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But can he play? Yes, yes he can

JIMMY BELLAMY: As president of the Duluth Amateur Soccer League, it’s common for me to receive e-mails from people new to the area looking to join a team. But I’d never read one like the message Matt McCune sent me three summers ago.

Local View: Flood proved worth of electronic media

The road to restoration will be long, no doubt, but these are the trials that bring out the best in humankind.

• Jimmy Bellamy

Plane, pilot go missing near Duluth

Searchers are looking for a missing pilot and plane near Duluth.

• Civil Air Patrol plane
• UPDATE: Crews continue search for missing pilot, plane north of Duluth

Searchers look for missing plane, pilot north of Duluth

UPDATE: A longtime friend of the missing pilot has confirmed to the News Tribune that searchers are looking for Michael Bratlie of Lakeville, Minn.

• Civil Air Patrol plane
• UPDATE: Crews continue search for missing pilot, plane north of Duluth

Former Minnesota Duluth kicker Nadeau talks about tryout invite from Packers

David Nadeau, the Bulldogs' all-time leading scorer from White Bear Lake, Minn., will head into rookie orientation with Green Bay.

• David Nadeau in action
• David Nadeau

Minnesota Duluth kicker invited to Packers camp (with video)

UPDATE: David Nadeau, the Bulldogs' all-time leading scorer from White Bear Lake, Minn., will head into rookie orientation with Green Bay.

• David Nadeau in action
• David Nadeau
• Packers use final day of draft to shore up defense

No: There’s no one to blame but yourself for missing class

Video games are the reason for students’ struggles in school as much as food is to blame for people’s weight issues.

• Yes: Video games corrode education system’s foundation
• Can video games be blamed for flunking out of college?
• Jimmy Bellamy

Death isn't funny, but Twitter and Kim changed that

JIMMY BELLAMY: North Korean leader Kim Jong Il’s death wasn’t violent like the ones experienced earlier this year by fellow world-famous bad guys Osama bin Laden and Moammar Gadhafi. One common thread they did share? Plenty of one-liners and jokes on Twitter.

• Jimmy Bellamy
• Body of Kim Jong Il on display as North Korea enters mourning period (video)
• Kim Jong Il puppet

Occupy Duluth members wait for expected arrests (with video)

Duluth police officers, including Chief Gordon Ramsay, reiterated to Occupy Duluth protesters today that they must leave the Civic Center unless they obtain a permit.

• Occupy Duluth
• EARLIER: Several Duluth Occupiers dig in their heels

Bulldogs' winning ways prompt more fans to wear their pride

JIMMY BELLAMY: Where my ’Dogs at? These days, they’re everywhere.

• Jimmy Bellamy
• St. Cloud State, Western Michigan to join UMD, others in NCHC

Columns

Move over, Abercrombie and Sitch; I'd pay good money not to ...

JIMMY BELLAMY: A clothing retailer known for ads featuring barely dressed young adults says it wants some well-known barely dressed young adults not to wear its brand. And will pay them not to.

• EARLIER: Abercrombie and 'Sitch'? Retailer says forget about it
• Jimmy Bellamy
• Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino

Jimmy Bellamy: The legend lives on as Flair keeps wrestling

Sports fans in Minnesota and Wisconsin are used to it by now. Upon us is another year in which we expect Brett Favre to save retirement for another day in favor of competing in athletic endeavors, leaving people to wonder when he’ll finally call it quits. The same can be said about Ric Flair.

• Q&A with 'The Nature Boy' Ric Flair
• Heavy on Wrestling's Rumble at the Garden: If you go
• Ric Flair

Column: In tragedy of crash, a businessman expressed empathy

I was the editor on call on a Saturday two weeks ago and about to head home after playing in an indoor soccer game when my cell phone rang. A Cirrus plane had crashed. It wasn’t local — it was in Colorado — but it was serious.

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Favre shows Packers who’s boss

Brett Favre has made a career out of creating incredible moments on the football field.

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I’ve seen these Vikings before

Jimmy Bellamy column: It's possible that Week 17 could be added to Minnesota's history of NFL misfortune. Share your opinion on the Vikings' chances by voting in our poll at the bottom of the DNT home page.

Bring back sports talk!

Instead of airing interviews with sports stars such as Philadelphia Phillies slugger Pat Burrell, WGEE 970 AM plays songs by Pat Boone.

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