Rachel Blount

Reporter/Columnist | Sports
Phone: 612-673-4389
Rachel Blount is a sports columnist and general assignment reporter, with a particular emphasis on Olympic sports.

Recent content from Rachel Blount

Blount: Lynx running to top of Twin Cities sports scene

Defending champs show they can surprise, and maybe that they're better than last year.

Updated: October 05, 2012, - 12:07 PM

Running not for her best time, but for love

Friends and family will run the Twin Cities Marathon with Johanna Olson as she battles a recurring brain tumor.

Updated: October 03, 2012, - 06:56 AM

Blount: There's more to be learned for Gophers

Iowa's easy victory revealed something about that 4-0 start, but how the Gophers react will tell the tale most clearly.

Updated: September 30, 2012, - 08:10 AM

Weisman, as in 'Heisman,' finds a job at Iowa

IOWA CITY - Mark Weisman came to Iowa as a fullback looking for a home, a transfer student who left...

Updated: September 30, 2012, - 01:11 AM

Iowa professor knew Floyd in the flesh

Sandy Boyd, a St. Paul native who later taught at Iowa, has divided loyalties and fond memories of a famous pig.

Updated: September 28, 2012, - 08:26 AM

Defending women's hockey champs return to the ice

When the Gophers women's hockey team began practices earlier this month, coach Brad Frost gave his players one chance to...

Updated: September 27, 2012, - 09:53 PM

Blount: Fehr gives union edge, so lockout could be lengthy

The NHLPA finally has an experienced, brilliant and fearless negotiator in Donald Fehr, one who understands both his constituents and his adversary. That's good news for the players.

Updated: September 18, 2012, - 11:13 AM

Blount: Shortell heroics could open Gophers' QB debate

The sophomore quarterback was impressive in leading the Gophers to victory after MarQueis Gray got hurt. A quarterback controversy?

Updated: September 16, 2012, - 03:22 AM

St. Thomas vs. St. John's: That time already

The annual grudge match between football rivals comes in the conference opener this year.

Updated: September 14, 2012, - 06:05 AM

Purses, enthusiasm on the rise as Canterbury's season ends

With its purse-enhancement deal in place, Canterbury Park officials expect better fields and more races next summer.

Updated: September 03, 2012, - 10:43 PM

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