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Memo to the Vikings' brass: Let's get the ol' downhill bruiser running back Ham more touches this season

Memo to the Vikings' brass: Let's get the ol' downhill bruiser running back Ham more touches this season

By HOWIE HANSON Let’s talk blunt truths about the Minnesota Vikings. This team — entering 2025 on the fragile hopes pinned to an untested rookie quarterback — is about to find out whether it can pound out victories the old-fashioned way. Because for all the modern spread concepts and glitzy route

Howie: Bulldogs banking on sophomore core, emerging players next season

Howie: Bulldogs banking on sophomore core, emerging players next season

Incoming forward Daniel Shlaine arrives with elite credentials after excelling at Shattuck-St. Mary's Prep and the USHL's Lincoln Stars. The 6-foot, 185-pound lefty from Russia is an elite playmaker with slick puck-handling skills and a quick release.

Howie: Prep Sports Notebook, Tuesday

Howie: Prep Sports Notebook, Tuesday

Hermantown boys hockey coach Patrick Andrews has said several times since the start of this season that his young and talented team will be "a work in progress." Never was this more evident than last Saturday at historic Hermantown Arena, when the Class 1A/No. 1-ranked Hawks fell

Another endorsement for Howie

"My husband Gary and I are so glad to be able to endorse our lifetime friend and neighbor Howie Hanson for Duluth City Council, who resided on Wellington St. nearby us in the friendly Duluth West End/nka Lincoln Park for many years. He has the experience and knowledge

Howie: Bulldogs men's hockey strong up front, but questions abound on the back end

Forward will be a position of strength for the Bulldogs men's hockey team heading into the 2023-24 season. However, defense and goaltending are positions to watch, especially with junior defender Will Francis sitting out the beginning of the season to undergo cancer treatments in the Twin Cities and