Howard Sinker

Digital Sports Editor | startribune.com/sports
Phone: 612-673-4385
Howard Sinker is Digital Sports Editor for startribune.com. He works with writers, editors and web designers to keep startribune.com/sports pages current and lively. Howard also writes the Section 219 baseball blog and compiles the StribSports Upload blog, teaches at Macalester College and is a commentator on Minnesota Public Radio's Morning Edition program.

Recent content from Howard Sinker

Palmer hits the opening drive -- in the fog

Fifty years after Arnold Palmer won the Masters for the first time, he settled over the ball Thursday morning and...

Updated: April 10, 2008, - 09:48 AM

Ely without the sweat and bug dope

ELY, MINN. -- One image of Ely is as a way station for outdoors enthusiasts, either on their way into...

Updated: December 04, 2007, - 02:36 PM

Batgirl shutting down her Twins blog

Author Anne Ursu, the Twins' blogger known as Batgirl, posted Wednesday night that she is shutting down her blog. A Twin...

Updated: May 24, 2007, - 07:26 AM

Oct. 27, 1991: Kirrr-bee does it!

Kirby Puckett's home run in the 11th inning gave the Twins a 4-3 victory over Atlanta in Game 6, setting off a raucous 10-minute ovation that didn't quiet until a postgame interview was shown on the Metrodome scoreboard.

Updated: March 06, 2006, - 12:36 PM

Feb. '87: With the addition of Reardon, Twins' bullpen is armed to the teeth

This story was first published on February 22, 1987. Picture Wrigley Field on a spring afternoon. The Cubs and Expos are...

Updated: January 25, 2006, - 12:10 AM

That's odd ... weird stuff noted at the fair

Everyone knows that the myriad foods on a stick are an ongoing oddity of the Minnesota State Fair. But there's...

Updated: August 27, 2002, - 11:00 PM

How we adore the shore: A family's guide to the North Shore of Superior

We are not hikers and campers and yet, given the choice of a place to go for...

Updated: March 24, 2001, - 10:00 PM

Getaway/Midwest: New York Mills, Minn.

NEW YORK MILLS, MINN. -- Hwy. 10 is one of Minnesota's slightly buried treasures. Running north of Interstate Hwy. 94,...

Updated: May 22, 1999, - 11:00 PM

Gophers have had problems before

University of Minnesota basketball players and coaches watched last Sunday as the nation's best basketball teams were sent crisscrossing the...

Updated: March 13, 1999, - 10:00 PM

Getaway/Midwest: Winnipeg, Manitoba

For those of us with a maximum car-trip tolerance of one day, our urban options are limited: Chicago,...

Updated: May 09, 1998, - 11:00 PM

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