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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 the Los Angeles Dodgers to two World Series titles in the 1980s. Then there were the tragic passings of Pro Bowl wide receivers Demaryius Thomas, 33, and Vincent Jackson, 38, young men who were just getting started in their life after football. One of the sports figures who had an indelible ...

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 lineout to left field for the first out and worked around a Justin Turner error at the hot corner with two consecutive strikeouts of LaMonte Wade Jr. and Wilmer Flores to clinch the NLDS for the boys in blue by a 2-1 final score. The second punchout was marred with controversy, because to many, it ...

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 the American and National Leagues concluded July 1, and the remainder of both rosters were later rounded out by picks from players, coaches and league officials. With only so many spots available on each roster, though, it is an unfortunate inevitability that deserving players will be left out. I ...

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 winter came around. “Bad idea, buddy,” they said. “You might want to buy a truck,” they said. For those who do know me, you know that I didn’t listen. Instead, I tried to gut it out. I would be fine as long as I stayed on the main road and drove slowly, right? Right, for the most ...

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 championship banner back to Maysa Arena. After all the agony and heartbreak these Beavers have gone through, this feels right. Like destiny has finally been fulfilled. Five seasons of chasing around a second national championship produced two exits in the quarterfinals and three season-ending defeats in ...