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Damn. Damn. Damn. Damn. Damn. a truly great musician has left us. from the AP: Garth Hudson, the Band’s virtuoso keyboardist and all-around musician has died at age 87. Hudson was the eldest and last surviving member of the influential group that once backed Bob Dylan. His death was...

I think that's the point. any direct contact with a player who is not in the portal is supposed to be "impermissable" under NCAA rules. so school A cannot contact a player at School B and tell him "if you transfer to School A, we'll give you this much NIL....." as I read the story, that...

on the OL - I know the Vikes have a decent amount of cap space going into next season, but the OL is not the only position on the team that needs attention. I saw this statement online on a Vikings fan site: More than 45 percent of their total non-special teams snaps in 2024 were played by...

contractual issues aside...... the other aspect of this case is the tampering allegations. I keep seeing people connected to college sports claiming that tampering is getting more blatant. but until or unless schools and/or coaches start calling out other schools and/or coaches, nothing is...

I think the key phrase in the DOE statement is "athletic financial assistance." the DOE sees NIL revenue-sharing payments as being no different than a scholarship or payments to cover books and tuition. in their view, it's all money going to student-athletes and must be distributed equally...

meanwhile, Twins Daily just ran a five-part series of articles on the history of the Pohlad family business ventures. I scanned through a couple of them. the gist seems to be that everything the Pohlads have ever done is either illegal, unethical or both. (except for an article on Bill...

part of the issue is that schools are using NIL to refer to two different types of compensation - NIL from outside collectives and NIL from the new revenue-sharing per the House settlement. technically, they are both NIL - payments to players for use of their name, image and likeness - but they...

I don't care about his size. I don't care about his stats. His High School team nickname is.................THE WAMPUS CATS!!! that alone rates a scholarship. if he can actually play, that's a bonus.

there has been at least one notable point-shaving or game-fixing scandal in every decade since the 1940's. one of my favorite tidbits - Henry Hill, the real-life mobster who was played by Ray Liotta in the movie "Goodfellas," was involved in the Boston College scandal in the 1970's. so it's...

Teemu Pukki, we hardly knew you. from Jon Marthaler in the Strib: The club is on the verge of a contract buyout/transfer for striker Teemu Pukki. The 34-year-old scored four goals last season but played sparingly down the stretch after falling to third on the team’s depth chart. Pukki...

I am admittedly not a big hockey fan - but I do follow Michael Russo on Twitter to at least keep up with Wild news. and the juggling the Wild has to do with the salary cap is just nuts. I know the NHL has a tight salary cap - but every day Russo is posting these updates where players are...

I was at the '68 game against USC. after that, when my buddies and I would play touch football in the park, we would try to run "The Gopher Play" on kickoffs. that's what we called it - The Gopher Play - a cross-field lateral on the KO return. that is still one of the greatest plays in...

one thought - on January 20th, a fellow named Trump will be sworn in as President of the US. Trump's nominee as the new Secretary of Education is Linda McMahon - as in the wife of Vince McMahon. She was the Administrator of the Small Business Administration for two years during Trump's 1st...

well, this could gum things up. the US Department of Education has issued guideance to schools on the revenue-sharing payments scheduled to begin this year under the 'House' settlement - stating that the payments must follow Title IX guidelines. from ESPN: The plans that many major college...

100% total speculation here. Twins FanFest is next week - Jan 24 & 25. that would be the perfect time to announce details on the TV plan - streaming prices and linear outlets. for PR purposes, I think that information has to be announced before Spring Training starts.

just watched the 1932 original version of "Scarface." for some reason, I had never seen it before. it's interesting to see this in comparison to the Al Pacino version from 1983. the '32 version follows the same basic story line - rise and fall of an organized crime boss - only the '32 version...

yes, I am long-winded. when I am trying to make a point, I try to offer some context or background. and I try to stay away from throwing out "hot takes." there are plenty of other people on this board doing that. I apparently missed the Gopher Hole rules that say there is only one way to...

a little of both. disappointed in where the program is at and disappointed that so many people seem to enjoy kicking the program when it's down. at times it seems as if there is a competition to see who can say the meanest things about the program, the players and the coach. I don't...

well, to be perfectly honest, the game threads have become interchangeable. the same people posting the same complaints with some minor variations. how many different ways can you say "the Gophers suck" or "Ben Johnson sucks." maybe some people get some entertainment or enjoyment from...

this makes two reports now (Dan Hayes and LaVelle) with very similar information. I suspect that some of the sources for these reports are overlapping. but bottom line - it does seem as if the ownership question will be settled in less than 3 months. (season opener March 27 at St. Louis...