Legendary Star Tribune journalist Sid Hartman, who started selling newspapers in 1928 and wrote sports columns several days a week for the ensuing decades, died Sunday at age 100.
Sid Hartman produced 21,235 bylined stories in his career, from 1944 until the one that ran in today's Sports section. That column was his 119th of 2020.
BREAKING: ESPN'S "College GameDay" is headed to Minnesota for the first time. The show will broadcast here for next week's
#Gophers
-Badgers showdown at TCF Bank Stadium. Story from
@theothermegryan
Exclusive from
@LaVelleNeal
-- the
#MNTwins
have dropped Rochester (N.Y.) as their Class AAA affiliate and are in discussion with the St. Paul Saints to replace the Red Wings.
Story:
BREAKING:
#MNTwins
greats Tony Oliva and Jim Kaat elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame via Golden Days Era Committee decision.
@MillerStrib
has the story
BREAKING: The
@minnesotalynx
have announced that they have acquired Lakeville native and former
#Gophers
women's basketball standout Rachel Banham in a deal with the Connecticut Sun.
We'll have a story shortly.
Brett Favre on tomorrow's
#Vikings
-Saints game: “I want to see the Vikes win. It’s their time.” More from
@markcraignfl
's email exchange with the Hall of Fame QB:
When she was younger,
@ChloeJohnsonMN
's life was a battle with obsessive-compulsive disorder and another rare condition. Rather than hide her challenges, Johnson, 14, uses basketball to meet them head on.
@chipscoggins
on Minnesota's young basketball star:
Don’t get mad at those charged with making the decision to postpone college football this fall. Get mad at those who haven’t been willing to make the sacrifice of wearing masks or socially distancing. Column from
@SouhanStrib
Road trip: Because doctors didn't clear him to fly,
#Gophers
holder Casey O'Brien takes 16-hour road trip to accept Disney Spirit Award last night in Atlanta. Watch the video:
Pop the cork: The
@StPaulSaints
prevail 6-3 to sweep Sioux City and win the American Association championship. First title in 15 years. Game story from
@RJstrib
at CHS Field
After identifying herself as "Athlete A" in the USA Gymnastics sex-abuse scandal, Maggie Nichols of Little Canada won the NCAA all-around championship. 'I found out how strong I really am,' said
@MagsGotSwag12
, the
@StarTribune
Sportsperson of the Year.
Big Ten Network says volleyball viewership is No. 3 behind football, men's hoops. The sport's popularity is soaring heading into the Final Four. New story from
@BlountStrib
The
#MNTwins
excess inventory of 2019 Homer Hankies will become cotton face coverings to be delivered to healthcare systems, grocery workers and nonprofits during the COVID-19 pandemic. At least 50,000 will be made.
Sid Hartman, who died at age 100 in October while still writing as many as four columns each week for the
@StarTribune
, was named Minnesota Sportswriter of the Year for 2020 on Monday.
Twenty years ago, Jake Sullivan was a high school basketball star with unlimited range and had big-man-on-campus status at Iowa State. But mental anguish took over, and eventually he found what was missing: hope. Story from
@chipscoggins
"Rick Spielman built a lousy football team. Mike Zimmer built a mediocre coaching staff that couldn't elevate that team."
The
#Vikings
' awful loss to Green Bay is final proof that the Rick Spielman-Mike Zimmer era needs to end.
@SouhanStrib
writes:
#NFL
Lindsay Whalen (
@Lindsay_13
),
@RandyMoss
and
@SJUJohnnies
legendary coach John Gagliardi among six elected to Minnesota Sports Hall of Fame. They'll be inducted at the Minnesota Sports Awards dinner in December.
BELIEVE IT:
#Gophers
beat Wisconsin 37-15 in Madison to reclaim Paul Bunyan's Axe for the first time since 2003 and gain bowl eligibility. Game story from
@RJstrib
The 2020 Star Tribune Sportsperson of the Year is Eric Kendricks, a star
#Vikings
linebacker who turned his private work into public activism after the killing of George Floyd. Story from
@GoesslingStrib
"I have covered
#Gophers
football for 75 years, and I have never seen a display like I saw after P.J. Fleck’s 17th-ranked squad defeated No. 4 Penn State."
Sid Hartman, 99, weighs in on Saturday's historic happenings at TCF Bank Stadium
It was 75 years ago today that
@SidHartman
's name first appeared on a story in a Minneapolis newspaper. At age 99, he's still writing columns for the
@StarTribune
:
At Vikings camp on Monday,
@chipscoggins
watched the most absurd NFL practice he has ever seen. The reason? The selfishness of several players. With so much at stake this season, Scoggins writes, Mike Zimmer has every right to be mad at the unvaccinated.
#Gophers
star Rashod Bateman, a likely first-round draft choice, already has a plan for when football is over: "I've thought about it, I think I'm going to retire and live on Lake Minnetonka."
@theothermegryan
writes:
#B1G
A positive COVID-19 test in July led to an EKG and an open heart operation for
#Vikings
linebacker Cameron Smith; the 23-year-old is determined to play again.
STATEMENT MADE: Big days from Tanner Morgan, Rashod Bateman and
#Gophers
defense lead to 31-26 victory over Penn State at TCF Bank Stadium. Minnesota is 9-0. Game story from
@theothermegryan
Tamara Moore, who played basketball for Minneapolis North, Wisconsin and the Lynx, will be the men’s head basketball coach at Mesabi Range Community College. She's believed to be the first woman to lead a men's college team.
#WNBA
Becky Hammon became the first woman to direct a team in NBA history, taking over the San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday night against the Los Angeles Lakers following Gregg Popovich's ejection in the first half.
JUST IN: Lakeville's Regan Smith wins the 100-meter backstroke in 58.35 seconds at the U.S. trials to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics. Story from
@BlountStrib
in Omaha
JUST IN:
#MNTwins
ownership group, the Pohlad family, donates $25 million to racial justice in Twin Cities: "We condemn racism in all its forms, and we are firmly committed to helping to enact meaningful change."
The
#Gophers
ousted two teams from the SEC, college softball's power conference, en route to the College World Series. And it's no fluke. Column from
@chipscoggins
#Gophers
athletes tied for the highest Graduation Success Rate among Power Five conference public institutions with South Carolina, posting a 96% graduation rate, according to the latest NCAA data released Thursday.
Some guy named Trout caught a big northern in Minnesota.
@StribDennis
on injured Angels superstar Mike Trout and the northern he caught on Wednesday in the Twin Cities
Minnesota takeover: Jalen Suggs of
@MinnehahaAcad
and Paige Bueckers of
@HopkinsRoyals
named most outstanding players at Stephen Curry's basketball camp in California.
#mshsl
Our 2021 Star Tribune Sportsperson of the Year: Suni Lee, whose life flipped in one golden year.
@BlountStrib
on the Olympic all-around gymnastics champion from St. Paul, now in college at Auburn (photos by
@fromjefferson
)
Timberwolves coach Chris Finch said Wednesday that Anthony Edwards has grown about two inches since the time the Wolves drafted him, from 6-foot-4 to 6-6. Story from
@ChristopherHine
In the middle of a resurgent season, 32-year-old Patrick Peterson holds weekly dinners and film reviews at his home with young
#Vikings
teammates, hoping to leave the game better than he found it. Story from
@BenGoessling
MIRACURL ON ICE: Chisholm's John Shuster scores five in the eighth end to guide USA to 10-7 men's curling win over Sweden in gold medal game at Pyeongchang Olynpics.
@BlountStrib
with more on the historic result from South Korea
From Minneapolis high school star at DeLaSalle to Stanford to a $6 million NBA contract, Tyrell Terry made basketball look easy. Then the game turned on him, causing Terry to walk away from the sport and what he called "the darkest times of my life."
Failing to get a White House invitation,
#LosLynx
planning community service and title ceremony in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday.
@Bloodstrib
writes:
#WNBA