Filed under: Uncategorized — admin on April 19, 2011 @ 12:00 am
The top five sports figures born in Minnesota
5. Herb Brooks
While he was a decent hockey player on the ice, Herb Brooks is a Minnesota sports star for what he did on the bench. Brooks led the unheralded United States hockey team to the “Miracle On Ice” in 1980 beating the heavily favored Soviet team in route to the Gold Medal. What people don’t know is that he led the 2002 US Men’s hockey team to a silver medal, their first medal since “The Miracle”.
4. Roger (more…)
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Filed under: Uncategorized — admin on April 6, 2011 @ 12:00 am
In Geography class, many may remember hearing that Minnesota is the land of 10,000 lakes. Trivia books trumpet this claim as well, but is it really possible for Minnesota to contain 10,000 lakes? How can there be any land left in a state, even in one as large as Minnesota, if it had this many lakes?
The truth is, Minnesota has more than 10,000 lakes. Today, there are 11,842 lakes littered about Minnesota. In addition to the great number of lakes, Minnesota also has 6,564 rivers coursing through (more…)
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