Gophers’ ‘effort’ dampens forecast

They had piqued my interest. At first, I was as skeptical about the Gophers’ hot start as anyone, but once they hit 7-1, I began to wonder if we had something here. Sure, the competition hadn’t been great, but Minnesota had lost to patsy opponents plenty over the last few seasons. Six games over .500 doesn’t just happen by accident, does it?

Fall season had heartbreaks, but at least they were exciting

It dawned on me about 15 minutes into my Wal-Mart excursion last week – the song I was unknowingly humming along with was a Christmas jingle. Whatever happened to Thanksgiving?

An age-old dilemma 

Even though I am four years removed from college, I am regularly confused for a teenager.

A belated introduction

I didn’t mean to start my inaugural column by apologizing, but that is where I find myself. You see, as I write this it has been three months to the day since I officially came aboard as the new sports editor for the Times, and I have yet to pen an introduction.