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Sports Take: Gophers-Tommies next week? How it could happen. Plus hockey emotions -- for better or worse -- on full display and the odd backstory of Spuddy the potato. Also, Kevin O'Connell bets big (on himself) and how to help a Twin Cities sportswriter. thedailyagenda.com/p/sports-take-…

Kinda hard to admit this as a @BreckSchool household, but @BlakeBoysHoops just completed a beautiful run to the Class 2A boys’ basketball tournament by beating Maranatha for the Section 5AA title. From 2-7 in conference to state. Team play can take you far.

Best mascot in America: SPUDDY! Am I right, @MoorheadOrch ?

Sports Take: A guide to the year's bulkiest sports week. Where to find everything & what I'm watching. Also, a veteran coach on players making obscene gestures, Twins pitcher gets life for murder, a game-canceling dunk & a local podcaster tells off ESPN. thedailyagenda.com/p/sports-take-…

New Sports Take: Teams & people in Minnesota sports who need to do better. Also, how the USA hockey gold medals careened from unifying moments into divisive posturing. And the tale of ex-MNUFC coach Eric Ramsay, fired from his new job after only 44 days. thedailyagenda.com/p/sports-take-…

New Sports Take: Advice for the Twins and @StribSports - even if it comes from someone who just made a mockery of his words. Also, 12-year-olds play 12 overtimes, the hottest team in town, mock drafts, WNBA labor news & what we're missing at the Olympics. thedailyagenda.com/p/sports-take-…

Fresh Sports Take: Guide to the Olympics, ft. an assortment of links and stories. Also, no Giannis (for now), reactions to Twins/Vikings C-Suite drama, P.J. cites a $ amount for the Perich transfer. Is he right? Plus, the weirdest Gophers hoops stat ever. thedailyagenda.com/p/sports-take-…

Sports Take: What's the right place for sports in troubled times? How will the Paul Allen "paid protesters" mess play out? Writers apologize to former Vikings. Frost star Britta Curl-Salamme sets off another controversy by posting on anti-trans website. thedailyagenda.com/p/sports-take-…

New Sports Take: "Newspapers" charge more & provide less as sports staffs shrink & budgets tighten. So how do you get a full Minnesota sports report? Also, a sweet story of two high school wrestlers & the bizarre kidnapping of ex-MNUFC coach Adrian Heath. thedailyagenda.com/p/sports-take-…

Fresh Sports Take: Tracking Brian Flores' options about his NFL future. Braeden Carrington's revenge. Gophers women figure out how to beat a ranked team. Can Gophers men's hockey beat anyone? Coach walks away from $42 million. My Hall of Fame ballot. thedailyagenda.com/p/sports-take-…

Sports Take is back from break with a theme for 2026. Also, how much does it cost to buy a college football player? The most unpopular (and popular) team owners in town. @StarTribune's deadline dilemma. And the transfer portal killed the teen dream. thedailyagenda.com/p/sports-take-…

Sports Take: Bloodletting at Target Field, Wild's big deal, a legend returns, a goalkeeper departs, J.J. McCarthy, Sam Darnold, the world's best young hockey players and an extraordinary high school basketball team. thedailyagenda.com/p/sports-take-…

New Sports Take: A big prep basketball tourney in Edina is canceled, a big Gophers hoops upset goes up in flames, a group of Minnesotans just qualified for the Olympics, a bunch of holiday gift ideas and a U of M researcher on women's sports coverage. thedailyagenda.com/p/sports-take-…

New Sports Take: A link between Trump's latest pardon and the Timberwolves that I haven't seen mentioned elsewhere. Also, Gophers bring joy as Vikings bring pain. Thoughts on Byron Buxton and some snark about reporting on college football "commitments." thedailyagenda.com/p/sports-take-…

Bonus Sports Take: Plans to take the week off for Thanksgiving give way to a Vikings emergency. Also, 2 more Border Battles this weekend, highlights of the holiday weekend sports calendar and thoughts on P.J. Fleck's latest "one-game championship season." thedailyagenda.com/p/sports-take-…

New Sports Take: A small college fulfills its mission through basketball -- and ends a losing streak of almost 1,000 days. Also: Kaprizov's salary draws scrutiny and so does McCarthy's play. Jessie Diggins retires and another way we're No. 2 in the USA. thedailyagenda.com/p/sports-take-…

@MacalesterScots outgrinnell @GrinnellCollege. #d3hoops @MIACathletics

.@MacalesterScots ran, shot and then rallied past the Pioneers, outgrinnelling @GrinnellCollege. #d3hoops @MIACathletics

Grinnell get Grinnelled so far by @MacalesterMBB

New Sports Take: Decided it was time to focus on encouraging things in Minnesota sports -- from a list of 400 high schoolers making college commitments to MNUFC's wild advance in the playoffs to the hot start by Gophers women's basketball (and more). thedailyagenda.com/p/sports-take-…