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Howie: Monsters open training camp
Monsters defensive coordinator Quintez Jackson spoke with a player at today's workout at the Heritage Center. Howie / HowieHanson.com

Howie: Monsters open training camp

“The guys are expected to play fast, know what they're doing, communicate, make sure they stay in the weight room, eat well, and take care of their bodies because you can't make the club in the tub.” -- Minnesota Monsters head coach Daron Clark Jr.

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Howie: Arena Football One teams begin training camps

Howie: Arena Football One teams begin training camps

“As a league, we’re proud of where we stand entering our second year and even more excited about where we’re headed. We’re committed to growing the game and taking Arena Football to the next level." -- AF1's Gary Compton

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Howie: When downtown’s believers start dreaming of leaving

Whether every fear about downtown is fully borne out by hard crime numbers is, in one sense, beside the point. Perception drives behavior. Customers act on what they feel. Employees act on what they experience walking to a car. Owners act on what they hear from both.

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Tim Meyer: What does the most famous man in the world want? Peace of mind.

Meyer is a Duluth architect and community builder writing about Downtown Duluth, politics, business, sports and economic development. Reach him at tim.meyer@meyergroupduluth.com I watched a documentary on Netflix last weekend about Paul McCartney and his post-Beatles band, Wings, and it landed with the kind of quiet force

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Bulldogs advance to NCAA Central Region championship game

The University of Minnesota Duluth men’s basketball team has pushed its way to the brink of the NCAA Division II Elite Eight. The eighth-seeded Bulldogs will face No. 2 seed Oklahoma Baptist in the NCAA Central Region championship game at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Lee Arena, with the

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Broadway show postponed until Oct. 19

The touring production of “Hadestown,” originally scheduled for tonight at DECC Symphony Hall, has been postponed because of travel conditions and restrictions tied to the Midwest winter storm. The Tony Award-winning musical, created by Anaïs Mitchell, intertwines the mythic love stories of Orpheus and Eurydice, and Hades and Persephone, in

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Bulldogs stun No. 2 North Dakota, advance to NCHC title game

Minnesota Duluth is 5-2 all-time in Frozen Faceoff semifinal games and will play for its fourth NCHC tournament title. Denver and the Bulldogs enter the championship game tied for the most titles in conference tournament history with three.

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Howie: Mayor Wayne Boucher helped Hermantown grow without losing its soul
NorthStar Ford Arena. Howie / HowieHanson.com

Howie: Mayor Wayne Boucher helped Hermantown grow without losing its soul

In a country where public confidence has eroded in too many places, Hermantown has preserved something that is becoming more valuable all the time: the sense that a city can grow, modernize and prosper without surrendering basic standards of safety and livability.

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Howie: Couch brings rare talent, unfinished NFL story to Monsters

Howie is a longtime Minnesota journalist, independent columnist and author covering sports, power and civic life. His daily column is sponsored by Lyric Kitchen . Bar of Duluth. Minnesota Monsters star wide receiver Jamal Couch has spent much of his professional football life carrying a label that sounds flattering on the

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