"I told (Sid) Hartman that he needed to spend less time fawning over Bobby Knight and George Steinbrenner and more time cashing in favors with his 'close personal friends' and getting (Jim) Marshall inducted. It was rude of me, but I am proud I said it." -- Fred Friedman
Duluth East boys basketball coach Rhett McDonald on his young and quickly improving team, which has won two of its last three including a 90-81 victory over North Branch in the Owatonna Holiday Tournament Saturday – "Coming into this season, we knew we had a lot of holes to fill
The legendary Fred Friedman, a unanimous first-team selection at power forward on my All-YMCA Noontime Basketball Team, on Bulldogs and Gophers hoops – "I very much want both UMD and the U to excel in women’s and men’s basketball. And I want Ben Johnson to succeed. But every
Ashlie Castaldo, recapping the 2023 Duluth election – "As this election cycle becomes a not so distant memory, I want to thank each and every candidate for stepping up and forward to run for elected office. Public service is a calling to give back to the community, and it is
As I was watching the final outs of the Minnesota Twins’ season, I was reminded that there are a lot of seasons ending/changing/starting. The smaller amount of daylight each day reminds us what season is coming up sooner than we’d like it to, but that’s why
Well, I have ridden a horse, I’ve probably wrestled with my siblings (or wrestled with my thoughts), probably wrote some assigned poetry but never fought as a swordsman.
This Friday, during halftime of its homecoming game against Esko, Hermantown Football will induct former player and coach Daryl Illikainen into its prestigious Hermantown Football Hall of Fame. Gametime is 7 p.m. Coach Illikainen started his football career at Hermantown middle school as a 7th grader. He has a
Takeaways from the emotional Mike Sertich ceremony during the first intermission and the Bulldogs' 2-2 overtime tie against Michigan Tech in the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame Game Saturday at Amsoil Arena: Legendary Bulldogs men's hockey player and coach Mike Sertich hasn't lost his
