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Sports Columns

BREWER: Saying goodbye to sports stars of 2021

As the calendar year of 2021 comes to a close, there have been a litany of iconic sports stars who have passed away during the past 365 days. I think about Hank Aaron, 86, who totaled a whopping 755 home runs during his legendary career in Major League Baseball. Tommy Lasorda, 93, who managed ...

LADIKA: MLB Championship Series primer

Los Angeles Dodgers ace Max Scherzer trotted out from the Oracle Park bullpen for the bottom of the ninth inning Thursday night, and of all the accolades, milestones and awards he had accrued throughout his Hall of Fame career, a professional save was not one of them. Scherzer induced a ...

My 2021 MLB All-Star snubs

Over 60 of the most talented players Major League Baseball has to offer will converge at 20th and Blake in downtown Denver early next week, when the 2021 MLB All-Star Week, already underway, is hosted by the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field. The fan voting to determine the nine starters for ...

CARR: Pediem, joining MDN

When I received my notice of employment at The Minot Daily News, I was overjoyed. I was officially starting my career as a journalist. My dreams were coming to fruition. With everything I owned in tow, I embarked on a new and prosperous career in a distant land with no idea of what lied ...

MARTINEZ: Goodbye, Minot

Y’all weren’t lying. When I accepted the job as a sports writer for the Minot Daily News in August of 2018, I got numerous warnings from locals. For those who don’t know, I’m from Texas, and I drive a 2015 Chevrolet Camaro. Everyone I talked to told me that I would be doomed when ...

EISEN: Pressure off, MSU men’s hockey captures elusive national title

FRISCO, Texas — Cinderella story? Not quite. The cardiac kids? Kind of. Undisputed national champions? Most definitely. Six years after a memorable 9-5 victory in the 2013 ACHA Division I National Tournament title game, the Minot State men’s club hockey team is bringing another ...