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Nearly every Minnesotan sports fan has heard of superstars Alan Page, Kirby Puckett, and Joe Mauer. But not many may know of Dan Patch, the first Minnesota sports superstar, and also the first heavily commercialized athlete in the state. [Read Transcript...]
It's summer 1965, Beatlemania is in full swing, and the fab four are on their way to Minnesota, to play one night – August 21 – at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington. [Read Transcript...]
First held in 1855, three years prior to statehood, The Great Minnesota Get-Together is one of the biggest of its kind in the nation. But, by what measurement? The duration? The attendance? The number of years? [Read Transcript...]
In June 1977, Jay Berine opened a live music club in what had been a Texas ranch-themed steakhouse. Jay’s Longhorn Bar, with its cow head and wagon wheel decorations, would become the epicenter of the Twin Cities punk and New Wave music scene. [Read Transcript...]
