<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!-- generator="wordpress/2.3.3" -->
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Randball</title>
	<link>http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball</link>
	<description>Exploring the soft underbelly of sports</description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:33:44 +0000</pubDate>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3</generator>
	<language>en</language>
			<item>
		<title>TFD: Fred Robbins, one who got away</title>
		<link>http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2009/01/07/tfd-fred-robbins-one-who-got-away/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2009/01/07/tfd-fred-robbins-one-who-got-away/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:16:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Rand</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Main]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2009/01/07/tfd-fred-robbins-one-who-got-away/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Minnesotans love to lament sports stars who got away. Just accept that as fact. From David Ortiz to Brandon Roy to even, yes, Tyler Thigpen, players who go on to even modest success when they &#8220;could have been ours&#8221; are much talked about. Usually. One exception to this rule, at least in our experience: Fred [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2009/01/07/tfd-fred-robbins-one-who-got-away/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>YouTube love: Jarkko Ruutu&#8217;s Mike Tyson moment</title>
		<link>http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2009/01/07/youtube-love-jarkko-ruutus-mike-tyson-moment/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2009/01/07/youtube-love-jarkko-ruutus-mike-tyson-moment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:04:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Rand</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Main]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2009/01/07/youtube-love-jarkko-ruutus-mike-tyson-moment/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In case you missed Jarkko Ruutu biting Andrew Peters yesterday &#8212; or the buildup to it &#8212; please have a look-see now. Nice sport you have there, Marthaler. Ruutu has been suspended for two games, by the way.




]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2009/01/07/youtube-love-jarkko-ruutus-mike-tyson-moment/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Mid-day talker: Your sports card treasures</title>
		<link>http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2009/01/07/mid-day-talker-your-sports-card-treasures/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2009/01/07/mid-day-talker-your-sports-card-treasures/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:39:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Rand</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Main]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2009/01/07/mid-day-talker-your-sports-card-treasures/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Fresno Bee has a remarkable story about a woman who discovered she had a 139-year-old baseball card featuring the Cincinnati Red Stockings. The card is believed to be among the first ever produced; she tried to sell it on eBay for $10 before realizing what she had; estimates say it could be worth six [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2009/01/07/mid-day-talker-your-sports-card-treasures/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Vikings QB wish list: Who ya like?</title>
		<link>http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2009/01/07/vikings-qb-wish-list-who-ya-like/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2009/01/07/vikings-qb-wish-list-who-ya-like/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:38:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Rand</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Main]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2009/01/07/vikings-qb-wish-list-who-ya-like/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We had a brief happy hour meeting with Local Quipster last night, and as usual it required him to hastily obtain a pen and a piece of paper (in this case a cocktail napkin) for a list. LQ, who &#8220;played the game,&#8221; is not sold on Tarvaris Jackson as the Vikings&#8217; quarterback, to put it [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2009/01/07/vikings-qb-wish-list-who-ya-like/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Wednesday (Joel Przybilla&#8217;s grandmother, the crab dribble and the bacon weave) edition: Wha&#8217; Happened?</title>
		<link>http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2009/01/07/wednesday-joel-przybillas-grandmother-the-crab-dribble-and-the-bacon-weave-edition-wha-happened/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2009/01/07/wednesday-joel-przybillas-grandmother-the-crab-dribble-and-the-bacon-weave-edition-wha-happened/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:08:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Rand</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Main]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2009/01/07/wednesday-joel-przybillas-grandmother-the-crab-dribble-and-the-bacon-weave-edition-wha-happened/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We will start with some news that might shock you: only two teams in the NBA are hotter than the Timberwolves right now. Yes, you heard that right. Minnesota won its third consecutive game last night &#8212; its first three-game winning streak in almost two years &#8212; and only Detroit (seven consecutive victories) and Denver [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2009/01/07/wednesday-joel-przybillas-grandmother-the-crab-dribble-and-the-bacon-weave-edition-wha-happened/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>TFD: No, Speed Racer! No!</title>
		<link>http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2009/01/06/tfd-no-speed-racer-no/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2009/01/06/tfd-no-speed-racer-no/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:56:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Rand</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Main]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2009/01/06/tfd-no-speed-racer-no/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[From Reuters.com:
An Australian court has issued a blunt warning about the sexual predators a young driver faces in jail if he does not stop speeding, as authorities struggle to stop teenagers street racing.
&#8220;You&#8217;ll find big, ugly, hairy strong men (in jail) who&#8217;ve got faces only a mother could love that will pay a lot of [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2009/01/06/tfd-no-speed-racer-no/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Insane Clown Posse, legal troubles and a keen marketing opportunity in a slow economy?</title>
		<link>http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2009/01/06/insane-clown-posse-legal-troubles-and-a-keen-marketing-opportunity-in-a-slow-economy/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2009/01/06/insane-clown-posse-legal-troubles-and-a-keen-marketing-opportunity-in-a-slow-economy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:31:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Rand</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Main]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2009/01/06/insane-clown-posse-legal-troubles-and-a-keen-marketing-opportunity-in-a-slow-economy/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This has nothing to do with sports, as Stu noted when he sent the link, but a few things compel us to post it anyway. 1) An off-brand soda that the RBBH used in a &#8220;imagine the worst brand name you could every think of &#8230; and now look over there&#8221; joke at a gas [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2009/01/06/insane-clown-posse-legal-troubles-and-a-keen-marketing-opportunity-in-a-slow-economy/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>The Vikings and the QB position: a retrospective</title>
		<link>http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2009/01/06/the-vikings-and-the-qb-position-a-retrospective/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2009/01/06/the-vikings-and-the-qb-position-a-retrospective/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:37:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Rand</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Main]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2009/01/06/the-vikings-and-the-qb-position-a-retrospective/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Our usual angry end-of-the-Vikings-season phone call with Rocket the other day left us fuming, as usual, about the Vikings&#8217; quarterback situation. But sometimes good things (even if they are painful) come from anger. We channeled it towards some research, and we found out that, well, for the generation or so things have been pretty dysfunctional [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2009/01/06/the-vikings-and-the-qb-position-a-retrospective/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Tuesday (Erin Andrews, Mike Tice and Carl Pohlad) edition: Wha&#8217; Happened?</title>
		<link>http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2009/01/06/tuesday-erin-andrews-mike-tice-and-carl-pohlad-edition-wha-happened/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2009/01/06/tuesday-erin-andrews-mike-tice-and-carl-pohlad-edition-wha-happened/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:50:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Rand</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Main]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2009/01/06/tuesday-erin-andrews-mike-tice-and-carl-pohlad-edition-wha-happened/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The greatness and magnitude of Ramon&#8217;s COW yesterday allowed us to start storing up items like nuts for the winter. Let&#8217;s dispatch a few right now:
*In case you missed it, USC&#8217;s Rey Maualuga decided to have some impromptu fun at the expense of ESPN&#8217;s Erin Andrews during the Rose Bowl. A couple different folks have [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2009/01/06/tuesday-erin-andrews-mike-tice-and-carl-pohlad-edition-wha-happened/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Ramon&#8217;s three-part Cow odyssey, Part III: Rod Stewart, a tuna melt gone wrong and a wish not granted</title>
		<link>http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2009/01/05/ramons-three-part-cow-odyssey-part-iii-rod-stewart-a-tuna-melt-gone-wrong-and-a-wish-not-granted/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2009/01/05/ramons-three-part-cow-odyssey-part-iii-rod-stewart-a-tuna-melt-gone-wrong-and-a-wish-not-granted/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:52:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Rand</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Main]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2009/01/05/ramons-three-part-cow-odyssey-part-iii-rod-stewart-a-tuna-melt-gone-wrong-and-a-wish-not-granted/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[And now, the final installment of the best COW of 2009 and perhaps any other year as well. (Other parts are here and here). Ramon, take back this floor.
Do you know that Elvis impersonators make ten times than me? You know why? Because [redacted] Elvis is dead. Will somebody please do me a [redacted] favor [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2009/01/05/ramons-three-part-cow-odyssey-part-iii-rod-stewart-a-tuna-melt-gone-wrong-and-a-wish-not-granted/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
