Podcast: The best kids sports movies of the 1990s; Fireworks tell story for Gophers

On Friday’s Daily Delivery podcast, host Michael Rand was joined by friend Dana Wessel for a look at the 1990s kids sports movies we should all be showing the next generation. And Rand broke down the Gophers’ 19-17 loss to North Carolina.

The Minnesota Star Tribune
August 30, 2024 at 2:35PM
A view of the pregame flyover and sunset before the Gophers vs. North Carolina game on Thursday. (Michael Rand)

Introduction: Your bleary-eyed host Michael Rand returned home from the Gophers’ 19-17 loss to North Carolina on Thursday night, grabbed a few hours of sleep, then tried to make sense of it at the start of today’s show. The best way to describe it: There were very few figurative fireworks in a close but uninspiring game. And the literal fireworks at the end, mistakenly shot off when Minnesota missed a potential winning field goal in the final seconds, were a fitting end to it all.

9:00: Dana Wessel, a radio morning show personality on 93X as well as a movie expert (and friend of Rand), joined the podcast for a fun segment on the best kids sports movies of the 1990s. Which ones hold up the best and should be shown to the next generation?

40:00: It’s a big weekend for Pablo Lopez and the Twins.

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Questions? Comments? Long-winded diatribes about nothing in particular? E-mail me at michael.rand@startribune.com.

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Michael Rand

Columnist / Reporter

Michael Rand is the Minnesota Star Tribune's Digital Sports Senior Writer and host/creator of the Daily Delivery podcast. In 25 years covering Minnesota sports at the Minnesota Star Tribune, he has seen just about everything (except, of course, a Vikings Super Bowl).

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