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Peterson's season? Ninth best by a running back
Posted by: Chris Miller under People, Adrian Peterson Updated: December 31, 2012 - 11:26 AM
Adrian Peterson's near record-setting season was judged by an independent observer -- the very savvy Joe Posnanski -- as the ninth best season by a running back. When you look at the statistical evidence, you might agree. Or, you might not.
Posnanski's story appears in the Sports on Earth blog.
Kluwe says Torii Hunter made anti-gay comment; ex-Twin says otherwise
Posted by: Howard Sinker under Vikings, Chris Kluwe, Vikings special teams Updated: December 31, 2012 - 9:42 AMSunday's Los Angeles Times features a story about gay athletes and how they still feel unwelcome in most pro sports locker rooms.
Kevin Baxter of the Times wrote: "Consider the numbers. About 4,000 players spent time on active rosters in the NBA, NHL, NFL and Major League Baseball in 2012. With the best estimates of the gay/bisexual population in U.S. ranging from 2% to 10%, it's likely many of those 4,000 athletes are gay or bisexual. Yet not one has come out of the closet. Not this year, not last year, not ever."
Former Twins and Los Angeles outfielder Torii Hunter said he believed an athlete who came out could divide a team.
Hunter, who recently signed with Detroit, said: "For me, as a Christian … I will be uncomfortable because in all my teachings and all my learning, biblically, it's not right. It will be difficult and uncomfortable."
On Twitter this morning, Vikings punter Chris Kluwe responded:
Saw the Torii Hunter comments. It's sad when people take something founded on tolerance and turn it into bigotry. Says a lot about them.
— Chris Kluwe (@ChrisWarcraft) December 31, 2012
and followed with
Torii would also do well to remember that religion was used to deny black people their rights not too long ago. Have a little empathy.
— Chris Kluwe (@ChrisWarcraft) December 31, 2012
Hunter took exception with how his comments are being characterized, saying in a extended tweet:
"I'm very disappointed in Kevin Baxter's article in which my quotes and feelings have been misrepresented. He took two completely separate quotes and made them into one quote that does not express how I feel as a Christian or a human being.
"I have love and respect for all human beings regardless of race, color or sexual orientation. I am not perfect and try hard to live the best life I can and treat all people with respect. If you know me you know that I am not anti anything and to be portrayed as anti-gay in this article is hurtful and just not true."
Kluwe was among the highest-profile public figures campaigning in Minnesota's successful Vote No campaign in November, and a few weeks back was sharply criticized by Vikings special teams coach Mike Priefer for the "distractions" caused by Kluwe.
The subject came up after Kluwe was fined for taping the words "Vote Ray Guy" to his uniform in support of the former punter's Hall of Fame chances. But it was clear that Priefer wasn't solely talking about the Guy issue.
Kluwe was unfazed by the criticism, saying at the time: "If the team ever wants to replace me, they will; I'm under no delusions as to how this business operates. We all get cut eventually."
You can read the entire Los Angeles Times story here.
Anders Broman is about to set a state basketball scoring record ... or is he?
Posted by: Howard Sinker Updated: December 20, 2012 - 10:16 AMAccording to the best available count, Anders Broman will set a Minnesota high school scoring record if he gets 42 points in Friday night's game against Duluth Denfeld.
The Lakeview Christian Academy scoring ace is averaging 42.2 points per game this season and would be passing the state record set by Kevin Noreen of Minnesota Transitions, a Minneapolis-based charter school. Noreen graduated in 2010 and current plays for West Virginia.
But...
According to the Duluth News-Tribune, because Noreen's point totals "never have been independently certified by the Minnesota State High School League, that mark doesn’t appear in the league’s record book. The MSHSL lists 2008 Ellsworth graduate Cody Schilling’s 3,428 points at No. 1, a total Broman surpassed midway through his junior season."
And there's more...
The News-Tribune reports: "And since point totals accumulated against schools that aren’t members of the MSHSL — Broman played in at least 10 such games as a seventh-, eighth- and ninth-grader — aren’t included either, his official point total will be slightly lower than Lakeview’s total."
So Broman already holds the record even though he doesn't have the highest commonly known point total, which he does have if you include some games that aren't counted in Broman's "official" point tally.
Got that?
Maybe the best news is that Broman, a 6-foot-2 guard, isn't really concerned about the whole deal.
“I want to just go out and play again without everyone always asking about this,” he told the News-Tribune.
More important, he said, is that it would be nice if his team could break its three-game losing streak, which includes losses to metro-area schools Blake, Columbia Heights and Heritage Christian.
One more note: According to the News-Tribune story, MSHSL officials have been unsuccessful in their efforts to obtain documentation of Noreen's record. Lakeview coach Bob Newstrom said: “When I checked with the high school league a while back, when it became apparent that it was possible (Broman could set the record), I asked them about Noreen’s record. They explained they never had been given the documentation and they had requested it several times, and the school hadn’t provided it. It’s like there are two different records — the public one and the official one.”
To read the entire story, which Upload highly recommends, go here.
UMD football coach headed to Western Illinois
Posted by: Chris Miller under People Updated: December 19, 2012 - 10:31 AMMinnesota Duluth football coach Bob Nielson, who led the Bulldogs to a pair of NCAA Division II championships, is leaving the Port City to be football coach at Western Illinois.
Nielson, 100-26 as football coach, is also UMD's athletic director. He is 53.
The Duluth News-Tribune report is here.
Former KFAN host Jeff Dubay, who used to be Paul Allen's morning show partner, is working with Judd Zulgad this week on AM1500. Many people think the week is an audition for future work at the station, which has recently juggled its lineup.
He did a Q-and-A with Steve Marsh of Mpls St. Paul magazine about his addiction and recovery, which knocked him off the air a few years back and made his name an unfortunate part of police stories as opposed to being part of the local sports scene.
Dubay told Marsh that the last time he smoked crack was 20 months ago: "If I took crack right now, I wouldn’t feel good for a second. I would have a stomachache instantly, I’d gag, I’d be scared to death, I’d be under that table thinking that somebody is coming to get me. I mean, there literally wouldn’t be 10 seconds of enjoyment"
You can read the rest of the interview here.
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