Sports

Vikings Mid-Season Report: Pray for Favre … and AP

Thursday, 05 November 2009 16:15 Ryan T. Scott

Momentum. We all know about good days and bad days. My advice is to squeeze as much as possible into the good days, and sit your butt down and read a book or go to bed early on the bad days. Days turn into years, and the Vikings are having about as good of a first-half of an NFL year as possible. I mean, anytime that the Vikings beat the Packers twice before the Thanksgiving turkeys get nervous, then the momentum must be squarely on the side of Purple Pride.

Florida Gators Trick the Georgia Bulldogs 41-17

Monday, 02 November 2009 15:00 Scott Jurrens

84,604 fans cheered on Halloween night at the Jacksonville Municipal Stadium as the University of Florida Gators crushed the University of Georgia Bulldogs 41-17. This is the 74th anniversary of the annual event also dubbed as “The World’s Largest Cocktail Party” with RV City (fans with motor homes) showing up on the Wednesday prior to the Saturday game.

(Mr. T's Sports Report) Iron Mike Tyson, a study in heart, talent, & education

Thursday, 29 October 2009 16:46 Ryan T. Scott

Mike Tyson. It’s amazing how a person’s name instantly whips-up an epic Titanic-like movie in our minds. I often ask children to repeat their full names so that they do not take their own lifetime epic movie and epic potential for granted. It doesn’t matter how brilliant or unrefined a person is, their life can become something for all to marvel over; especially if they invest their time into a positive activity that compliments their talents.

(Mr. T's Sports Report) Bryant looked like a pointy-face, fang-bearing, Tasmanian devil

Monday, 19 October 2009 17:31 Ryan T. Scott

There are a lot of good things going on in the Twin Cities these days, and I hope that everyone here is enjoying the pre-Freeze festivities. I gotta think some more on this Mike Tyson interview with Oprah. By the time it’s said and done they are going to have university classes about that dude: Interesting life he has led.

(Mr. T's Sports Report) There’s something about Minnesota

Friday, 16 October 2009 17:21 Ryan T. Scott

The whole country is gushing over what’s going on within the borders of Minnesota these days. Turn on every television channel that even grazes the subject of sports, and one of the hometown headliners graces the air. Turn on Univision (the Spanish speaking station), and sandwiched between the words you may or may not understand, will be the word Minnesota; I imagine that the Japanese station is the same, especially since the Twins are playing the vaunted New York Yankees, who boast multiple Japanese players to their roster.

(Mr T's Sports Report) Is Brett Favre the greatest quarterback of all-time?

Monday, 05 October 2009 16:59 Ryan T. Scott

Dagnabbit! I told you all that Brett Favre should get the award for Best Actor in a Dramatic Series! After all that hullabaloo over his decision to come play for the Vikings, it took that dude exactly three games to make one of the most exciting (positive) plays that I, and likely many others, can recall in all my years of watching the Vikings.

(Mr. T's Sports Report) New stadium, new Gophers, new hope

Monday, 28 September 2009 16:14 Ryan T. Scott

Impressive, necessary, and game-on. Those were the thoughts that ran through my head while watching the first few plays of the 2009 Gopher Football Season. And though my first thought was ‘impressive’ --in reference to the new TCF Bank Stadium-- I waited until after attending the second home game before deciding that the 2009 Gopher football team was also impressive.