Sam

After the breakup of the USSR, the Lithuanian basketball team couldn’t afford to participate in the 1992 Olympics, so the Grateful Dead funded the team’s expenses and sent a box of tie-dyed outfits in Lithuania’s national colors. They went on to win Bronze at the Olympics.

Levshunov comes wheeling in for a great chance:

On the bright side: I got dirt cheap Wild tickets for tonight. 2 rows from the glass! On the down side: if I leave now, it'll take 2 hours to get down there. Should be a fun drive!

Right now we have a 10% chance at seeing 31 inches of snowfall from the storm this weekend. If this would occur, Minnesotans "might" stop talking about the Halloween Blizzard. Maybe

Should there even be a debate about the Jack Adams Award this year? The guys feel Lindy Ruff should be running away with it!

Former Cardinals QB Kyler Murray is signing a one-year deal with the Vikings, per sources. Murray now will become part of a QB room that includes former No. 10 overall pick J.J. McCarthy. With Murray already owed $36.8 million from Arizona, his one-year contract with the Vikings will be for the veteran league minimum.