Award winning MN historian, satirist, author, teacher, pop culture nerd. A Slap Shot in Time https://xitter.cf/t.co/Z0dXTzSNfR; History of Heartbreak https://xitter.cf/t.co/OtjrN7kL4L.
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OFFICIAL RELEASE:
A Slap Shot in Time
The Wild but True History of the Minnesota Fighting Saints.
Buy here ➡️a.co/d/jfn2Jpa
Edited by @jessi_pierce
Foreword: Lefty Curran
#ASlapShotInTime #WHA50 #WHA1972 #MNWild #FightingSaints #NHL
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On this night in 1991:
Into deep left-center,
for Mitchell ...
and we'll see you
tomorrow night!
#Poetry
Fun Fact: #OTD in 1960 - Calvin Griffith makes a deal with other #MLB owners to let him move the Senators to Minnesota – after the American League had voted to expand to the Twin Cities earlier that year. #Mntwins newspapers.com/clip/11197007…
#OTD in Minnesota Sports History (1986) The #Vikings lose to the Browns 23-20. Wade Wilson had to punt due to an injury to Greg Coleman. One punt was blocked/returned for a TD. Burnsie “didn’t feel punting would be a factor.” (Thanks @Realm33)
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Fun Fact: #OTD in 1987 - The #MNTwins win game 7 of the #WorldSeries and earn Minnesota’s first championship since the Minneapolis Lakers last title in 1954. newspapers.com/clip/11190227…
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Fun Fact: #OTD in 1959 - The first #NFL game was played at Metropolitan Stadium. Norm Van Brocklin’s Philadelphia Eagles beat the Chicago Cardinals 28-24 in front of 20,112. (Thanks @KeithGrinde) newspapers.com/clip/11190228…
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Today we remember Paul Wellstone and the 7 others that died tragically in a plane crash near Eveleth, MN in 2002.
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Today we remember Flip Saunders who passed away OTD in 2015.
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Also #OTD in #Minnesota Sports History (2001) the #MNTwins are suddenly rumored to be candidate for contraction after initial reports a few days earlier suggested it would be the Expos and the Marlins. Weird. newspapers.com/clip/11197007…
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#OTD in #Minnesota Sports History (1983) #Gophers football head coach Joe Salem resigns, but would stay on to coach the final 4 games. #GoGophers #RTB #SKiUMah
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#OTD in #Minnesota Sports History (1964) - Jim Marshall recovers a fumble and runs the wrong way in a 27-22 #Vikings win at San Francisco. It was scored as a 66-yard safety. #NFL #SKOL
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It seems those that are getting the @Timberwolves game on @directv have sports pack. Why would the wolves be on the sports pack in Minnesota? And why am I paying a regional sports fee if I can't watch the wolves?
