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Game off: Inside Star Tribune sports during the pandemic

May 22, 2020 at 6:36PM
Vikings beat writer Ben Goessling on a video conference call with coach Mike Zimmer earlier this month.
Vikings beat writer Ben Goessling on a video conference call with coach Mike Zimmer earlier this month. (Howard Sinker/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Game off: Inside Star Tribune sports during the pandemic

This week we asked some of our sports department colleagues to share what their lives have been like without the usual routines of news, practice and games to guide them.

Part 1: Wild beat writer Sarah McLellan

Part 2: Timberwolves beat writer Chris Hine

Part 3: Vikings beat writer Ben Goessling

Part 4: Senior assistant sports editor Naila-Jean Meyers

Part 5: Night sports editor Kevin Bertels

Part 6: Gophers football writer Megan Ryan

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