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Lacrosse is sport’s modern-day melting pot
Talented lacrosse players aren’t hard to find. They turn up on rinks, fields, diamonds and countless other venues. That’s why Scott Wishart, coach of the Duluth Chargers boys lacrosse club team, doesn’t worry about his players’ specific skill sets.
RELATED CONTENTRick Lubbers column: UMD rugby has suddenly become a big deal
You can’t film a summer blockbuster like “Iron Man 3” with the indie film budget of “The Blair Witch Project.”
Website started by Duluthian provides plenty of college hoops info
Duluth native Ryan Johnson hopes college hoops junkies make usportshub.com the Web spot to get their fix all year long.
Twins-Tigers: It's the Have-Nots vs. the Haves
RICK LUBBERS: How’s this for a cruel April Fools’ Day joke, Minnesota Twins fans?
RELATED CONTENTGophers need to fill gap that Tubby partially filled
RICK LUBBERS: In early 1991 the Central Michigan men’s basketball program needed a head coach, and the name atop seemingly everyone’s list was a young assistant coach at Michigan State.
RELATED CONTENTPicking an NCAA bracket winner is anyone’s guess
RICK LUBBERS: Beware, college basketball fans … prepare to have your brackets busted.
RELATED CONTENTBroman Empire? AB5K? Anders yet to score suitable nickname
RICK LUBBERS: Lakeview Christian Academy standout Anders Broman averaged 42 points a game this past regular season and has 70- and 71-point outings on his impressive career resume.
RELATED CONTENTVoters made blunder by not electing Morris
RICK LUBBERS: Another swing and another miss. For the 14th straight year, the Baseball Writers’ Association of America didn’t generate enough votes to put former pitching ace Jack Morris into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
RELATED CONTENTRick Lubbers column: ‘No sweat’ isn’t part of the hot yoga experience
So, just how hot is hot yoga? Oh, about 103 degrees — or about 40 degrees warmer than a typical Duluth summer day.
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Different styles lead to same results for local boxing champs
Apart from their God-given ability to deliver Richter scale-rattling punches, Duluth’s two professional boxing champions couldn’t be more dissimilar.
RELATED CONTENTEarly golf was so last year
RICK LUBBERS COLUMN: Admit it. You got a little cocky last year, didn’t you?
RELATED CONTENTDuluth is deserving of ‘Hockeytown, USA’ title
RICK LUBBERS: It’s time for Duluth to stake its claim as “Hockeytown, USA.”
RELATED CONTENTGreed helps wrestling get whacked from Olympics
RICK LUBBERS: Aside from the marathon, wrestling is the most quintessential Olympic sport that Greece ever exported.
RELATED CONTENTDisciplined 'Drago' ascends ranks of natural bodybuilding
RICK LUBBERS: Carl Sievert acquired the nickname “Drago” from his college baseball teammates several years ago, pointing at his similarities to the big, beefy, blond Russian boxer that actor Dolph Lundgren portrayed in “Rocky IV.”
RELATED CONTENTUntil Beyonce performed, we were stuck watching a Super Bore
RICK LUBBERS: Thank you, Beyonce, for saving the Super Bowl.
RELATED CONTENTHarbor City Roller Dames roll with the punches
RICK LUBBERS: If I ever run away and join the roller derby, I already have a new name picked out. “Ric-Klubbers.”
RELATED CONTENTDuluth native Bellamy finding success on, off ice at Harvard
RICK LUBBERS: Laura Bellamy balances a busy student-athlete lifestyle at Harvard University, spending a large chunk of the days honing her goaltending skills for the Crimson NCAA Division I women’s hockey team and studying to keep her grade-point average above 3.5.
RELATED CONTENTFor the Proctor Rails, it's Wrestling 101
Rick Lubbers column: Proctor wrestling coach Dave McNamee is keeping the playbook thin for the Rails, most of whom probably didn’t know the difference between Hulk Hogan and Dan Gable when they stepped onto the mat for the first time last month.
RELATED CONTENTNorthland hoops standouts overpowering in friendly game of H-O-R-S-E (with videos)
RICK LUBBERS: Opposing basketball teams won’t want to hear this, but Lakeview Christian Academy's Anders Broman and Superior's Jessica Lindstrom can hit free throws with their eyes closed.
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