Dan Heilman

The hilarious thing about the Minnesota football program is that Fleck and the Gophers are stuck with each other. He can't do any better than Minnesota, and Minnesota can't do any better than Fleck. So Duke's Mayo Bowl, here we come yet again.

Many of us remember when the shortstop was *expected* to miss the bag when turning two. Great, they got the call right. But they ruined a classic baseball moment in the process.

Status of famous John Andersons from the early 1980s: - Independent presidential candidate: dead - Fun country singer of "Swingin'" fame: dead - Green Bay Packers all-decade linebacker: alive - "Owner of a Lonely Heart" singer (who is actually a Jon): alive

I’m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement. For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation. I will not be silenced.

Mike Grim truly is the heir to Ray Christensen when it comes to radio coverage of Gophers games in that you can tell immediately by the tone of his voice how they're doing without knowing the score. His delivery last night could be best characterized as subdued.

It has been a good 40 years since I heard "Down in the Tube Station at Midnight" by The Jam, but I'm very glad I heard it today.

Sadly prescient quote of the day:

Rock songs not by Ozzy Osbourne that actually did endorse taking one's own life: Nick Lowe, "Endless Sleep" Cheap Trick, "Auf Wiedersehen" The English Beat, "Click Click"

Her ad also says that money that Kloby supposedly touched "might have" gone to "suspected" terrorists. Demuth has nothing to run on beyond smears and innuendo.

In the NYT Book Review today, Stephen King named James Ellroy's 'Blood's River' as one of his favorite thriller novels of the 21st century, which would be cool if such a book existed. (It's 'Blood's a Rover.' C'mon, @nytimes.com.)

here's something that's brought me a lot of joy over the last two weeks while apparently pissing off some of my neighbors lol

Wild thing I learned earlier today -- the phrase "This is a job for Superman" predates Superman. I found citations as early as 1909.

Christening a baby is nothing like christening a ship. I know that now. Once again I can only apologise.

I really took this guy to the cleaners today. His winter coat was ready and he needed a ride.

New: Macklemore says Robert Kraft — who owns Gillette Stadium, where Macklemore & Ed Sheeran were to perform later this month — called Sheeran. Kraft rallied other owners together behind an ultimatum for Sheeran: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you won't be allowed in our venues.

Ahhhh, FREE COUCH! (Le freak! C'est Chic!) FREE COUCH!

Full-page ad for Prince's Dirty Mind LP in the October 25, 1980 issue of Record World

No, not irreversible. But it will almost certainly take more than one Democratic term to fix. Which is why I’ve been so insistent that folks stop the goddamn purity tests and vote responsibly in November. We aren’t looking for perfect candidates. We’re looking for better than Republicans.

National Video, La Crosse, Wis., ca. 1984. My friends and I loved movies but none of us owned a VCR. So we'd pool our cash, go to this place, rent a machine, each pick out a couple movies, and stay up all night watching them. One of us would groggily take everything back at 9 a.m. when they opened.

Bruce Springsteen, 1978 (canceled; only 700 out of 3,000 seats sold) Prince, 1983 (ride from Eau Claire to St. Paul fell through) Ian McLagan, 2014 (he died that morning)

Wab Kinew reacts to Donald Trump renaming Lake Ontario: "You know when a rock band is really over the hill and you see them in a casino playing some song from like 50 years ago? I think that's the part of Donald Trump's presidency we're at now."

Tim Curry did a lot of great things, but who remembers his 1979 FM hit "I Do the Rock"?

One way you know Dolly Parton lived life the right way: I don’t think anyone’s going to get fired for accurately quoting Dolly Parton today.

Dear Grim Reaper: I don't mean to tell you your business, but you grabbed the wrong 80-year-old.

From roughly 1981 to 1988 every American movie set in a city began this way.

THREAD: A couple of thoughts on Natalie Harp. First, I'm so glad that people on our side are concerned about her and her mental health. It's because we have hearts and empathy and we aren't sociopaths. We're good people, and I love that about us. But I think we are also right to be angry. 1/

Photo Op. with Congressman Curt Weldon and his family in Oval Office. 9/14/87.

The first four Beatles CD reissues. I was assigned to write about them, so that was my excuse to buy a player. A friend got me one (and the CDs, I think) with his Best Buy employee discount, and I repaid the favor with a case of beer, as one does at age 24.

Do any other baseball players have medical conditions/procedures named after them besides Lou Gehrig and Tommy John?

still think daily about the time I was at Arby's and the person in front of me asked what the "healthy option" was, and the cashier responded "leaving"

Since it's that time of year...is there a worse value in sports than an NFL exhibition game? You pay $150 to see the starters run half a dozen plays, followed by a parade of has-beens and never-will-be's, as you sip your $25 beer and ponder walking back to your $30 parking spot.

Information Desk Central Library Minneapolis Photo is not dated specifically but indexed as 1970s Image: Hennepin County Library; digitalcollections.hclib.org/digital/coll...

Somewhere Kermit Schafer is smiling.

YALL LMAOOOOOO🤣

I think most people interested in economic forecasts back in the '80s subscribed to the Kip Winger Washington Letter.

I made dinner for my abuser a bunch of times. You have to play nice while you're planning your escape so you don't get dead. Max Miller is a textbook abuser.

Handclaps have never not made a song better.

Rock connections to Bay City, Mich.: - Birthplace of Madonna - Namesake of the Bay City Rollers - Where ? and the Mysterians recorded “96 Tears” - Site of only color film footage of Buddy Holly performing in the U.S. (www.facebook.com/reel/9610385...)

Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't Nirvana, Pearl Jam or Alice in Chains.

FYI there is no "real" reason why Rome "fell." Its power waned for the usual, mundane reasons: widening gap between rich and poor, inability to maintain infrastructure, incompetent leadership, pointless wars, endless persecution of marginalized groups who performed vital labor, etc.

Say hello to the worst person in a state of 5.8 million. There are people living out their lives in the catacombs of Stillwater State Prison who have more moral fiber. (P.S. I'm talking about Emmer; Collin is still working her way up (or down) the list.)

The two people who are breaking through the noise and cutting through to the essence of what is happening right now with deeply damaged Donald Trump are Jon Ossoff and Hunter Biden. Here is Hunter's very perceptive take on the messy scene at the White House Correspondents Dinner: