Chip Scoggins
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Chip Scoggins is a sports columnist and enterprise writer for the Minneapolis Star Tribune. VFL and MIZ
Minneapolis, MN
Joined January 2009
Just a remarkable young man. Really enjoyed getting to talk to Bati and hear his passion for running and what it has meant in his life. Amazing story.
Scoggins: Augsburg’s Mohammed Bati doesn’t rest. He runs and he wins... and now has his goals set even higher
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The Timberwolves recent road trip to New York was a chance for Naz Reid to be around family and friends, and to honor his sister Toraya. “She’s very selfless, and I want everybody to know that.”
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Toraya Reid was killed in early September, and her brother, Timberwolves center Naz Reid, soldiers on.
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NEWS: LaTroy Hawkins will be the Twins bullpen coach next season. Great get for Derek Shelton’s first staff in Minnesota, landing the 21-year MLB veteran.
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Episode 117 presented by @JaxCafe
@Gaardsy, @chipscoggins, and @RyanBurnsMN discuss: - The #Gophers win over Michigan State - The first College Football Playoff ranks - Around the Big Ten Podcast: https://t.co/QWlsLc1DIJ YouTube: https://t.co/w0hmAKikCx
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Andy Peters is having terrific final season of college football. He will move back to Boise after season and marry his girlfriend since high school who is now a game warden in Idaho. Andy Peters, the outdoorsman quarterback, quite a catch for St. Thomas
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Football across Minnesota: Plucked from Idaho’s fresh air, Andy Peters is passing the Tommies into contention.
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The Twins are hiring Derek Shelton as their next manager. He was a Twins bench coach under Paul Molitor and Rocco Baldelli before he spent five-plus seasons managing in Pittsburgh (306-440 record).
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10 years ago Tuesday, Jerry Kill resigned as Gophers football coach for health reasons. Now he’s helping script a remarkable story at Vanderbilt. I talked to Kill yesterday for first time since he left .. Jerry Kill leading Vanderbilt and QB Diego Pavia
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Chip Scoggins: After resigning from the Minnesota Gophers 10 years ago, Jerry Kill is a consultant for Vanderbilt and leading QB Diego Pavia.
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Carson Wentz met with reporters for about 10 minutes. Will have more later, but he said he understood the risks of playing with the shoulder injury he sustained in London, and didn’t think the #Vikings should have taken him out. “This isn’t my first rodeo,” he said. “I’m not an
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It's @chipscoggins' BIRTHDAY today, and his gift to us is another outstanding "Football Across Minnesota" column. Give it a read, and wish Chipper a happy 39th! https://t.co/mLMqd8ZCB1
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Football Across Minnesota: A powerful young runner is powering Pine Island. Tanner Morgan is trying to find what fits, post-football. These stories and more in this week's edition.
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Episode 116 presented by @JaxCafe
@Gaardsy, @chipscoggins, and @RyanBurnsMN discuss: - The #Gophers loss to Iowa - Michigan State preview - $100+ million in coaches buyouts already - Coaching Carousel heats up Podcast: https://t.co/QWlsLc2byh YouTube: https://t.co/0S7vsauBol
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Carson Wentz’s injury was a shoulder dislocation that tore his labrum and fractured the socket, source confirms. Surgery was inevitable to repair it so he could continue his career.
After Carson Wentz injured his left shoulder in the #Vikings’ game against the Browns on Oct. 5, he found out he’d eventually need surgery, but could play in the meantime if he could manage the pain. Played two games in shoulder harnesses — last Thursday’s was larger than the one
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Scoggins: What do the Vikings do well? Not much. Who are the Vikings? No idea.
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The Vikings are 3-4 and a 2025 NFL season that began with high expectations is suddenly hanging by fingertips at the edge of a cliff.
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Drake Lindsey & Greg Harbaugh Jr deserve more national credit, and they will show why on Saturday. Credit to Harbaugh & Co. for developing Lindsey. What He is doing at the los and overall is complex and he has never looked flustered all year.
Scoggins: Drake Lindsey has been Gophers’ most consistent player heading into trophy game at Iowa
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That'll do it from SoFi Stadium. The Chargers beat the #Vikings 37-10, in an ugly game by just about every available metric. The Chargers outgained the Vikings 419-135, had 29 first downs to the Vikings' 9, held the ball for 39:04 and sacked Carson Wentz five times. Up next:
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What is the point of watching Wentz getting pummeled and clearly in extreme pain after every hit. This is ridiculous.
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Just an embarrassing, unserious performance by a veteran team.
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