BEMIDJI, Minn. — My big sister, Carol, keeps telling me it is OK to pamper myself a bit at this age, to enjoy the fruits of what I have acquired in my working life. And so I am. Here it is February now, and I’m still hanging out at my lake cabin, two months longer than I have ever stayed …
For a guy who is closing fast on spending 50 years reporting on hockey in the Red River Valley, this is a great time to be Green and White, isn’t it? We puckheads were thrilled last winter when two hockey teams at East Grand Forks Senior High made waves. Coach Jim Scanlan’s Green Wave girls team finished second in the …
As my favorite team (UND Fighting Sioux hockey) continues its impressive rise to the top, my grip on lake life is literally on the decline here in late January. It’s been an odd winter, no question. For one, the UND hockey team put together a strong first-half of the season to position itself in great shape for …
In the fall of 2002, this sports reporter, nearing the end of his daily journalism career, sat in the hockey office at the University of North Dakota. Across from him for the interview was an incoming freshman for the Fighting Sioux, who we all knew even then was on the brink of stardom. As the interview went on, this reporter …