John Gaskins

3 weeks ago | siouxfallslive.com | John Gaskins

Stu Whitney's high school football team celebrated a big win by gleefully ripping to shreds a newspaper column he wrote claiming they weren't worthy of the playoffs. He ended up being right. The head football coach at Michigan State invited Stu into his office to berate him at the top of his lungs and call him every nasty name you could imagine after he unveiled some unsavory information about the program. But George Perles didn't deny his reporting.

3 weeks ago | siouxfallslive.com | John Gaskins

The breaking news of one of the biggest sports stories of the entire summer interrupted an entertaining storytelling session about beer and how picky people are about their beer. Aaron Rodgers reportedly plans to sign with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Will he be any good? Will they be any good?

3 weeks ago | siouxfallslive.com | John Gaskins

Since his South Dakota Coyotes' 19-win, high-flying season ended in the Summit League Tournament semifinals, coach Eric Peterson has been working at seemingly the same breakneck pace he expects from his athletes during their up-tempo games. Spring and early summer are no longer lazy and uneventful in the college basketball world, thanks to the revolving door nature of the transfer portal and heaviness of summer-based AAU events where coaches go to find high school prospects.

3 weeks ago | siouxfallslive.com | John Gaskins

One of the six Minnesota Vikings to ever have his number retired died on Tuesday at age 87. Jim Marshall was not only captain of Bud Grant's four Super Bowl teams (1968-76) and part of the "Purple People Eaters" defensive line that menaced offenses throughout the team's dominating decade, he is still No. 3 on the all-time NFL list of most consecutive games played.

3 weeks ago | siouxfallslive.com | John Gaskins

What does "larger than life" sound like? In this case, a lot like it looks. Lincoln Semchenko is a 6'5, 300 lb. road-grading all-state offensive lineman from Sioux Falls Christian who is joining the "605 Hogs" at South Dakota State. You'll have a hard time believing he is just 18 years old with his wit, wisdom and storytelling.