Last night, history was made. There is no denying it. Yes, anybody who has lived through the 2000s knows that we have ushered in a new era. It is one of promise, and it directly impacts Minnesota. Yes, the San Antonio Spurs are now 0-3 for the first time in 35 years. Their rein is over. It is time for the young teams to step in. Timberwolves, yes you can.

And some other very interesting things happened, too.

OK, so all joking aside, we imagine most of you watched some election coverage last night and know you witnessed history. The political talk is over now, but we are left with this question: what are the most historic moments of your lifetimes-to-date, both in terms of the real world and the sporting world? And where does last night rank (seriously, that Spurs thing is big news)?

And one last thing about politics: according to some rudimentary math, the new administration is going to be hitting wallets pretty hard. The pres-elect has proposed increasing income taxes on the richest of the rich from 35 percent to 39.6 percent. MLB players made close to $3 billion last year (or at least that’s what you get when you add up all these payroll numbers). They paid $944 million in federal income taxes; under the new rate, assuming they all qualify at that rate, they would have been taxed $1.068 billion. That’s $124 million more.

Fasola-link! An old standby.

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