Charles Barkley just said he hasn’t been to Minnesota in 20 years. I was standing 10 feet from him watching Auburn lose in the 2019 NCAA Final Four in Minneapolis. Apparently he blocked it out like a traumatic childhood memory.
Jess Myers
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Jess Myers
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Sportswriter for @pioneerpress and product of @whockeytownusa. Formerly blue checkmarked. Opinions aren't mine. No idea where they're coming from.
- Not cold enough to keep ice. In Minnesota. In December. Call me crazy, but it almost seems as if the climate — stay with me now — is changing.Minnesota Ice Festival canceled because of warm weather that could turn structures ‘hazardous’ pipr.es/s7FjHlo
- Congrats to former @GopherHockey and NHL defenseman Paul Martin, on completing the “student” part of “student-athlete.” @NJDevils @penguins @SanJoseSharks @ERHShockey
- Unless you’ve lived with Minnesota sports for the last three decades of misery, you can’t fathom how many people are debating whether they go to bed and trust the Wolves to finish this one.
- Find me a place to live where the weather is “September in Minnesota” year-round.
- Make no mistake: this loss is pinned on brutal #vikings defense. But when the NFL makes a big show about protecting QBs, and two officials watch a QB’s head get yanked 180 degrees by the facemask without flinching, something is really, really amiss.
- Lower bowl and club level at @XcelEnergyCtr are full for the first @PWHL_Minnesota home game. State of Hockey, indeed.
- Unspeakable tragedy in the @GopherHockey family. Mack Motzko, 20, the son of #gophers coach Bob Motzko, was killed in a car accident late Saturday. therinklive.com/big-10/um-goph…
- After @mnwild defenseman Brock Faber wore a @PWHL_Minnesota Grace Zumwinkle sweater to his game on Monday, Grace returned the favor 48 hours later. @GopherHockey
- On a good day one of my @TheRinkLive stories gets 1k page views. My story of Larry Olimb getting run out of @GirlsHockey_OGH after their best season ever got 103k on Friday (noon to midnight) and 126k yesterday. Happy to have touched a nerve.
- This is Koda. She has been my good girl for 14 years. The most loving, clingy, clumsy dog I’ve known. She’s going to make that brutal one-way trip to the vet soon and I’m not taking it well. I know heartache is the price we pay for the love of a good dog. But man, this is hard.
