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- Market: Sports in Minnesota is big business: the state's four most popular teams (Vikings, Twins, Wild, and Timberwolves) generated more than $1 billion in revenue in 2018
- A collection of 100 unforgettable moments and a tribute to Minnesota's diehard sports fans
- Fills market need for book that chronicles the heartbreaking history of Minnesota sports
- Includes baseball (Twins), basketball (Timberwolves), football (Vikings), hockey (North Stars, Wild), and college (Gophers)
- Full-color photographs from the Associated Press
- Author's "Calendar of Calamity" is frequently discussed on KFAN Radio's Bumper to Bumper with Dan Barreiro, one of the most popular radio shows in the Twin Cities
- Author is making a documentary about the same subject; he is active on social media, and his project is supported by many local sports fans
- Foreword written by Dan Barreiro, popular host of KFAN Radio's Bumper to Bumper with Dan Barreiro
- Beautifully designed full-color book with coffee-table appeal
- Reader experience: "With this book, I can remember the historic moments that both broke our hearts and brought us back for more."
List of contents
Foreword by Dan Barreiro
Introduction
1. The Dirty Dozen (worst moments)
2. Skating on Thin Ice (hockey)
3. Court Jesters (basketball)
4. Diamond in the Rough (baseball)
5. Purple Haze (football)
6. Disorder in Dinkytown (college)
7. Distressed of the Rest (misc)
Sources
About the Author
About the author
Dan Whenesota is a lifelong Minnesotan and a lifelong sports fan. Some of his earliest sports memories are of collecting baseball cards and memorabilia with his father. His favorite team is the Vikings, but growing up, he watched and attended all sorts of sporting events: Twins, North Stars, Strikers, Timberwolves, Saints-and now the Wild, Lynx, and Loons, as well. He attended North Dakota State University and the University of Minnesota (and Macalester, Hamline, and Inver Hills). Dan is a teacher, coach, husband, father, computer nerd, and filmmaker, as well as a movie and TV junkie.
Summary
This full-color book chronicles the most devastating, bizarre, and quirky moments in the history of Minnesota sports.
