Vineeta Sawkar

Apr 15, 2024 | audacy.com | Vineeta Sawkar

The drama of Monday night's WNBA Draft won't start for a while for the Lynx, who now has the number eight overall pick. The drama really won't start for anyone until the second overall pick by the Los Angeles Sparks. That's because Caitlin Clark is available to the Indiana Fever with the top overall selection. It's the ultimate no-brainer that even the Vikings would be hard-pressed to foul up.

Mar 19, 2024 | audacy.com | Vineeta Sawkar

Dick Bremer's pitching arm and Joe Mauer's countdown to immortality are part of the home opener experience when the Twins play their first game of the 2024 season, hosting Cleveland the afternoon of April 4. It'll be the first time Bremer has not been broacasting Twins baseball in four decades after he stepped down over the winter. To honor his long and distinguished career, Bremer has the honor of throwing out the first pitch of the season at Target Field.

Oct 31, 2023 | audacy.com | Vineeta Sawkar

Governor Walz says he's a friend of Dean Phillips, but he admits the third district congressman's bid to run for president is something he doesn't get. "I don't know why he made this decision," Walz said on the WCCO Morning News with Vineeta Sawkar.

Sep 25, 2023 | audacy.com | Vineeta Sawkar

The woman who resigned one day after her appointment to lead Minnesota's office of Cannabis Management says she wishes she could have been given the opportunity to respond to media reports that indicated she sold illegal marijuana products at her Apple Valley business prior to them being published. Erin DuPree spoke Monday on the WCCO Morning News with Vineeta Sawkar about how those reports were one-sided because she was advised not to comment.

Aug 28, 2023 | audacy.com | Vineeta Sawkar

The 60th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom is celebrated Monday night at Northrup Auditorium on the University of Minnesota campus. Among those performing in the Let Freedom Ring concert is musician and producer Javonta Patton of Minneapolis. He told Vineeta Sawkar on the WCCO Morning News at the state fair that he's learning a lot about the famous "I Have A Dream" speech made during the march by Martin Luther King.