About

I have been a huge sports fan all my life. It started with the Vikings and Twins and later anything with the University of Minnesota.

Over the past five or six years I have become a big NASCAR fan, after joining a fantasy league.

I have an engineering degree and by nature I'm a stats geek. Data and statistics are everywhere in sports and thus a perfect match. Add the human element and you have chaos.

The great thing about sports is that everyone can have a different opinion. If we all think the same way then there wouldn't be anything to write about, or anything to read.

Short List

  • Favorite Sports Teams

    Twins , Vikings , Gophers

  • Favorite Coaches

    Bud Grant , Tom Kelly, Ron Gardenhire

  • All-Time Sports Moment

    Miracle on Ice - 1980 Gold Medal Hockey Team

  • Most Memorable Game Attended

    1987 World Series Game 6 - Kent Hrbek's Grand Slam!

  • Most Unbreakable Sports Record

    .400 Batting Average

  • Ruth or Mays?

    Ruth

  • Unitas or Montana?

    Montana

  • Pele or Maradona?

    Pele - He helped bring Futbol to the US

  • Federer or Sampras?

    huh?

  • Tiger or Nicklaus?

    That's golf right?

  • Petty or Earnhardt?

    Petty - 7 Championships, 200 Wins and 7 Daytona 500 Victories

  • ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Pac-12 or SEC?

    Big 10 - Minnesota Alum!

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  • Giancarlo King posted 22 days ago

    Giancarlo King

    Trying to become a featured for Vikings. On the trial basis right now, love your work. Keep it up!

  • Giancarlo King posted 41 days ago

    Giancarlo King

    Let's go Vikings.

  • Bob Garman posted 66 days ago

    Bob Garman

    Tim - thanks for your continued support - I'm honored that you chose my Top 25 Vikings piece as a favorite.

  • Bob Garman posted 71 days ago

    Bob Garman

    Tim, thanks so much for the fan add. It's quite an honor for a newbie to the team to receive support from someone of your standing. I appreciate your consideration.

  • Nick McAndrews posted 210 days ago

    Nick McAndrews

    Haha, thanks Tim! I guess I'm the Tuesday/Thursday guy from now on.

  • Bill Hubbell posted 366 days ago

    Bill Hubbell

    Thanks for the note Tim, much appreciated!

  • Connor O'Brien posted 369 days ago

    Connor O'Brien

    Hi Tim
    I am a baseball blogger and am looking to start a brand new site with a large group of writers. We have a few great writers already on board and we are looking for more to join in. I like your stats-based analysis and I believe it would be perfect for the atmospher will will try to create at our blog. Please let me know if you're interested, even if you are only able to write an article per week.
    Please contact me if you're interested UpAlongFirst@Gmail.com
    Thanks!

  • Scott Reighard posted 412 days ago

    Scott Reighard

    Tim, thanks for liking my article. In a sense we are brothers in journalism hoping for the same thing, success for the Vikings. I always enjoy reading your work because it shows passion and thought. I get so tired of reading drivel that people put out because they want 10,000 reads. It is about the quality of the article that matters most; does it advance the conversation, or does it put an emphasis/closure on something? That is what I am trying to do. Again, keep puttin it out there brother.

  • Brian Dezelske posted 459 days ago

    Brian Dezelske

    Thanks for liking my article, Tim!!! I appreciate it.

  • Mike Nelson posted 464 days ago

    Mike Nelson

    Thanks for the heads up on that 1982 tidbit relative to the Twins. I completely missed it....

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