvey/Levine would not be the biggest issue. but they are not blameless. under their leadership, there have been questionable draft picks and some odd personnel moves. to quote...

I think that is exactly the point of the Athletic article. something happened, but they don't or won't have all the facts determined before the draft. so they'll keep investigating and issue a ruling at a later date, with any punishment to be assessed for next year's draft. in other words...

I think the point is this: If you want a sure thing, draft a Center. after that, the best odds (OT) mean the pick still works out less than 6 times out of 10. so the odds of drafting a QB who "hits" is not that much worse than any other position except Center. the only difference is that - as...

on the Tampering issue: Diana Russini today in The Athletic: The rule: Teams and players are not allowed to have direct contact until free agency officially opens. During the legal tampering period — when it was announced that Cousins and Barkley were signing with their respective teams — all...

going back to the OP - the author claims - based on posts from Ryan James and others - that Andrew Morgan was offered $100K by MN, but Nebraska offered $200K. mind you - not a star player - maybe not even a starter (well, maybe a starter at MN?) - and Nebby is willing to shell out $200K...

saw this in a tweet from Schefter. ESPN made a list of 1st round picks by position from 2000 to 2019. If a player signed a second contract with the team that drafted them, they considered that a "hit." if the player did not sign a 2nd contract, that went down as a "miss." Here's the list...

NYC - with all due respect, a little context. The Athletic talked to 40 baseball executives, who each ranked the top 5 front offices in baseball. the point system: 10 pts for 1st place, 7 pts for 2nd place, 5 pts for 3rd place, 3 pts for 4th place and 1 pt for 5th place. the results: 1...

Well, I may come to regret this, but I have gone down the rabbit hole and have begun watching "Stargate SG-1" on Pluto TV. Never got into the show because the first five seasons ran on Showtime (which I don't have). after it moved to the Sci-Fi Channel, I just didn't want to jump into it...

You know what - the Vikings are going to do what THEY think is the right move for the franchise. you may not agree with that move. and if you choose, you can spend the next year complaining about it. But - and I am not joking - if you do, I suspect that damn near every other poster on this...

some (hopefully) encouraging notes: Larnach is hitting .350 with 2 HR, 2 2B, and 6 RBI in last 7 games. Buxton is hitting .333 with 1 HR and 5 extra-base hits in his last 7 games. He has raised his batting average from .196 to .247 and his OPS from .501 to .684. BTW - Buxton has played in 21...

had to look - the Twins opened the 1980 season with 12 road games. again - 12 road games to open the season. so the rest of the season, they played 81 home games and 69 road games. I wonder if that is some kind of record. imagine being one of the players and opening the season with 12...

in the end, I just want to see the Vikings draft a good player who makes the team better. the Vikes' brain trust has been evaluating the QB's for a long time. they know which QB's they like and which QB's they think would be a good fit for the Vikings' system. And they know what they are...