Tony Carlson

Approximate Value Over Expectation for draft picks since 2022: 1. Rams (+125.2) 2. Buccaneers (+92.4) 3. Bills (+79.6) 4. Packers (+76.5) 5. Seahawks (+64.7) ... 28. Titans (-26.7) 29. Browns (-35.1) 30. Cardinals (-36.7) 31. Panthers (-39.5) 32. Vikings (-61)

@TonyCarlson08 Sorry the Minnesota Wild haven’t advanced to the 2nd round since I was in 1st grade✌️😭

Last thing I will say before I log off and go enjoy the Timberwolves game. This is the factual, not my opinion, order of popularity around here: 1. Vikings 2. Twins 3. Timberwolves 4. Wild I have held my tongue for too long but I had to say something. Yall be easy

19 years ago, a high school basketball coach put his team manager into a game for the final four minutes. The kid had never played a single minute of competitive basketball in his life. He scored 20 points. Jason McElwain was diagnosed with severe autism at age two. He didn’t speak until he was five. He couldn’t chew solid food until he was six. He wore a nappy for most of his early childhood. As a baby, he was rigid, wouldn’t make eye contact, and hid in corners away from other children. He tried out for his school basketball team every year and got cut every time. Too small. Too slight. Barely 5’6 and about 54 kilograms. But he loved the game so much that his mum called the school and asked if there was any way he could be involved. The coach created a team manager role for him. For three years, McElwain showed up to every practice and every game. He wore a shirt and tie on match days. He ran drills, handed out water, kept stats, and cheered every basket like he’d scored it himself. On 15 February 2006, the last home game of his final school year, the coach let him suit up in a proper jersey and sit on the bench. With four minutes left and a comfortable lead, the coach sent him in. His first shot missed. His second missed. Then something shifted. He hit a three-pointer. Then another. Then another. His teammates stopped shooting entirely and just kept passing him the ball. He hit six three-pointers and a two-pointer. 20 points in four minutes. The highest scorer in the game. When the final buzzer went, the entire crowd rushed the court and lifted him onto their shoulders. His mum tapped the coach on the shoulder, in tears. “This is the nicest gift you could have ever given my son.” McElwain won the ESPY Award for Best Moment in Sports that year, beating out some of the biggest names in professional sport. He’s 36 now. He works at a local supermarket, coaches basketball, has run 17 marathons including five Boston Marathons, and travels the country speaking about never giving up. When asked about that night, his coach still gets emotional. “For him to come in and seize the moment like he did was certainly more than I ever expected. I was an emotional wreck.”

Tone deaf, defensive, arrogant and unwilling to thoughtfully consider any criticisms levied against him from Clubs, Agents and Players. Parros thinks he and his slick group of video producers are doing a great job for the game! A train wreck of comments. I rest my case.

@BFW The Twins most certainly are not above the Wild.

I need examples of a US city with at least three pro sports teams where the NHL team is top two in fandom in the city. Boys here said Detroit, DC and Tampa. I think I’ll give them DC and Tampa, but contest Detroit. Some guys said Minnesota, I think Twins are bigger than Wild.

The Moorhead Spuds were down 4-1 in the 3rd Period and won the Minnesota State Championship in Double OT Minnesota High School Hockey is SPECIAL

Introducing our newest addition

Lil sis might take the L 10-1, but this the only bucket that matters 🤣

Pat McAfee had a message for those who were criticizing him for picking up the bar tab for team #USA after winning the gold medal in Milan. - @PatMcAfeeShow

I mean, it’s not the worst idea I’ve ever heard… 🤷‍♂️

@StateOfHoppy All the above

Bill Guerin gets to kidnap one of these guys and bring them back to #mnwild Who’s your pick?

NFL won’t let actual players grade the workplace they attend every single day, but they’ll allow a 3rd party “grading” service to display their “rankings” of players on national television every Sunday night…

This guy bets his friend two dollars that he can’t start the entire crowd singing the national anthem at the waste management open. He actually did it!

Bro only has the reverse dunk package 😭

Because they're the only ones on the planet who think he shouldn't be in on the first ballot? There should be transparency in all of these votes. And if any voters are uncomfortable with that, they should step aside for someone who is.

@JonKrawczynski I have a couple friends who’ve been season ticket holders back to the Schved days. All disappointed in the constant rate hikes and essentially eliminating the benefit of being a season ticket holder. Result being the season tix are cancelled for next year

Hearing from season tix holders after Wolves announced prices for next season. Upper level saw small increases. Lower level got hit pretty hard, some as high as 38% from what I've seen. Wolves say they were 29th in NBA in pricing. This "reset" will put them somewhere in low 20s

Victor Wembanyama: "I want to push the great players of this sport to play in the All-Star game just as hard as I will. We'll see how it goes, But if they don't play hard, I'll do it without them."

@HawkEmDownChris Jc Romero

Without googling, name an athlete who wore number 33.

@mnwild I know it’s you Billy.