Dennis Brackin
Team Leader | Sports
Phone: 612-673-1740
E-mail: dbrackin@startribune.com
Dennis Brackin is an assistant sports editor mainly responsible for coverage of the Twins and University of Minnesota sports.
Recent content from Dennis Brackin
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Former Hamline standout played pro baseball and basketball
The St. Paul Central graduate, 87, played for three major league clubs before being part of two Minneapolis Lakers championship teams.
Oct 30, 2009 -
Q&A with John Gagliardi
The Johnnies coach keeps rolling along, his team remaining undefeated this season.
Oct 25, 2009 -
Metrodome: Sweet and sour sorrow
Parting with the Dome thrills baseball purists, but baseball fans hold tight to their memories.
Oct 2, 2009 -
Voice of the past in stadium of the future
Ray Christensen, who last broadcast a Gophers athletics event in 2001, will chime in on WCCO-AM today, the 511th time he'll make the call at a U football game. .
Sep 12, 2009 -
Weather, or not
The Gophers are singing the praises of how TCF Bank Stadium will help recruiting, just as the program did with its 1982 move indoors. The reality: Minnesota weather still is in play.
Sep 5, 2009 -
Shared success: Multi-sport Tommies are driving football’s resurgence
Five St. Thomas players were members of national championship teams last spring, including starters Ben Wartman (baseball) and Sam Moen (a track and field relay).
Sep 4, 2009 -
Memorial Stadium: An unfair end?
With the return of Gophers football to campus, the demise of the old venue, Memorial Stadium, deserves remembering. However sordid the story.
Sep 2, 2009 -
Turnstiles, retailers feel Favre fever
The morning signing triggered an early run on gear and 2,500 season-ticket sales. But selling a new stadium is another issue.
Aug 19, 2009 -
Wheelock Whitney and baseball's Continental shift
Half a century ago, the Twin Cities signed on to be part of a third major league. The league never played a game, but its creation helped lead to expansion and the arrival of the Twins.
Jul 22, 2009 -
Rubio: Diamond in rough, an elusive crown jewel, both?
The Timberwolves took a big gamble picking Spain's 18-year-old Ricky Rubio with their first choice in the draft, but the payoff could be tremendous.
Jul 2, 2009
