Hot damn. Now that we have an e-list for other sports, I can post this question in good conscience: On Ted Ginn's opening kickoff return for a touchdown last...
A story in the Star Tribune today at: http://www.startribune.com/587/story/923920.html tells of some Republicans in the Minnesota House of Representatives who...
OTOH isn¹t it the Republicans who like to talk about markets? And isn¹t it usually the ³liberals² who don¹t want public funding for stadiums and think ...
I put together a top 200 MN athletes of the 20th century, it is attached. If Alan and I agree on anybody, elect Å’em now! (On the list, the numbers over at the...
Great! Thanks. Yeah, I need to add Ralph Samuelson, Charles Johnson, Steve Carr and Harry Davis. Haven't decided about Dan Patch. Do I have to add Chris...
Like Sports Illustrated, you have Bronko Nagurski. What does everyone else think? Is he still the greatest figure in Minnesota sports history? ... Re:...
... everyone else ... history? ... category. ... ever? You really need to do some defining. It ends up like the lists of Minnesota players in Minnesota Hoops:...
Good point. The problem with the Sports Illustrated list is that it was the Minnesota sports figures with the greatest impact nationally. Is that what a MSHOF...
... it was the ... that what a ... miss...well dozens ... Boston or ... either. ... than Jim ... Mac was ... all of that? ... example. How ... Bell and Carl ...
Sounds like Gibbons belongs. Where did the Strib rank them numerically? I only saw their HOF. Do you have a URL for the Strib rankings? As Stew pointed out...
I think the definition could be clearly ambiguous - for achievements in Minnesota high school, college and/or professional sports; for athletic achievements by...
The Strib ran a top 100 at the turn of the 21st century ranked from 1-100. I thought I had the list here but I can¹t find it right now. I thought the numbers...
Yeah, there¹s no reason why it wouldn¹t include all of those categories. To me the emphasis would be on ³peak.² Select the athletes who fit into one of ...
... 1-100. I ... thought the ... ranking, ... doubt ... I was able to access the list. (We have a subscription through the Health Department to the archives...
Not so different from my choices. I still don't know what to make of Bronko, Sid and Vern. FIRST TEN Bernie Bierman Herb Brooks Neal Broten Kevin Garnett Bud...
... played again I would put him in the top thirty (maybe top twenty) just on his high school career (NATIONAL player of the year in baseball AND football,...
Thanks, Stew. My main comment‹and I am definitely a broken record on this‹is that journalists definitely ain¹t historians. Now, granted you¹ve got ...
Now that I think about it, if you¹re really talking about ³forever² and not just the lifetimes of living persons, you¹d really have to have Henry Williams...
Thanks! ________________________________ From: mnsports@yahoogroups.com [mailto:mnsports@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of stewthornley Sent: Friday, January 12,...
For someone with a year on his hands, reading through every Sid Hartman and Charley Walters column, and all the Strib all state teams, would be a great way to...
George Barton. But if you¹re going through the papers anyway, I¹d just look at the page 1 headline. ... Re: [mnsports] Re: MSHOF George Barton. But if youre...
For anyone compiling a list of Minnesota sports greats, my suggestion is for them to at least contact Roger Godin of the Minnesota Wild, formerly head of the...
The years Ernie Lombardi and Bubbles Hargrave led the NL in batting, the AL champion had a higher average. Joe Mauer led the AL with a higher average than NL...
I would certainly have Cooke and Williams in my top 50, but if you take away the "they were first" aspect would you put them in the top 20? I'm not knocking...
Although I am curious how tough the competition could have been when during his prime half the starting goalies in the entire league were from his own tiny...
Besides Brimsek who were the other two goalies in the NHL that were from Eveleth? ... From: Holst, Alan R To: mnsports@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, January...
The two other NHL Eveleth goalies were Mike Karakas and Sam Lopresti. Karakas was with the Chicago Blackhawks, 1935-40; Montreal Canadiens, 1940, and Chicago...
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