Howard Sinker
Digital Sports Editor at The Minnesota Star Tribune
Now: Sports Take newsletter creator. Then: Web editor @StribSports. Still: Media&Cultural Studies @Macalester. Faculty liaison @MacalesterMBB. BaseballHoF voter
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1 week ago |
thedailyagenda.com | Howard Sinker
Like many of you, I woke up Saturday to the news of House Speaker Melissa and Mark Hortman’s assassination and the shootings of Sen. John and Yvette Hoffman. I’m not going to share the bigger picture here, but rather how it related to what I do as a content creator for a sports newsletter and as a fan.
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2 weeks ago |
thedailyagenda.com | Howard Sinker
THE OPENER: This is the first week in quite a while that one or two major stories aren’t pushing aside the rest of Minnesota’s sports news. So we’re taking off in many different directions because lots of teams and athletes are still giving us something to talk about, ranging from Byron Buxton’s spectacular stretch to a 42-game unbeaten streak to a historic moment in college sports.
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3 weeks ago |
thedailyagenda.com | Howard Sinker
THE OPENER: We’re recovering well from the gloom that settled over us when the Timberwolves were smacked out of the NBA playoffs last week. The Lynx are blazing, Jhoan Duran’s pitches are smoking and we have no shortage of stuff to keep our attention. This week’s Sports Take has hockey moves, horses to play, a Minneapolis connection to some top NFL quarterbacks and 700 books from a genre I didn’t know existed until a few days ago. And there’s even more. So let’s go!WILL THE LYNX EVER LOSE?
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4 weeks ago |
thedailyagenda.com | Howard Sinker
EPIC BEATDOWN: Oklahoma City destroyed the Timberwolves in every facet of basketball during the Western Conference Finals, dominating them mentally, physically and emotionally to such an extent that the Wolves quickly flipped the death-mode switch in the do-or-die Game 5.
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1 month ago |
thedailyagenda.com | Howard Sinker
WINNERS, WINNERS, WINNERS: We’re not used to this, right? The Wolves won four in a row to advance in the NBA playoffs, the Twins have won 11 in a row, the Frost won three straight to take their PWHL series and Minnesota United was on a three-game winning streak until Wednesday’s loss to Houston. Add it up: That’s a 21-1 record.
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Lynx are blazing, Jhoan Duran’s pitches are smoking and there's no shortage of stuff to keep our attention. New Sports Take has hockey moves, horses to play, a Minneapolis connection to NFL quarterbacks and 700 books from a genre I didn’t know existed. https://t.co/916uj9gcfN
New Sports Take: Good thing we have women's sports -- @PWHL_Minnesota , @minnesotalynx & @MNAuroraFC -- to offset the disastrous end to the #Timberwolves season. Plus conflicting media reports: Does anyone know what's really up with the #MNTwins sale? https://t.co/Ys6Lzod5ya
New Sports Take: Spin the numbers right and Minnesota's teams are on a 21-1 roll. Check out the Julius Randle apology form I found, an ill-timed headline about a #Twins player, @JaysPlaysStrib's #Preakness picks & wisdom gained from 3 local soccer experts https://t.co/DzqbexxAMB
