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
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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3 weeks 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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4 weeks ago |
thedailyagenda.com | Howard Sinker
FIRED UP FOR THIS: The Timberwolves-Golden State series was going to be fire from the start. But it has picked up even more heat because (1) Stephen Curry’s injury that will keep him out (at least) the next three games, (2) The Wolves disappointing effort in the Game 1 loss, (3) Whether Anthony Edwards can regain the spectacular late-season form that deserted him in the opener. The themes resume plying out tonight at Target Center and then spread west with Games 3 and 4 on Saturday and Monday.
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1 month ago |
thedailyagenda.com | Howard Sinker
THE OPENER: Let’s go right to coach Chris Finch’s postgame summary from minutes after the Wolves took an odd route to eliminating the Lakers by winning Game 5 of their first-round playoff series: “We're gonna celebrate this because this team took a lot of shit through the season.”THE ODD ROUTE? After scoring 43 points in Game 4 and averaging just under 30 through the first four games, Anthony Edwards took on a supporting role because his shot-making skills went on leave.
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Jan 16, 2025 |
open.substack.com | Howard Sinker
OPENING NOTE: Another awful end to a Vikings season. Another couple games of terrible basketball by the Gophers men. Another close and frustrating loss for the Wolves. The Wild lost twice to teams they must learn to beat. A three-loss Wednesday with the Wild, Wolves and Frost falling short. But we’ll try to make some sense of it here and maybe get you to smile through the suffering. There’s even a video that pretty much sums up how I’m feeling about Minnesota sports right now.
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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
