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John Gilbert

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Montana Comes Home

John Gilbert

Butkiewicz scores 7 TDs to Bury Hilltoppers

Peterson, Rodriguez, and Brady – Who Do You Like?

John Gilbert

Remember the good ol’ days, when athletes devoted almost full attention to performing their best in competition, and the media could write about what happened in the game, and the fans enjoyed it all within their hero-worshipping world?

Dozier Makes Most of His Brief All-Star Bid

John Gilbert

As fans, we’re all provincial when it comes to All-Star games. The new young studs who fill up both rosters are pretty generally unknown to fans of the other league, and even within the league

Grandma’s Marathon Becomes ‘Eldoret West’ 

John Gilbert

It happened again this year, at the 39th running of the North Shore classic, a 26.2-mile jaunt down what is normally a very scenic Hwy. 61 to revisit as it curves around the shoreline terrain of Lake Superior. Only this time, it was more specific.

Grandma’s Marathon Signals Summer, at Last

John Gilbert

Oh, they can tell us that the first day of summer is on a certain specified date in Duluth. But we know better. We know that summer doesn’t officially start until Grandma’s Marathon runs its annual shot sometime in mid-June.

Surprises Dominate Baseball, Tennis, Even Horses

John Gilbert

Sports television dynasty ESPN puts out things called power ratings, which apparently go beyond simpler things like standings to try to convince the public that their vast ability to accumulate statistics and speculation means more than mere results.

Kurvers, Maciver Make Cup Final Special

John Gilbert

There are those, myself included, who think the Stanley Cup Playoff final series between the Chicago Blackhawks and Tampa Bay Lightning is as close as we can get to a match made in heaven.

Montoya Wins Scintillating 99th Indy 500

John Gilbert

The race restored some of the old-style tradition and drama to the Speedway – something that had been mostly missing ever since the Indy Racing League locked out the higher-profile CART teams in the mid-1990s, forcing CART to form a rival league

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