Gregg Gess

@GBeardsley @KylePorterNS It’s likely literally be the single greatest example of selling your soul in the history of sports. To say no one believed that is disingenuous at best.

Your first point is very true... the second point is not wholly accurate... they said they wanted to work with everyone... yes, they wanted to "grow the game"... a marketing line for sure.... but it was always head winds... no golf channel, no mentions of results by trad golf media...it was all -- they sold their souls... but no one believed that, they just used that as a reason to blackball, because indirectly everyone worked for the PGAT... still, "trad pro golf" comes out on top... and that's okay too... I like both.... but if the PGAT agreement happened, Golf Channel would have covered, etc -- PIF would not be walking away... there was a concerted effort to kill LIV and that's what happened... some might think that's good, and that's okay too... I don't really care... but for people to think it had anything to do with anything but that -- they are not being honest...

I think two lessons from LIV will be ... 1. You can't solve time problems with money. It took 40 years of playing the Masters before people *really* started to care. You can't speed that up by signing big checks. You can't microwave history. 2. A modicum of humility goes a long way. Thumping your chest out of the gate and saying "we're gonna redefine a 200-year-old sport over the next few seasons" is not a good strategy. It might eventually be true (spoiler: it wasn't), but it does the opposite of what it probably feels like it's going to do. Most fans are smart, and immense hubris is rarely attractive in any business setting.

@tsizzle25 You there?

They should keep 2,000 of them to help you get your account back when it gets hacked. #zerosupport

Boom-and-bust in the Sunbelt, but we are slow-and-steady with sustainable growth here in the Twin Cities and the Midwest more generally. Credit concerns are now primarily in sunbelt and other “hot” markets (Denver, Portland, Austin, AZ, FL); limited concerns here locally.

Not enough trains too many riders: "Rail ridership locally is surging. In fiscal year 2025, just under 200,000 travelers got on or off Amtrak trains at St. Paul’s Union Depot. That marked a 58% increase over the previous fiscal year and was the highest ridership in the Twin Cities by far in the past 15 years." startribune.com/as-ridership-s…

@BOltmanns5 @GopherHole This is what you took away from that video……?

@GopherHole Whoever made the scoreboard is an idiot. Home teams always on the right or bottom.

Wow St Thomas loses on a walk off balk in the 21st inning!

Thread……

@Mariucci_Guy 💯

Matt Cullen wins everywhere he goes. Valuable voice to have on the bench or in the locker room.

The real question is given murder rates are literally at their lowest point in 125 years….and this chart plays itself out similarly in most cities…..why are so many people walking around terrified of crime? It doesn’t make sense.

We witnessed one of the most amazing moments you'll ever see at a high school event tonight at Schneider Arena. Colin Dorgan, who lost his mother, brother & grandfather in the Lynch Arena shooting last month, scores a 2OT game-winner to send his team to the @RIIL_sports D-II championship game. Incredible resilience from this young man & this BVS team. Fortunate to call this emotional moment with Marty Crowley tonight on the NFHS Network. @SRASaints @PCDAthletics @Fic27

This should be the new Minnesota State Flag.

I liked the world better when the news came on for 30 minutes and then we did other shit for 23 1/2 hours. Now it follows you around all day like a hobo begging for change.

I’ve decided I’m not gonna let another year go by without seeing the Minnesota high school boys hockey tournament Easily one of the seven wonders of the hockey world See ya next week St. Paul

@BirkMatt Super grateful that I didn’t end up with you for a dad. Parent better.

Nobody Cares, Work Harder.

Full house at Cullen Center tonight and another instant classic between Spuds and Hill Murray. #toboltkids took the ice between the 1st and 2nd and Spuds came from behind 3-1 to win 5-4 in OT. One of the great traditions in MN high school hockey, Hill vs Spuds to end the year.

@ChadHartmanShow At this point, I’d take a president that supports all the policies I disagree with as long as they have integrity, versus a president that supports all the policies I agree with without having any integrity or decency.

Want to know what’s going on in Minneapolis? Follow the local journalists, who’ve been calmly, factually, and bravely covering what’s been going on—while leaning into nuance and investigation. The disconnect between the national and local discourse is stark.

Trump has it exactly backwards. The United States does not subsidize the world. The world subsidizes the United States. The dollar’s reserve-currency status lets America borrow cheaply, run permanent deficits, and consume more than it produces. Foreign governments hold trillions in dollar assets. Global commodities are priced in dollars. The world extends the U.S. a line of credit no other country enjoys. The French called it the exorbitant privilege—and they were right. Trump believes the world is exploiting us. The opposite is true. The willingness of other nations to hold dollars, trade in dollars, and trust American institutions is the subsidy. It’s what allows the U.S. to finance wars, absorb shocks, and carry debt loads that would bankrupt anyone else. And he is squandering that trust down: soaring debt, erratic tariffs, threats against allies, demands for tribute, contempt for treaties. Every signal says the United States is no longer a reliable custodian of the system it built. Trump isn’t protecting American power. He’s liquidating it for vanity.