Thank you to Kelly Smith for a wonderfully written obituary on our friend and colleague, Pete Steinert.

Truly a special honor up against the best competition in the country. As Chris Carr noted: every member of our staff deserves mention in the end credits. Special tip of the cap to Chip Scoggins and Ben Goessling - you guys nailed it. #APSE #GrandSlam startribune.com/star-tribune-s…

Should be a wild parade through the streets of Gentry tonight.

Really enjoying 'Full Swing' on Netflix. Producers missed out on key moment of Finau's 3M win tho: when I had to kick his wife out of my media center seat after his presser. She was using my laptop to Google "Finau win." Little weird, but kinda funny. And she was nice about it.

Ahem: "Opinions are my own"

Today we say goodbye to Pete Steinert, one of the best newspapermen I have ever had the pleasure to work with. I didn't get to work with him long, but I am better for the time we had, and @stribsports is great because of his 26 years here. startribune.com/peter-steinert…

Fun discussion among coworkers today: what was the first autograph you received in person? I'll start Rob Deer, in the County Stadium Milwaukee Brewers players' lot.

For my younger followers: An "autograph" is someone's signature. We used to ask celebrities for them before selfies and Cameo became all the rage at meet & greets.

Nothing like wrestling tournament season to bring out the buzzwords #RidingTime #ChallengeBrick #Wizzer #HeavyHips #B1GQuadBox

This is epically hilarious. Watch the whole thing. #Dave.

Chris Rock is wearing a Prince symbol necklace. There's ALWAYS a local angle #ChrisRockLive

Good info from Pat here for MN golf fans worried about the 3M Open field: It's the second-to-last event before the start of the playoffs, and the field for the first playoff event has been reduced from 125 to 70 this year. That means many players will be hunting points come July.

Johnny Pohl on the intermission report: "Edina has six kids 180 pounds or more." Me, alone in the house, working the night shift, scarfing down fish sticks: "Must be all that cake." I'm not even *from* here. It just slipped out.

Forward, Jerry Kelly

My uncle moved to the Twin Cities in 1988. A couple years later, he came back home with a gift for his memorabilia-crazed nephew: A T-Wolves basketball signed by Felton Spencer. It was on a shelf in my bedroom for years. I wish I knew where it ended up all these years later.

I'm a Lebowski guy. I'm a Goonies kid. The Dude and Data have Oscars. Dream big.

Yessss!!!!!!

Will Smith slaps a home run for Team USA on Oscars Night because of course he did. #WBC2023