Patrick Reusse
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SportsPatrick Reusse is a sports columnist who writes three columns per week.
Latest from Patrick Reusse
Reusse: Baseball blesses us again, with a record involving Amos Alonzo Stagg and horsehide, not pigskin
Chicago gave up 34 runs Friday in a Division III tournament game at Gustavus, knocking that famed football coach from a baseball record book.
May 17, 2025
Reusse: At MSU Mankato, winning is rampant. So how’d a 49-win team land in the losers’ bracket? Baseball.
The Mavericks will need four victories in two days to overcome the loss inflicted Thursday by Arkansas-Monticello.
May 16, 2025
Reusse: The NBA draft lottery might be fixed? You be the judge.
When the Dallas Mavericks received the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft and the right to select Duke star Cooper Flagg, conspiracy theorists had a field day.
May 13, 2025
Reusse: MIAC baseball playoffs feature coaches making exits and leaving plenty behind
Brad Baker will retire once Gustavus finishes the Division III tournament it reached. He and Jerry Haugen of St. John's have more in common: big ties to new ballparks.
May 11, 2025
Reusse: Twins play Giants, triggering Mays memories and a question: Can we get the Black players back?
Willie Mays headlined an era when Black athletes were an outsized portion of baseball’s best.
May 10, 2025
Reusse: Twins have pitching, Buxton and (perhaps) sage advice to draw on
Modern strategy causes a certain observer to shake his head, or worse. This observer is far less negative about the arms on the mound and the center fielder’s exploits.
May 9, 2025
Reusse: Timberwolves fans are left with a loss to lament and a villain to jeer
Jimmy Butler is experiencing contract comfort, so he played with enthusiasm, and his coach spoke of him that way. Minnesota followers know him another way.
May 7, 2025
Reusse: Twins and pitcher Canterino agree his full major league opportunity is worth waiting on
The righthander will miss 2025, his fifth season in a row stopped by elbow and shoulder troubles. The team re-signed him anyway last week, in case 2026 is his year.
May 4, 2025
Reusse: Twins play Giants, triggering Mays memories and a question: Can we get the Black players back?
Willie Mays headlined an era when Black athletes were an outsized portion of baseball’s best.
May 10, 2025
Reusse: Twins have pitching, Buxton and (perhaps) sage advice to draw on
Modern strategy causes a certain observer to shake his head, or worse. This observer is far less negative about the arms on the mound and the center fielder’s exploits.
May 9, 2025
Reusse: Timberwolves fans are left with a loss to lament and a villain to jeer
Jimmy Butler is experiencing contract comfort, so he played with enthusiasm, and his coach spoke of him that way. Minnesota followers know him another way.
May 7, 2025
Reusse: Twins and pitcher Canterino agree his full major league opportunity is worth waiting on
The righthander will miss 2025, his fifth season in a row stopped by elbow and shoulder troubles. The team re-signed him anyway last week, in case 2026 is his year.
May 4, 2025