No. 7 is 29th on Forbes list of the world's 100 highest-paid athletes

For those of you who want to get all worked up (again and again), here goes:

June 19, 2012 at 2:26PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Forbes Magazine just published its list of the world's 100 highest-paid athletes.

At No. 29, sandwiched between Super Bowl quarterbacks Tom Brady and Eli Manning at $27 million is...

(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Our Joe isn't the highest-paid Minnesotan on the list.

At No. 13, with $36.8 million in salary, bonuses and endorsements, that distinction goes to...

(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

...Larry Fitzgerald Jr. of the Arizona Cardinals, by way of Richfield's Academy of the Holy Angels (and Minnesota Spokesman-Reporter sportswriter Larry Fitzgerald Sr.)

Here's the complete list.

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Howard Sinker

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Howard Sinker is digital sports editor at startribune.com and curates the website's Sports Upload blog. He is also a senior instructor in Media and Cultural Studies at Macalester College in St. Paul.

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