February 10, 2022
Record Year for Finding Golf Balls
For the second consecutive year, rounds of golf increased significantly in 2021, according to a Minnesota Golf Association survey.
February 10, 2022
For the second consecutive year, rounds of golf increased significantly in 2021, according to a Minnesota Golf Association survey.
January 31, 2022
Last year, I was pleased to read many outstanding entertaining and informative books in several categories: fiction, sports, media, politics, education, and general nonfiction.
December 19, 2021
October may be the best month for the TV sports addict (“Confessions of a TV Sports Addict: Perspective in the Pandemic Era,” May 9, 2021, www.philsfocus.com ). Multiple sports seasons converge, some ending, some starting.
September 30, 2021
For the past 16 months, throughout the country, governmental units, schools and colleges, businesses, and individuals have been reckoning increasingly with issues of diversity, equity, inclusion, and racism.
September 19, 2021
As a child, I woke up early every morning to practice my piano lessons. But before starting to warm up with scales and chords, I would pick up our daily Duluth newspaper from the front porch and read every word of the sports section.
July 26, 2021
Typically, a professor at a college or university comes to the position with extensive educational credentials such as a doctor’s degree in a specialized field of study.
May 9, 2021
In spring 2020, the Minneapolis Star Tribune sports section was reduced to four pages as sports activities at all levels were suspended because of Covid-19. This pause was difficult for athletes, sports teams, conferences, and fans.
April 16, 2021
Growing up in Duluth, my summer home away from home was the Lester Park Golf Course, one of the city’s two public courses. Thus, I was disappointed to learn in February that the course will close after the 2023 season.
March 26, 2021
Wells Fargo, America’s fourth-largest bank and Minnesota’s second largest, has been facing major challenges in recent years. Chief Executive Charles Scharf was hired in October 2019 to restore the bank’s tarnished reputation, but his problems have since multiplied (“Wells Fargo CEO Finds Himself on Defense,” by Ben Eisen, October 9, 2020, Wall Street Journal).
March 3, 2021
As a child—I don’t recall how or why—I developed and nurtured a love of sports. Sports stars became my heroes, mostly baseball players, starting with Henry Aaron.