Chip Scoggins
Columnist
SportsChip Scoggins is a sports columnist and enterprise writer for the Star Tribune. A graduate of the University of Missouri journalism school, Scoggins worked at newspapers in Texas, Connecticut, North Carolina and Chicago before joining the Star Tribune in 2000. He has been named Minnesota's Sportswriter of the Year four times by the National Sports Media Association.
Latest from Chip Scoggins
Sports
Scoggins: Dedication to Pilates part of Nailor’s successful start
After dealing with nagging hamstring injuries for most of his life, time spent focusing on Pilates and all-encompassing body work has Nailor thriving for the Vikings
September 26, 2024
High Schools
Football Across Minnesota: He’s an offensive lineman, but with strings attached
That 6-7 guy playing the national anthem on the violin in a football uniform is Sam Smith, a multitalented young man at Park Christian High in Moorhead.
September 24, 2024
Vikings
Scoggins: Think the Vikings' defense looks crazy? That's the way they like it.
After putting the Texans in a vise grip for 34-7 win, the undefeated Vikings have grabbed the NFL’s attention by concocting a defense that induces night terrors.
September 23, 2024
Gophers
Scoggins: Gophers’ first-half good vibes went out the window with a putrid second half
Iowa asserted its dominance after halftime and took Floyd back down the highway after an all-too-brief stay in the Twin Cities.
September 22, 2024
Sports
Scoggins: To win this pig, you'll have to win in the slop
Battle between the Gophers and Hawkeyes will come down to the line of scrimmage, with the winner walking away with the Floyd of Rosedale
September 21, 2024
High Schools
Minnesota’s most-famous kicker now plays quarterback in Crosslake
Calling the shots as the chief of the Crosslake Fire Department became the second career for Chip Lohmiller.
September 17, 2024
Vikings
Scoggins: Vikings teammates see an 'absolute baller' in Darnold
The new Vikings starting quarterback can be brilliant and exasperating. In Sunday’s upset of the 49ers, he was a cool customer when his team needed him the most.
September 16, 2024
Twins
Scoggins: The absence of the Twins' Big Three have them on life support heading into the final stretch
The Twins have the potential to be great and make some noise in the postseason, but getting a combined 12% of games from their big three is why they find themselves battling just to make it to October
September 12, 2024
Sports
Scoggins: To win this pig, you'll have to win in the slop
Battle between the Gophers and Hawkeyes will come down to the line of scrimmage, with the winner walking away with the Floyd of Rosedale
September 21, 2024
High Schools
Minnesota’s most-famous kicker now plays quarterback in Crosslake
Calling the shots as the chief of the Crosslake Fire Department became the second career for Chip Lohmiller.
September 17, 2024
Vikings
Scoggins: Vikings teammates see an 'absolute baller' in Darnold
The new Vikings starting quarterback can be brilliant and exasperating. In Sunday’s upset of the 49ers, he was a cool customer when his team needed him the most.
September 16, 2024
Twins
Scoggins: The absence of the Twins' Big Three have them on life support heading into the final stretch
The Twins have the potential to be great and make some noise in the postseason, but getting a combined 12% of games from their big three is why they find themselves battling just to make it to October
September 12, 2024