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Happy Saturday! Let's dispense with the pleasantries, shall we, and get straight on with the links:
*Canis Hoopus is into full off-season mode, and this week, they have an interview with arena host Mike Rylander, who's better known by his unofficial name amongst all people who've attended a Timberwolves game: "Holy smokes, is that Wally Szczerbiak?" Rylander's leaving to pursue better things, but it's still a good look at somebody who's been part of the game experience night in and night out at Target Center. (This is more than you can say about, say, Sebastian Telfair.)
*I don't know why this post - a 20-years-later look at a Belle Plaine HS baseball scandal that made the front page of the Star Tribune Metro section - is so fascinating to me. Maybe it's just nostalgia for 1991. Or maybe because this seems like such a quintessential small-town story - a non-issue that the whole town got caught up in and that ended up being a much, much bigger deal than it had any right to be. Whatever it is, I really enjoyed it.
*It turns out that skateboarder Tony Hawk is now 43 years old. This may make you feel old. It also turns out that he can still do a 900, 12 years after he did one for the first time. This may now make you feel lazy.
*Oh, those tricky St. Cloud State Huskies - you can't turn your back on them for even a minute.
*And finally: if you think that you'd enjoy a video of Alec Baldwin punching John Krasinski in the face over a baseball game, then have I got the video for you!
