Not since I was a teenage kid have I been as excited about a professional athlete the way I am about Anthony Edwards. As a 51 year-old man I almost feel silly cheering for this 22 year-old phenom who led the Minnesota Timberwolves to a 120-95 win over Phoenix in game one of the opening round of the NBA Western Confere...

It was reported by Bloomberg Analysis last Thursday that Bally Sports, the brand that Sinclair Broadcasting's subsidiary Diamond Sports Group uses to distribute regional sports networks around the country is filing for bankruptcy and will restructure. This should come as no shock to anyone who knows anything about ele...

FOUR DOWNS COLUMN Another crazy weekend in sports, time for another "Four Downs." FIRST DOWN: I would fall into the majority of Twins fans who were not in favor of trading Luis Arraez for a number three starter for the Miami Marlins. Pablo Lopez is good but not great and while the two prospects Miami sent...

I write this blog every year. It is my annual preach to the young men who are going to start their August practices next week for the upcoming football season. The message is mainly directed at the seniors, but all of the upperclassmen need to realize that they shouldn't gripe too much about the heat, hard work and am...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Joe Ryan threw seven innings of one-hit ball and Max Kepler stayed hot with a pair of home runs as the streaking Minnesota Twins defeated the Detroit Tigers 5-0 on Wednesday night. Ryan Jeffers homered, doubled and drove in three runs for the Twins, who won their sixth game in a row. Michael Pineda (...

The National Football League has some flaws, but this past weekend proves why it is the most popular sport in the United States and it is not even close. While two of the best quarterbacks to ever have played the game, Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers both lost and this will be the first time since 2009 neither of them will...

There are a lot of changes that need to be made in the sports world. If I was named the "Czar of Sports" for North America here are some of the rules I would implement. RULE #1: The NFL is a billion dollar business that has one of the dumbest postseason policies for a sport that moves as fast as football doe...

A busy weekend in sports, I have it covered I'm another "Four Downs"! FIRST DOWN: As you are reading this the fate of Mike Zimmer as coach and Rick Spielman as General Manager has probably been decided by the owners of the Vikings Mark and Zigi Wilf. The speculation then will turn into what will the leadershi...

I had mixed feelings watching the Minnesota Class AA Prep Bowl Championship game between West Central/Ashby Area vs. Chatfield last Friday. On one hand I wanted to cheer for the team from the region, because I always do when they get that far in the state tournament; but on the other hand I wanted Chatfield to prove t...

After a week of pondering it, I have come to the conclusion that the NFL should eliminate field goals, extra points and kickoffs. To start the game the winner of the coin flip decides if they want to start on offense on their own 25 yard line or differ that option to the second half. After a team scores, the opposition...

I'll never forget the buzz around the region when NDSU announced in 2003 they would be going to jump from the ranks of NCAA Division Two up to D1. At the time there were two divisions of football called D1-A and D1-AA, now known as Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) and Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). Many Bison ...

The last two weeks have been humbling; you the KFGO listeners made us the most listened to radio station in the region once again, this time #1 with a bullet. We also won another Edward R. Murrow award for our coverage of the riots in downtown Fargo from May of 2020. As the Brand Manager/Program Director of KFGO I ca...

It is one of those years where the dog days of summer will lead into the sports abyss with the Twins being double-digits behind the White Sox in the American League Central. It makes people like me, who talk about sports for a living look for topics that are off the beaten path. One I came up with last week was, what i...

Usually this time of year spring football means an inter-squad scrimmage game with college teams and a focus on the NFL Draft. This year was much different. The NFL Draft was one of the most normal things we've seen with large gatherings since February of 2020. The excitement, the energy of the crowd and Commissio...

The world is anxious to get back to some sense of normalcy. More and more are asking, "When do we stop endless testing, wearing masks and other restrictions that go on with the COVID-19 pandemic and never seem to budge even though half the country has been given at least one vaccination shot? " This h...

I can't stress enough if the Twins were 3-0 in extra inning games I would saying the same thing since they are 0-3 in ten inning games, the new rule of starting a base runner at second is beyond stupid. I could see doing it in an unorthodox year like 2020 where games might be moved because of COVID-19 protocols, but th...

So after we heard that both UND and NDSU wouldn't be playing football on Saturday we have to ask ourselves, what is the endgame with COVID-19 and having some normalcy? Because it seems as if, using a football analogy, the goal posts keep moving on what will get us to the point of not having to test, wear masks and get ...

My takeaways from the Super Bowl where Tom Brady established himself as the greatest football player of all time (in case there was a doubt before that) winning his seventh Super Bowl Championship. 1) The singing of the national anthem by Eric Church and Jazmine Sullivan along with "God Bless America" by H.E....

We hear the acronym all the time when it comes to describing someone in the world of sports, "He (or she) is the G.O.A.T.," meaning the greatest of all time. These statements make for good arguments at bar stools, cafes or in my case talk radio are always fun, but in reality there isn't a definite answer. ...

A majority of the fans in this region on a normal year wear green and gold on Saturdays cheering for the NDSU Bison football team on Saturdays and switch to purple and gold garments on Sunday to cheer for the Vikings. Not all, but the majority do. With those loyalties, many times fans have a passion for their fav...